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Blackstone Expands Student Entrepreneurship Program To SoCal

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grant, to be given to a partnership including UCLA, UC Irvine, USC, and the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC), to connect university students with a network of venture coaches. blackstone launchpad student entrepreneurship program ucla southern california entrepreneur startup business'

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Interview with Jonathan Lehmann and James Chung, KarmaGoat

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Jonathan Lehmann: I was awarded the Larry Wolfen Entrepreneurial Spirit Award at UCLA, after getting amazing coaching from Matt Ridenour in our business plan development class. Exatly a year ago was the very beginning of KarmaGoat, where I was trying to come up with something that would work as a marketplace donating items.

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Interview with Jonathan Zweig, AppOnboard

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Jonathan, who was Founding CEO and President of AdColony (which sold to Opera for $350 Million in June of 2014), also told us why he got back in the startup game, even though he could be just sitting on a beach in Bali after his prior success. Why launch into a new startup now? What is AppOnboard? It's been a resounding success.

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Interview with Mike Napoli, Tech Coast Angels

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So do you think the environment still tough for startups? Mike Napoli: Actually, we are seeing entrepreneurs. I think that makes everyone happy, because even those who end up turned down appreciate knowing that quickly. With our new process, we're coming to a conclusion earlier than later, and giving a thumbs up or thumbs down.

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StartupWeekend Next Teaches Teams How to Level Up

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The creators of the renowned StartupWeekend — a place where random ad hoc teams work frantically for 54 hours to build a demo of a new business and then complete for fame and fortune — have picked up where StartupWeekend left off and have birthed a new course for entrepreneurs who need to level up called StartupWeekend Next.

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Incubating LA's Biotech Future, With Richard Koffler, Greenwings Biomedical

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A couple of weeks ago, a brand new, startup incubator launched in town--with a slightly different focus, on biomedical technology. The incubator-- Greenwings Biomedical (www.greenwingsbiomedical.com), is led by Richard Koffler , a serial entrepreneur and angel investor in Los Angeles. Why did you decide to start Greenwings?

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Interview with Richard Koffler and John Morris, The Tech CEO Network

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The group--which was started by Richard Koffler and John Morris , two well known investors in Los Angeles--has been trying to help connect CEOs with interesting university and other technology projects. A lot of the time, all the startup and inventor can get their head around is the technology, much less trying to deal with business issues.