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Why the Future of Space Starts in LA

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Is it because of the rich engineering talent coming out of Caltech, UCLA, USC, Harvey Mudd, and all the other universities? Apex builds satellite buses quicker and more affordably than ever before, allowing companies to rapidly expand critical satellite deployment.

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Cisco to Pay $660M for Luxtera, Maker of Advanced Data Center Chips

Xconomy

Cisco has agreed to pay $660 million for Luxtera, a Caltech spinout that makes optical chips for data centers. The semiconductor company, founded in 2001, is based in Carlsbad, CA, a San Diego suburb.

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Some Thoughts on Branding Startups and Communities

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In his blog he says, “I responded that I thought it was stupid. World-class education including Caltech, USC and UCLA. Whatever you’re trying to brand – your company, your community or yourself – this is the first exercise I would recommend that you start with. My views are pretty well known.

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Social Networking (the Shorter Version) Past, Present, Future

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This blog post originally appeared in serialized form here on TechCrunch. If you came here via a direct link you might want to check out the more detailed full version on my blog, which is here. Companies like GeoCities & Tripod built tools that let you publish web pages that could be discoverable by others.

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Interview with Alex Benzer, SocialEngine

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Plus, he told us a little bit about how he's helping to build a mini cluster of technology companies in the Silverlake area. It's like WordPress, but instead of blogging, it provides an online community, which is self-hosted. Is the idea to have multiple projects as part of the company? We're also updating the format.

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Want to Know How First Round Capital was Started?

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If you read this blog often you'll know that I'm a huge fan of First Round Capital. One example is that they introduced a program where their founders can pool together shares from their company and exchange them for a small portfolio of other First Round Capital companies. I'm a huge fan of this innovation. and Half.com.

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Choosing Internet Platforms

SoCal CTO

I'm blogging from the CalTech Enterprise Forum. The topic is: Betting Your Company On An Internet Platform? VRM - his company - goal is to provide a Level 4 platform. First company built on top of EMC, Unix servers, field sales to large clients. Interestingly it was same developers in both companies.

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