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DECEMBER 26, 2019

We went out on a limb in a competitive category with Wheels, and we did it because we believed in the founders. Dynamic entrepreneurs attract talent and outside capital, both vital resources to every startup. We are more thoughtful than ever about our companies hitting meaningful milestones to attract further rounds of capital.

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Southern California News Platform Class 100

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NOVEMBER 18, 2014

They provide training and support for those women, as well as paying them an income and supporting them with capital to create the product. We went to junior high school and UCLA together. We were seniors at UCLA, and both of us in very different areas. How did you get together with your cofounder? What''s your big goal now?

Commerce 140

Commerce Help UCLA Organization 140

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FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Tech Coast Angels Fast Pitch - February 24th - UCLA. www.pitchtheangels.com) Join Tech Coast Angels members and other start up investors at the 5th Annual Los Angeles Fast Pitch Competition. Joyent - An Enterprise Class Cloud Computing Company funded by Intel Capital, provides the most comprehensive cloud solution available today.

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Southern California Tech Coast Angels IP Orange County 113

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MAY 2, 2013

Despite a growing technology industry here in Southern California, local investors and entrepreneurs tell us there''s still a shortage of local, venture capital. Healthcare is a really obvious vertical, where there is data inefficiency and a tremendous amount of opportunity, but there''s also education, human capital and talent.

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Invest Technology Startup Venture Capital 159

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FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Investors are very focused on diligence, on business models that make sense, and those companies that have a definite competitive advantage and defensibility to what they're doing. For example, our LA network is having the Fast Pitch on the 24th at UCLA. Before, when things were frothy, people were not as discerning as we are now.

Tech Coast Angels 231

Tech Coast Angels Technical Review Angel Southern California 231

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MAY 11, 2011

There is lots of competition in this area for serving retirement homes. Elizabeth Amini: My first company was in graphic design, and provide both graphics for the entertainment industry, but also buildling websites for UCLA and all kinds of places around science, astrophysics, and those types of departments. How is the firm funded?

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Study Startup Design Tips 252

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OCTOBER 14, 2010

It's trying to determine if there is a viable way to go to market, and also deal with competitive issues. Ultimately, once those issues are validated, it's how to go about building the product, recruiting talent, and enough capital to make it into a business. At USC, there's probably five or six different touchpoints. READ MORE>>.

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Networking Research Startup USC 215

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OCTOBER 4, 2010

The firm was bootstrapped several years ago, and is profitable, and its founders are both MBAs from UCLA Anderson, where they met. Ramit Varma: Jake (Neuberg), my business partner, met at UCLA's Anderson business school. We never took a dollar of outside capital, from the founding until this round a couple of months ago.

Software Review 178

Software Review Technical Review Education Startup 178

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

He began programming courses at UCLA while in high school and went on to earn a B.S. million dollars from some of the biggest funds (First Round Capital, NEA and GRP), is precisely because they solved such a huge problem. Though competitors have sprung up, Tanz welcomes the competition to help define the market.

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Advertising Santa Monica Startup Content 98

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Ali Khoshgozaran: Before we started the company, me and my partner had participated in the USC Viterbi startup competition. About 100 teams participated in that competition, and 10 teams were selected to be part of USC''s Viterbi Startup Garage program. An example of that is the UCLA flood. How did Tilofy come about?

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USC Southern California Organization UCLA 236

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OCTOBER 23, 2012

One of the biggest complaints that local entrepreneurs have with Los Angeles has been a dearth of local sources of venture capital. However, the recent surge in startup activity has attracted a lot more capital into the area, including a significant amount of capital from LA's latest fund: Karlin Ventures (www.karlinvc.com).

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Funding Startup Invest Commerce 253

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Last year I was on Sand Hill Road in Silicon Valley meeting with one of the most prominent venture capital firms in the country. We have world-class universities like Caltech, UCLA, USC and more. It’s hard to get people to take a risk at a startup or for a reasonable salary with all this competition.

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Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

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DECEMBER 17, 2008

We are trying to keep it competitive. I went to UCLA, and majored in English, and then worked in Hollywood for ten years, for companies such as CAA, Paramount, and Judd Apatow. What are your backgrounds, and how did you decide to start WordHustler? Anne Walls: Our backgrounds are different, and complementary.

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Writing Hollywood Startup Sites 209