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Blackstone Expands Student Entrepreneurship Program To SoCal

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Private equity investment firm Blackstone said Friday that it is expanding its university entrepreneurship program, Blackstone LaunchPad , to Southern California. blackstone launchpad student entrepreneurship program ucla southern california entrepreneur startup business' Blackstone said it is supplying a $3.5M READ MORE>>.

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Interview with Mike Napoli, Tech Coast Angels

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And, the equity markets are certainly a more challenging environment. That has allowed us to be more focused earlier with these companies, and we can come to a decision much sooner to go ahead or not go ahead with an investment. For example, our LA network is having the Fast Pitch on the 24th at UCLA.

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

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It consisted of what today would be called an accelerator, which involves sprinkling a few dollars and coaching on other people. Three years ago, I started the first of three companies in a portfolio out of the UCLA health system, VAL9000. But, we own the project, as opposed to investing in someone else''s company.

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