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Interview with Scott Ferreira, MySocialCloud

socalTECH

We sent in our resumes, an application about what we were doing, and after probably just two or three emails back and forth with one of his secretaries, he asked us to get to Miami in 48 hours. Both have been great mentors ever since. Was that investment how you decided to drop out of school to launch the service?

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From Nothing to Something with Howard Marks & Nanxi Liu

Tech Zulu Event

The USC Entrepreneur Club and the Kairos Society brought Howard Marks , a successful entrepreneur and founder and CEO of StartEngine , on campus to speak about his past experiences. Liu began by talking about her background, eventually explaining how she sent an email to Marks to get into StartEngine in a no Wi-Fi zone. “A

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How TenOneTen Ventures Is Investing In LA's Technology Future

socalTECH

I was just at USC yesterday, and they''re really focused on great things in science in engineering. David Waxman: It''s always great if you can get a referral, but you can also feel free to reach out to me directly--my email is on our website. What do you see in the technology area that made you want to focus there?

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Los Angeles Startup Weekend August 2011 | The Complete Breakdown

Tech Zulu Event

We also had awesome group of mentors that included: David Waxman (Co-founder of PeoplePC, Spot Runner and Firefly Network), Paige Craig (CEO of BetterWorks ), Josh MacAdam (Co-founder/CTO at Ming.ly Feel free to email or drop a tweet with any questions about the journey, no matter what stage you’re in. Rob Maigret. Scott Sangster.

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Guide to the LA Startup Community

SoCal Delicious

Southern California companies are second to only Silicon Valley in raising venture capital , there are three major universities to recruit talent – UCLA, Caltech, and USC – and a thriving startup community to mingle with. Mark founded Launchpad LA, a program designed to help mentor LA’s most promising first-time startup CEO’s.

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