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Downes, Larry - Columnist
AUDIENCE TAKING NOTES. JUST BEFORE THE ELECTION, I WROTE AN ARTICLE ASKING WHAT IT WAS THAT OF INTRAPRENEURS NEEDED FROM WASHINGTON. OUR PANELISTS TODAY...
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Moran, Jerry - U.S. Senator, [R] Kansas
I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE CONSUMER ELECTRONICS ASSOCIATION HOSTING THIS TREMENDOUS TRADE SHOW. I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WANDER THE FLOOR THIS MORNING LOOKING...
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| 00:15:28 |
Downes, Larry - Columnist
WE WANT TO COVER. SOME OVERLAP AND SOME ARE UNIQUE. LET ME START WITH YOU, CHRISTIAN. >> THANK YOU. I AM FROM THE INTERNET. WE ALL USE THE INTERNET EVERY...
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Dawson, Christian - Chief Operating Officer
NOT A START UP. WHAT I DO ENABLES THE START-UPS AND GIVES THEM A PLATFORM ON WHICH TO BUILD THEIR DREAMS AND GENERATE THE ECONOMY. MY COMPANY IS CALLED...
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| 00:17:27 |
Flemings, Hajj E. - Co-Founder and CEO
THIS TO GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND, I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE A PART OF BEING IN THE SILICON VALLEY. BUT THERE REALLY IS, IT OPENED MY EYES TO THIS...
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Katkar, Rama - Co-Founder
WE ARE ONLY SIX EMPLOYEES RIGHT NOW. OUR COMPANY DOES A LOT OF PORK WITH NATIONAL RETAILERS, SERVICES, AGGREGATING DATA AND BUILDING TECHNOLOGIES IN...
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Sigal, Jake - Founder and CEO
BUSINESS IN 2008 WITH A FRESH SET OF BUSINESS CARD AND STARTED GIVING THEM OUT TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT I WANTED TO DO. FIVE YEARS LATER WE HAVE 20 JOBS...
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Burfield, Evan - Chairman
MAKING SURE THIS COMMUNITY CAN SUPPORT THE WORK YOU'RE DOING, I THINK IS CRITICAL TO CAPITAL RAISING FOR A LOT OF START-UPS. I AM PART OF THE START OF...
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| 00:22:46 |
Downes, Larry - Columnist
OF PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE TRENCHES. CHRISTIAN, GIVE US A SENSE OF A FRAMEWORK USING START-UPS WOULD LIKE WHEN WASHINGTON THINKS ABOUT REGULATING OR NOT...
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Dawson, Christian - Chief Operating Officer
THE INTERNET IS KIND OF THE BIGGEST THING SINCE THEN. WE NEED TO REALIZE THAT OLD WAYS OF APPROACHING LEGISLATION ARE NOT GOING TO WORK. THE FIRST THING...
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| 00:27:33 |
Downes, Larry - Columnist
OF THE PROBLEMS OR OPPORTUNITIES YOU HAVE IN TERMS OF RAISING CAPITAL, WAYS IN WHICH WASHINGTON HELPS BY DOING LESS OR MORE? >> THERE ARE TWO ISSUES I...
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| 00:27:56 |
Sigal, Jake - Founder and CEO
CREATES A PROBLEM. THIS IS FOR ANGELS. THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT WANT TO PUT MONEY INTO COMPANIES. THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT WITHOUT ANY PENALTY....
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| 00:29:15 |
Downes, Larry - Columnist
COMPANY, JAKE'S COMPANY, WHAT KIND OF THINGS TO YOUR EXPERIENCE FROM THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT THAT MAKES IT EASIER OR MORE DIFFICULT TO KEEP INNOVATING...
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Flemings, Hajj E. - Co-Founder and CEO
MORE AT BEING THE ECONOMIC GUARDIAN. WHAT ARE THE COMPANIES, WHETHER THE ENTREPRENEURS IN THE COMMUNITY TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT SO THEY WANT TO STAY...
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Burfield, Evan - Chairman
THE FIRST SUMMITS WE DID, A SET OF ISSUES KEPT COMING UP. AS EVERYBODY WAS CONVINCED, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE WAS THIS TALENT ELSEWHERE IN THE COUNTRY AND...
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Moran, Jerry - U.S. Senator, [R] Kansas
IMPRESSIVE, UNIQUE ABOUT THE ENTREPRENEUR COMMUNITY, THEIR ABILITY TO HELP OTHERS. WHAT I SEE SO OFTEN IN KANSAS AND IN STATES LIKE OURS, WHERE WE DESPERATELY...
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| 00:38:03 |
Downes, Larry - Columnist
THEY RECEIVED OVER 1000 APPLICATIONS. THEY CHOSE KANSAS CITY. WHAT THEY HAVE SAID IS THAT ALL OF THE APPLICATIONS THEY GOT FROM CALIFORNIA WERE DISMISSED...
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Dawson, Christian - Chief Operating Officer
DIFFERENT REASONS. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT NARROW TYPES OF TECHNOLOGY. THE OTHER IS THAT A LOT OF THIS STUFF IS EXTREMELY LOCALIZED. YOU HAVE PEOPLE -- IT...
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Katkar, Rama - Co-Founder
PREDICTIVE TECHNOLOGY THAT I WOULD LIKE TO APPLY BUT OUR SITUATION IS UNIQUE IN THAT WE DO NOT HAVE VENTURE FINANCING. WE HAVE RAISED A SMALL ROUND...
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| 00:41:11 |
Downes, Larry - Columnist
GOVERNMENT SERVICES, THEY MAY HAVE DIFFICULTY KNOWING ABOUT THEM OR USING THEM ARE GETTING ACCESS TO THEM. EVAN, I THINK THAT IS PROBABLY PART OF WHAT...
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Burfield, Evan - Chairman
YES, OBVIOUSLY LARGE CORPORATIONS HAVE TREMENDOUS ACCESS TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE AND INFORM POLICYMAKERS ABOUT HOW ISSUES ARE GOING TO IMPACT THEM...
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Sigal, Jake - Founder and CEO
A FEW BROADCAST OVER RADIO, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO PAY. I THINK IT MIGHT HAVE MADE SENSE TO HAVE THESE KINDS OF RULES BUT I DO NOT SEE HOW IT IS ANY DIFFERENT....
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| 00:46:37 |
Downes, Larry - Columnist
TO DO WITH THIS CONVERSATION? >> I HAVE THREE OPEN JOBS RIGHT NOW. I HAVE HAD HUNDREDS APPLY AND WHAT WE NEED IS SPECIALIZED. THERE ARE NOT THAT MANY...
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Sigal, Jake - Founder and CEO
HAD TO TURN DOWN THREE APPLICANTS THAT ARE GREAT, THEY ARE EDUCATED AND HAVE ADVANCED DEGREES BUT THEY HAPPEN TO LIVE OUT OF THE COUNTRY AND I CANNOT...
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Katkar, Rama - Co-Founder
THEY'RE NOT U.S. CITIZENS SO IT IS NOT EASY FOR THEM TO STAY. I HAVE COUSINS THAT ARE GETTING A PH.D. IS TO STAY IN THE COUNTRY BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT...
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Dawson, Christian - Chief Operating Officer
SPEAK FOR THEM OR GIVE THEIR EXAMPLES, BUT I HAVE A NUMBER OF THINGS I CAN THINK OF OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD WHERE WE HAVE PATENT TROLL SITUATIONS. IF HE...
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| 00:49:19 |
Downes, Larry - Columnist
ELSE HAVE ANY DIRECT EXPERIENCE WITH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY? OR OTHER OBSTACLES? GOOD, YOU ARE LUCKY. IN THE LAST FEW MINUTES I WANT TO OPEN IT UP TO AUDIENCE...
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Q & A
TO BRING THIS UP FOR FUN, IT IS LUNCHTIME. THERE IS ALL OF THIS TALK ABOUT A BARRIER TO ENTRY. I WONDER OF START-UPS ARE THE KEY TO ECONOMIC GROWTH OR...
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| 00:52:00 |
Dawson, Christian - Chief Operating Officer
I WANT TO TELL A STORY. WHEN I WORK WITH COMPANIES AND INNOVATORS TO HELP THEM BUILD THEIR BUSINESS, I WILL USE AN EXAMPLE. THE NAVY MAY KNOW THE COMPANY...
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Sigal, Jake - Founder and CEO
MY COMPETITION CAN COME FROM ANYWHERE. I HAVE A BIG PROBLEM WITH PATENT FOR THE PRODUCT. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT BOTHERS ME A LOT, ESPECIALLY IN THE SOFTWARE...
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| 00:56:41 |
Burfield, Evan - Chairman
A RETURN. I AM FASCINATED BY AREAS LIKE EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGY AND ENERGY IN POLITICS BECAUSE I THINK A ARE MESSED UP A MASSIVE INDUSTRIES THAT PRESENT...
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| 00:58:48 |
Flemings, Hajj E. - Co-Founder and CEO
THIS WHERE HE IS BRINGING IN TECH ENTREPRENEURS THAT ARE FROM UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS AND GIVING THEM EXPOSURE TO SILICON VALLEY, GIVING THEM EXPOSURE...
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Downes, Larry - Columnist
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