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Backstage Capital Is Funding Startups by Underestimated Entrepreneurs

Success

Christie Pitts, Backstage Capital’s general partner, talks about the early days of the Los Angeles-based company and how she got involved: Working in the music industry, Hamilton learned about startups and networked with investors and entrepreneurs. A few years later, the need to develop hardware and software led her to Backstage Capital.

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Top 10 Signs Coworking is Entering the Mainstream

Small Business Labs

WeWork is the obvious example, but there are now many, many more. A good example is MakeOffice's soon to be opened, 21,000 square foot space in Chicago targeted at health tech companies. An interesting recent move by a big corporation is Verizon's partnership to develop workspace-as-a-service spaces with Grind.

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Lithium’s Customer Heroes

Customers Rock!

I recently attended the 2012 Lithium Network Conference (LiNC for short) in San Francisco to hear about the latest and greatest from Lithium Technologies as well as from thought leaders such as Brian Solis , photo left, who shared about Digital Darwinism from his new book The End of Business as Usual. Here are some of my key takeaways.

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