Gaurav Bhattacharya acknowledges he didn’t make the best impression on his co-founder, Saumya Bhatnagar, when they met in a high school coding class in New Delhi. Out of 160 students, Bhatnagar was the only female. “My first interaction with her was, ‘I think you’re in the wrong class,” Bhattacharya said, noting the error of his […]
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Santa Monica-based MindMate has come a long way since launching in co-founder Susanne Mitschke’s two-bedroom Glasgow apartment in early 2015. Less than four years later, the popular healthy living app for seniors is stimulating the minds of more than 500,000 baby boomers across the world and giving them tips to stay fit and active.
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If Alex Canter’s last name sounds familiar, it’s because his family owns the iconic deli of the same name that has been serving up matzo ball soup and pastrami sandwiches from the same spot on L.A.’s Fairfax Avenue since his great-grandfather founded the eatery in 1931. After spending much of his childhood at Canter’s, Alex
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By William Hsu The annual Forbes Midas list just came out. Which reminded me that I put together the following data for last years list for a blog post I planned for a while. Not having the time, I thought I just share the raw data for those interested. Data compiled via https://www.forbes.com/midas
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Mucker portfolio company Everipedia, the “encyclopedia of everything,” announced today that it is creating the world’s first encyclopedia on the blockchain, and that Wikipedia co-founder Dr. Larry Sanger has joined the company’s executive team as Chief Information Officer. Dr. Sanger joins the company as a key member of an effort to build a new, decentralized
by Erik Rannala Real innovation doesn’t happen in a vacuum, a lesson that the famed inventor Thomas Edison understood better than most. Throughout his life, Edison revealed that great ideas come alive thanks to the proper mix of setting, timing, mindset, and luck. And so it was on the night of July 18th, 1877, during
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Guest post by Gaurav Bhattacharya, CEO and co-founder at Involve. “Culture” is a set of norms and beliefs commonly shared by a group of people that give them a sense of belonging. We humans are social creatures. The sense of community is what makes us thrive. Why should the startup culture environment be any different?
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In this episode of Mucker Academy, cloud software executive Jim Howard sits down with the MuckerLab accelerator to share his 15+ years of experience in developing and selling products and services to the enterprise. A leader in SaaS, with expertise in product, operational management, sales management, and digital marketing strategy, Jim’s talk below is absolutely
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by William Hsu, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Mucker VCs say a lot of cryptic stuff when we pass on an investment – partially because it make us appear smart, but mostly because we simply don’t want to be assholes. So, we try as hard as we can to not simply say “no,” when we
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LA has rapidly become the venue of choice for many Chinese investors seeking opportunities in media and technology. They are seeing exactly what I saw when I began to spend time here a few years ago before moving here permanently in 2014. I thought it might be best to share some of my own perspectives
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