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UCSB Tops Harvard & Wharton In Startup Wars

InfoChachkie

Instead, grab your surfboard and head to UC Santa Barbara. Although UCSB has room to grow with regard to the total number of VC-backed startups it generates, the Santa Barbara region fares well when its relative size is taken into account. A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes. Organic Academia.

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Social Networking Addiction Bears Fruit

Eric Greenspan

Our Director of Flow, Heather Burlesci will be attending these courses as she is looking to build up her skills in this area. I of course agreed to get involved. Of course not, but I wish I could. Tags: Eric Greenspan 140conf Google Voice jeff pulver santa barbara social media tech news Twitter. A great trade!

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Why We’re Looking to Fund Stuff With More Meaning

Both Sides of the Table

We look at stage, geography and of course sector. And of course many more of us are gluten intolerant or want to live gluten-reduced lives. Suffice it to say it will drive much demand including from a very close family member of mine who always travels with an EpiPen. Apeel Technologies.

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You Can’t Teach People To Be Entrepreneurs, But Entrepreneurs Can Be Taught

InfoChachkie

Despite the fact that I teach entrepreneurship at UC Santa Barbara , I do not believe that entrepreneurs are created in classrooms. My courses are rigorous and demanding. I am likewise pleased that my courses have not been rated "easy," earning an overall 2.9 A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes.

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Do you Suffer from the Urgency Addiction? It’s More Common Than you Think

Both Sides of the Table

I has been asked to do the keynote speech at a dinner that night but of course hadn’t written a speech in advance. I was on vacation in Santa Barbara two years ago with my wife and I was reflecting on what I had learned in my first year in LA and in VC. I couldn’t carry on a conversation.

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