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Two Local Tech, Investment Executives Named In College Fraud Investigation

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Two people associated with Southern California's high tech investment and startup industry have been named as part of the far reaching investigation into a college admissions scandal , which named Hollywood actresses, CEOs, coaches at USC, UCLA, and UCSD, as well as many others. According to a complaint filed by the U.S.

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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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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. It was a failure. I think it''s very difficult to find success on that model.

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

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That technology is coming out of USC's biomedical department, which is part of its School of Engineering. When you think about it, working with the universities, it's not just talking with UCLA; it's talking with their engineering school, their medical school, their office of intellectual property. Where is this talent coming from?

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Interview with Jonathan Zweig, AppOnboard

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I had a programming job at UCLA at the time, working at UCLA Radiology. Bill talks about growing up at the Naval Academy with his father, who was an assistant football coach there, and saying that was the most impactful experience on his coaching career. He sold it to ArtistDirect for $42.5M I was a sponge.

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Mark Suster, Nely Galan to Keynote Silicon Beach Fest

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ABC Family, Fox, Universal Music, Google, Facebook, Demand Media, MyLife, Riot Games, DFJ Frontier, Rustic Canyon, GRP Partners, Siemer and Associates, Marketshare, Saatchi Online, OMD, Ignited, Rubicon Project, Smashbox Cosmetics, NFL, UCLA, USC, and dozens of start-ups. Companies represented include: Disney, Warner Bros.,