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Tekelec Acquired By Oracle

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The firm, which was then based in Calabasas, moved out of the area in 2005, taking with it hundreds of jobs. Tekelec's former Southern California executives are well represented as advisors, investors, and executives at local high tech companies. The firm has since been in Morrisville, North Carolina. READ MORE>>.

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Cheers Gains $2.5M To Spread Happiness, Joy

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Mohit is one of the pioneers of the Southern California high tech industry, having founded Bizrate back in 1995, based on his thesis at Wharton. Scripps for $525M in 2005. Bizrate eventually became Shopzilla, and was acquired by E.W. Cheers launched last February. READ MORE>>.

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Doing “Defense the Silicon Valley Way” Pays for Daylight Solutions

Xconomy

Paul Larson, who co-founded Daylight Solutions with CEO Tim Day in 2005, said they followed a path that was very different from a classic defense contractor, but not too different from a typical high-tech startup. “We

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The @TWTFelipe Story – A Tale of US Visa Policy Gone Awry (#startupvisa)

Both Sides of the Table

In 2005 he was graduated and took a job in South Carolina working for technology company while he started his own web design company on the side. TWTFelipe and everybody like him who want to start high-tech, green tech or other scientific companies in the US should be encouraged to do so. Felipe grew up in Brazil.

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Interview with Todd Jerry, Marmol Radziner

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We thought we'd learn a bit more about the practical barriers in taking many eco-friendly technology innovations into the market, plus the contrast between the construction and architecture business and the high tech investing world. First, explain what your company is all about? It's been around for about 20 years.

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Boomers are Looking for Another Bite at the Apple

Startup Professionals Musings

The buzz from startup executives, especially high-tech ones, has long been that startups are no place for Baby-Boomers (1946-1964) – you must have the high energy and crazy determination to work 20-hour days to succeed. of startup businesses as far back as 2005. Only the under-35 age group need apply.

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America’s Entrepreneurial Innovation Needs Help

Startup Professionals Musings

Offer meaningful incentives to bring back high-tech manufacturing. In fact, between 1995 and 2005, these same immigrants founded over 50 percent of the venture-backed technology companies in Silicon Valley, and are some of the key venture capitalists there as well.

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