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Startups to watch: 13 venture capitalists offer their picks for the next Pacific Northwest unicorns

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Quote : “They’ve executed really well on building low-cost consumer hardware devices with a strong onramp to consumer adoption of computer vision and subscription services.” ” Co-founder and CEO : Yun Zhang , former instock manager at Amazon. ” CEO : Tushar Garg , former program manager at Microsoft.

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List of the world’s top female futurists (Update #5)

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At the market research firm she specializes in the future of finance, working mainly with brands in B2B and financial industries. Blake has interviewed several power players in the industry, including the CEO of 1-800 Flowers, the CEO of Ace Hardware, and CMO of the Marriott, as well as many others. Twitter: @BlakeMichelleM.

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