Incubators and Accelerators – The Inside Secrets

Money, Capital, Silicon Valley

Incubators and accelerators help entrepreneurs refine their business ideas and offer support to promote growth. Given the pace of change that lessens the go-to-market timeline, incubators and accelerators can be helpful environments for entrepreneurs to take their start-ups to the next level.

Join us at the next event in the startupPerColator Series, “Incubators and Accelerators – The Inside Secrets,” to learn how to find incubators and accelerators, the benefits they provide, the costs, and ultimately, whether it’s the right decision for you.

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Panelists:

• George Favvas, Founder and CEO – PerkHub (first batch, 500 Startups)

• Liron Petrushka, Partner – Upwest Labs

• Greg Raiten, General Counsel – 500 Startups

• Keith Teare, Founder – Archimedes Labs

Moderator:

• Lior Zorea, Partner – Perkins Coie

Tuesday, April 8, 2014 – Palo Alto, CA

Complimentary breakfast to be provided.

Logistics

Perkins Coie – Palo Alto
3150 Porter Drive, Palo Alto, CA 94304

8:00 a.m. – 8:30…

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The Super Bowl: A Sex Trafficker’s Playground

Mandy Black

woman hostageIn just a few short days hundreds of thousands of visitors will flood to the MetLife stadium in New Jersey for Super Bowl XLVIII. Many visitors will be coming to show their pride and cheer on their favorite team, but tragically, thousands more will be coming for something entirely different. What most people don’t know is that the single biggest game of the year has also been called the single largest human trafficking event on the planet.

Just beyond the stadium lights, hidden within the shadows will be thousands of victims, women, children and even men, caught in the inhumane web of sex trafficking. For them this day will bring something much different than football, loud cheers, hot dog stands and painted beer bellies. For them it will bring pain, abuse, repeated rapes and even fear of death. The exact numbers of trafficking cases in a given year or…

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Behind The Scenes In The WordPress Plugin Directory With Mika Epstein

Sarah Gooding has published a great report showing up behind the scene of the WordPress Plugin Repository in an interview with Mika Epstein.( check out Mika’s hosting blog for lots of good stuff).

It takes a lot of talents and efforts to ensure a safe and functional plugin repository. What Mika and other guys in the team are doing is extremely needed and precious, can’t imagine what could be the situation without all these efforts. Clearly no greatness is achieved without passion.