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Challenge of Predicting Winners

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At the same time, when I saw an old colleague at an event at UCLA a few weeks back, we both were discussing how hard we felt it was to predict success in this kind of venture. Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. Why did YouTube win?

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Innovation and Geography

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Ive personally been involved in the start-up world in Los Angeles for about 15 years, and have had the opportunity to work on many early-stage companies (e.g., Some events, like a recent Tech Coast Angel event at UCLA are really worth it. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony.

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Spotlight: LA Tech | One Year, Recap, and Thank You!

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Many thanks to everyone who participated in last night’s Spotlight: LA Tech at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management. In addition, Howard Marks unveiled Start Engine , a new LA incubator focused on helping entrepreneurs become successful in 90 days. Tech Coast Angels is actively seeking great startups to fund.

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Spotlight: LA Tech | One Year, Recap, and Thank You!

Tech Zulu Event

Many thanks to everyone who participated in last night’s Spotlight: LA Tech at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management. In addition, Howard Marks unveiled Start Engine , a new LA incubator focused on helping entrepreneurs become successful in 90 days. Tech Coast Angels is actively seeking great startups to fund.

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TenHands HD Video Collaboration I Founders Interview

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The “ TenHands ” name emerged from the concept and philosophy of John Wooden, the UCLA basketball coach, who emphasized the value of teamwork and insisted that all ten hands (five players) touch the ball before shooting. Co-founder and lead software developer Anil Kumar was a led software engineer for WebEx.

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Twiistup 007: Final Showoff's Additional Speakers and TZ Discount

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The final showoff's have been selected, so that brings the count to a total of 10 showoff's plus a wild card from the demo night at UCLA (full list of showoff's below). You folks are just that awesome that we try and hook our readers up whenever we can so you are Welcome! Twiistup 007 Speaker List: Peter Guber. Bambi Francisco.