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Southern California Investments On Uptick, Totals $686.5M For Q1

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Southern California venture capital investments totaled $686.5M According to the report, released today, Southern California investments totaled $686.5M Southern California's investment totals bucked the national trend, which found that there was a 9 percent drop in dollars to $4.7 of the total invested in Q1.

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Report Tallies $7.7 Billion In SoCal IT Exits In 2011

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Compared with 2010, the report found an increase of 296 percent over exits in 2010, when $2.6 Ocean Road Partners is the consulting firm headed by venture capitalist Jon Funk, who has been investing in Southern California for over 25 years, and has been a Managing Director with Allegis Capital since its founding in 1996.

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OK, So Maybe Not ALL MBA Entrepreneurs Are Oxymorons

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Given the general consensus that Business School is essentially a farm system for investment banks and consulting firms, I was initially concerned when one of my star entrepreneurial students, Sieva Kozinsky , told me of his plans to attend my alma mater, Wharton. billion from 2010-2015. ” – Scott Cook, Founder, Intuit.