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JULY 9, 2012

To do that, we spoke with Vic Alston , the CEO of Calabasas-based Ixia (www.ixiacom.com), a publicly traded maker of network testing equipment and software. The other thing we see there, is we don't want to compete with our customers. But we also have to make sure we're competitive in our existing markets.

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OCTOBER 10, 2012

The clean technology sector is infamous for taking a big toll on startups--requiring large investments, risky technology propositions, steep international competition, and fickle government policies. How do you create a business around the still-emerging market of electric vehicles and avoid those issues?

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JULY 23, 2009

It's somewhat unusual in this economy to find companies who are seeing strong growth, so we were intrigued recently in running into BlackLine Systems (www.blackline.com), a firm which develops software for helping in the financial reporting process. We spoke with Therese Tucker , CEO and founder of the Calabasas firm.

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