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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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UCSB Tops Harvard & Wharton In Startup Wars

InfoChachkie

A decent showing, but well below a number of larger schools, as the ranking is based on the number of graduates who secured VC funding. The company was acquired by Becton, Dickinson and Company during August of 2012, for approximately $65 million.

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How to Avoid Being Disrupted as a VC

Both Sides of the Table

In a world that is hyper competitive – even amongst VCs – I can honestly say that not only is the media recognition accurate but it is amongst the proudest days I’ve had in developing Upfront Ventures and our future. From 2007-2012 I scoured LA constantly. I created an accelerator & mentor network (Launchpad LA).

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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. We are excited to part of this competition and to support others who are passionate about improving the state of education through technology.”

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Meet Launchpad LA’s Graduating Startups

Tech Zulu Event

They have hired great people, have brought on great mentors, have raised money from top tier investors, and we are excited for a bunch of big announcements in the months ahead,” said Teller. Atlas Powered has raised $700k from Tech Coast Angels, Maverick Angels, Pasadena Angels, Angel Capital Entrepreneur Fund, LaunchpadLA, and Clark Landry.

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Pipeline Fellowship | Raising Women to Become Investors

Tech Zulu Event

There were only 22% women who invested in 2012. We also want to create more capital for women entrepreneurs to increase the chances of being funded and connected to a bigger network. We have three main components: education, mentoring, and practice. NON: I judge a lot of pitch competitions and speak at a lot of conferences.

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10 Top Reasons For First-time Entrepreneur Failure

Startup Professionals Musings

Based on my experience as a mentor and an entrepreneur, if you fail on your first startup, you are about average. If you expect to seek investors, or you expect to have a sustainable competitive advantage against sleeping giants, you need to register all your patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets early. Inexperienced team.