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Entrepreneurs and Teachers Put to the Creation Challenge | Startup Weekend Bay Area

Tech Zulu Event

With the SOLD OUT Startup Weekend Los Angeles quickly approaching (February 24th-26th, 2012) it’s time to start getting in the creation mindset. This year Startup Weekend is branching out towards driving solutions to be created for the education industry with Startup Weekend EDU. But according to Ms.

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10 Ways for Startups to Expand Their Reach in 2012

Startup Professionals Musings

The competition never stands still, and new opportunities are evolving, based on culture changes in your customers, new technologies, and new problems in the world which need to be solved. These could be support related, or education related, or a package of product and services for a new class of customers.

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UCSB Tops Harvard & Wharton In Startup Wars

InfoChachkie

According to a recent Forbes article , UC Santa Barbara''s Technology Management Program offers students a superior startup education over the University of Pennsylvania (home of Wharton), as well Harvard, Northwestern and even its acclaimed southern neighbor, the University of Southern California. All-Star Alumni. Am I biased?

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Fifty years of the internet

TechCrunch LA

The network grew exponentially from its earliest days, with the number of connected host computers reaching 100 by 1977, 100,000 by 1989, a million by the early 1990’s, and a billion by 2012; it now serves more than half the planet’s population. On the one hand, it has led to valuable services of great value.

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How We Won $50,000 Award in SBA Growth Accelerator Fund Contest

Xconomy

Small Business Administration as a Growth Accelerator Fund Competition winner. It also got me thinking about what was important for winning this competition. The mystartupXX accelerator is focused on providing mentorship, education, and funding to female-led technology-based startups at UC San Diego.

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Pathbrite Shows the Fruits of Having a Crystal Clear Value Proposition

Tech Zulu Event

As a former educator, I understand the complexity of the bureaucratic processes of secondary and post-secondary education systems. That is why I am amazed and extremely excited at how fast Pathbrite is storming through the education system and slugging home-runs. Entrepreneur Nuggets.

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How Tuition.IO Is Helping To Tame Student Debt, One Employee At A Time

socalTECH

I eventually ended up here in 2012, where the company came out of an incubator here called Launchpad LA. Companies don't have to educate their employees on why they would want to pay off their loans, they just get it, and they love it. This program helps them support their hires, and helps them hire competitive.

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