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UCSB Tops Harvard & Wharton In Startup Wars

InfoChachkie

The TMP is an example of lean academia. Unlike most university programs that are over architected and underfunded, the TMP evolved organically, based on the demands of its students and input from the local community. The company was acquired by Becton, Dickinson and Company during August of 2012, for approximately $65 million.

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How Businesses Can Find Scalable Ethernet Services in Southern California

Southern California Edison Blog

And, since 2012, just six counties in SoCal have seen their gross domestic product increase from $992 billion to $1.26 To find scalable Ethernet services that can handle increasing demands as you grow, you need to evaluate providers and services on a specific criteria set that’s designed to accommodate growth. trillion. ¹. Start Local.

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Interview with Rich Branning, Sweep

socalTECH

Rich Branning is the CEO and co-founder of Sweep (www.sweepcrew.com), a company that handles logistics, maintenance, and other heavy lifting required for on-demand scooter companies like Bird, Lime, and others. I'm originally from Palo Alto, but I graduated from Pepperdine in 2012. What is Sweep all about?

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How I Got My Teen from Cs to Bs in Two Weeks

Eric Greenspan

My 16 year old was living with his mom this past year as my business of 12 years went under in June of 2012. Instead of demanding he do his work, I jumped in and worked with him. A great example is the Orbit Baby G2 stroller. I’m a good father and I love them more than my own life. You get what I mean.

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Twitter for Business Misses Critical Body Language

Startup Professionals Musings

Amazingly, it leveled off in 2012, only due to Twitter, which has already superseded SMS texting in volume of messages. An example would be sitting down to meet with a key vendor, rather than standing to deliver demands. Email volume just continues to increase. Good managers practice this one for personnel issues.

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Good Times Ahead for VC-backed Tech Companies?

Both Sides of the Table

He thinks demand for IPOs (from buyers) remains high while supply is low because Sarbanes Oxley amongst other things has made less CEOs want to go public. More interestingly Montgomery expect the M&A market to grow to 600 in 2011 and 750 in 2012. Pure Digital to Cisco) but that even the 2nd largest will get much lover valuations.

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What Should You Do with Your Crappy Little Services Business?

Both Sides of the Table

A great recent example of this was a successful group of entrepreneurs who had created a company that will do $10-12 million in revenue at their system integration business (read: services business) in 2011 after having done $5 million or so in 2010 and $2-3 million in 2009. One big challenge is how to grow the company.

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