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Echo Labs Wins “Quick Pitch” Contest with Digital Hybrid Microscope

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By popular acclaim, San Diego-based Echo Laboratories founder Eugene Cho claimed top honors, and a $15,000 check, for his two-minute presentation last week in the 10th annual “Quick Pitch” competition, hosted by San Diego’s Tech Coast Angels. Echo Labs’ hybrid microscope. million in nine months.

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If you Can’t Make Time, MakeSpace

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His message was that he realized he needed to move his girlfriend’s stuff into a storage facility due to apartment flooding. It was in San Diego and I had space in my apartment but I had a lot of extra stuff that was easier stored in a facility. They built the software. Of course there is competition!

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Interview with Ramit Varma, Revolution Prep

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The company provides SAT, ACT, and other similar test preparation courses and related software. I had worked as a tutor for Princeton Review, and Jake for Kaplan. We thought, we could put out a better product than Kaplan or Princeton Review, which would be more compelling, and also would tie in a strong social mission.

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On Ramp Wireless: Connecting The Smart Grid

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One of the companies that has recently is On Ramp Wireless (www.onrampwireless.com), a San Diego company in the M2M market headed by Kevin Hell. We also operate the network software than runs and manages the entire network layer, from access point to end point. We have Renaissance making our chips.

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Decoding the Secret of iPhone Game Popularity, With William Volk, Playscreen

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It's an intensely competitive market in developing games for the iPhone and other mobile platforms, with thousands and thousands of titles competing for attention from users. William is in San Diego, and is a longtime gaming vet, having been at Activision in the days of The Manhole and Myst. stars, mostly five star reviews.

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Retro: My Favorite Blog Post on Raising VC

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Well … I have had many late nights and I really didn’t contemplate writing many blog postings this month because I spent November in this interesting venture capital / fund raising dance involving lots of late night sessions reviewing legal documents, rewriting business plans and preparing for pitches. Page 3: Competition. Folksonomy.