2013 was great, and 2014 is underway What an amazing 2013 for YD Industries, and 2014 is shaping up to be even better! We've got a couple exciting an

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2013 was great, and 2014 is underway

What an amazing 2013 for YD Industries, and 2014 is shaping up to be even better! We've got a couple exciting announcements below, and also thought it would be nice to look back on 2013, now that we're a solid month into 2014.

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If you're looking to learn how to fail harder, YDI has the techniques you need to know.

Upcoming YDI Seminar: "How to Make Better Failures"

Monday February 24th, 7:30pm.
Z Below Theater, S.F., CA
Our live San Francisco workshop series continues in February with a deep dive on what it takes to fail spectacularly. We'll be looking at YDI's most successful failures, and then form failure break-out teams to practice proven failure methodologies.

Only 30 seats, so get your tickets now!

Note: Attendees should wear loose fitting clothing, carry extra hand wipes, and harbor a desire to not succeed.

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YD Ventures: Applying proven innovation methodologies for unambiguous break-out marketplace opportunities.

YD Ventures in Milbrae, CA

The YDI venture capital wing, YD Ventures, has relocated to Milbrae CA, otherwise known as Silicon Valley Adjacent. To celebrate, we announced the funding of HorseMeat2U.com, a dynamic same-day horse meat delivery service. Check out their exciting coming soon page!

If you have a startup you're looking to fund, you should consider submitting to YD Ventures for your first, and perhaps last, term sheet!

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YDI 2013 Highlights

A 32% year over yesteryear growth in real revenue was not a fluke, but the result of a lot of hard work from the entire YD Industries corporation. The following were the critical dial turners in 2013:

LIVE EVENTS - Over course of four special gatherings, YD Industries received invaluable input from a dedicated community of innovators (including many of you!). In addition to sharing innovation techniques and brainstorming disruptive products for the marketplace, the crowd-sourcing energy produced an exciting…

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CORPORATE REBRANDING - An outgrowth of a particularly productive consumer break-out session, the YD Industries logo re-invention produced immediate results. By eliminating dependence on fickle designers, and instead relying on consumer testing, metric analysis, and proprietary semiotic algorithms - the new YD Industries logo is a triumph of data driven consumer initiated design.

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Genetically Modified Cuddle Hamsters - Big hit in Ottawa!

NEW PRODUCTS - 2013 was a year of rapid and successful new product releasing from YD Industries Researchers. Big marketplace hits included: The Spud Cuddler, Digi-doubloon digital currency, The Pool Gondola, The Pool Safe Toddler, Ultra Soft Chicken, Genetically Modified Cuddle Hamsters, and Permanent Lip Gloss.

In Conclusion...

The conclusion is our favorite part of the newsletter, because it means we're almost done writing and we're just minutes away from a happy hour Fuzzy Nipple and endless wings from Red Baron Burger down on Route 17. While the New Rochelle campus misses the presence of recently relocated VP of Marketing, Steve Musselman, we know that all the folks at YD Ventures in Milbrae, CA are benefitting from his wisdom and energy.

Newsletter MVP props this month go to Francine Elders for wrangling the pictures from all the different YDI divisions. Sub-props go to the friendly folks at Z Space in San Francisco for doing that amazing split screen photo of our audiences out there. We hope to see many of you back at Z Space as we learn to fail in February!

Cheers,
The YD Industries Team

PS - As always, we invite your thoughts and suggestions, so feel free to drop us a line anytime!

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