Here's a Startup Idea: Become a Mentalist - Watch this Video to the End

It may be hard to believe, but being a mentalist actually a high tech business. This mind reader, named Dave, is supposed to be one of the best in the world. He specializes in reading financial information in the minds of people. You need to watch this to the end to see how he has such skills.

The New Campus of Google in Mountain View California

Have you heard about the new campus that Google is building in the City of Mountain View, in California? It is quite interesting, but will need to get the approval of the City Council.

Instead of me telling you what the buildings and campus will look like, I will let the video do that for you.

Check out the video below to get an idea of what they are planning.

Two More Days for the Launch Festival

If you didn't make it to the Launch Festival today at Fort Mason in San Francisco, there are two more days left. If you have a startup, are an investor in startups, a journalist who writes about startups, or a coder for startups, you should attend.

You can get a lot more info and sign up at the Launch website: http://www.launchfestival.com

Check out the agenda for tomorrow:

TUESDAY MARCH 3RD

Registration Opens: 7:30am 

Morning Session: 9:30am-12:00pm

• Accelerators: The Next Generation
  • Halle Tecco, RockHealth
  • Clara Brenner, Tumml
  • Brady Forrest, Highway1
• Fireside Chat with Andrew Mason, Detour
• The Future of Health with Chamath Palihapitiya, Founder, Social+Capital Partnership
  • Dhananja Jayalath, Athos
  • Jon Schull, e-NABLE
  • Esther Rodriguez-Villegas, AcuPebble
• The Future of Policing
  • Chris Kapiloff & Foster Goodrich, School Guard Glass
  • Jim Schaff, Yardarm Technologies
  • Greg Sullivan, Security Devices Int'l
• Fireside Chat with Roelof Botha, Sequoia Capital

Lunch + LAUNCH Job Fair: 12:00pm-2:00pm 

Afternoon Session: 2:00pm-5:30pm

• Fireside Chat with Peter Thiel, The Founders Fund
• Roelant Prins, Adyen - "Go Global, Be Local" -- Partner Presentation
• Fireside Chat with Gary Vaynerchuck, VaynerMedia
• 15 Brand New Startups Launch on Stage!

8th Annual LAUNCH Festival for Startups

Don't miss the upcoming 8th annual LAUNCH Festival at Fort Mason in San Francisco, California. The event will take place on March 2nd, 3rd, and 4th. Here are the details.

1. The Agenda
http://www.launchfestival.com/agenda

2. The Product Hunt AMA Stage
http://www.launchfestival.com/ama

3. The Speakers
http://www.launchfestival.com/speakers

4. The Parties & Dinners
http://www.launchfestival.com/parties 

See you there.

The Snoop Dogg Marijuana Startup Fund

A lot of astute and famous investors are jumping on the marijuana startup bandwagon, such as Peter Thiel, Ashton Kutcher and Justin Bieber. Now the famous blogger Snoop Dogg, who is now also going by the name Snoop Lion, is setting up a venture capital fund to invest in marijuana startups. Cannabis companies have been cropping up like weeds. Although many of these startups may go up in smoke, the ones state survive can pay off big time.

According to sources reported by TechCrunch, Snoop Dogg is raising $25 million to invest in startups related to the pot business, primarily in technology related companies in the weed industry.

Snoop Dogg isn't a novice in the investing field, as he has a;ready invested in Robinhood and Reddit. It will be interesting to see what companies he chooses to invest in. For a list of numerous marijuana stocks, go to WallStreetNewsNetwork.com.

If You Haven't Seen Betas, You Don't Know What You Are Missing

There is an Amazon Productions television series that came out a little over a year ago called Betas. It takes place in Sn Francisco and is about a group of guys and a girl working out of a shared workspace and  trying to develop a social networking app while getting and maintaining financing.

Much of the series is very real and realistic. It is filled with drugs, sex and nudity, and of course a lot of adult language. (I told you much of it is real.)

I found the show hilarious in many scenes. Some of the humor is extremely ancient, and some of the humor is extremely modern, but in all cases, extremely priceless.

The actors are non-famous, which makes it great. No preconceived expectations.

Apparently, there were a ton of screenwriters for the series, which works well.

Amazon Prime is pushing the show now as one of its recommended TV shows. In case you can't tell, I highly recommend you check it out. You can get it in the form of a Betas DVD or you can just start with the Betas Episode 1 Pilot, which you can watch for free on your laptop or iPad.

How to Launch your Startup at the LAUNCH Festival 2015

Are you involved in a startup and looking for investors? What better way to do so than presenting your company at the upcoming LAUNCH Festival 2015, which will be held in San Francisco March 2 through 4.

Launch is looking for 50 companies to appear on stage. The deadline to apply is 2/1/15 and you will ned to provide a screencast demo of you using your product as part of the application.

There are three categories. 1.0 is for companies that have had no publicity whatsoever. 2.0 is for companies that have already launched but have a significantly now product of feature. The Crowdfunding category is for companies that will have an active Kickstarter or Indiegogo campaign running during the festival.

For more information, go HERE.