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First Ever Startup Weekend Orange County Live!

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As you all know TechZulu is a huge supporter of Startup Weekend, and when we had the chance to be part of the very first Orange County (my home town) Startup Weekend we jumped on board. He joined Miramar in 2006. Maneesh focuses on the medical information technology markets. Managing Director of Miramar Venture Partners.

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Interview with Albert Ko, DealPerk.com

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One of those startups is Orange County-based DealPerk.com (www.dealperk.com), which is headed by Albert Ko. Albert Ko: At DealPerk, we cater toward Orange County, here in Southern California. We cater to a more specific market, and get deals specifically for those verticals. What is the site all about?

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Southern California Leads In Green Businesses, Says Report

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A new report released today by Next 10 , a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy group, says that Southern California--and California, as a whole--leads the green innovation, cleantech venture capital, and energy market. billion invested in cleantech venture capital in the state since 2006.

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Vizio and the Story of the Sleeping Giant

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I am currently at the annual VC in the OC program held in Irvine CA by OCTANe , an organization that connects people and ideas to resources and capital in Orange County. Vizio’s vision was to develop high quality, affordable HDTV’s for a mass market. William went on to speak about the 3D television market.

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Interview with John Mudge, iBN Sports

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We started with a small, high school, Rancho Santa Margarita Catholic High School, and broadcast their football games, the whole season, in 2006. Because of that, we figured out that we had a market, especially with the movement of ad dollars towards the Internet and Internet video.

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Interview with Sherry Gunther, Masher Media

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We spoke with Sherry Gunther, CEO and founder of the firm, earlier this week to get a better look at the company and the dynamics behind the virtual world market nowadays--as well as why Sherry decided to make the jump from the world of entertainment media to online. Sherry Gunther: That's been the advantage of a maturing market space.

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Interview with Curtis Staker and William Goldbach, Confident Technologies

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It was funded in 2006 with about $8M in investments, and we were fortunate to have the benefit of that investment in the development of the intellectual property. Curtis Staker: I was actually invited into the opportunity by a pretty dynamic guy, Jay Kear, who is Orange County. It's not used for authentication.