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Catalyzing Innovation In Pasadena, with Innovate Pasadena

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More than 80 percent of the IP out of those institutions gets licensed, but less than 20 percent of that goes into startups. The thesis is, we need collaboration, ideas, and IP, and to translate that into innovation. The thesis is, we need collaboration, ideas, and IP, and to translate that into innovation. more) READ MORE>>.

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Interview with Chris Lyman and Corey Brundage, SendLove.to

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Places are rated pretty well--you've got Yelp taking care of that, CitySearch, and other sites doing that really well. I had been a young, entrepreneurial person, but I had been in voice-over-IP an real time communications for more than a decade. I had become increasingly frustrated that there was no rating system for people.

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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

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To interconnect these computers we needed IP-based telecommunications equipment build by the likes of Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks. As you have more exits in your startup community and more second-time entrepreneurs the growth of a local startup community becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. Venture Capital.

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A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference

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I’m an entrepreneur at heart so I’m always inspired when I hear stories about innovation. It’s why my investment philosophy is called, “ the entrepreneur thesis.&#. Passionate Entrepreneurs & Ambassadors. You need to have passionate tech entrepreneurs who want to build businesses locally.