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Success, Santa Barbara Style: Patagonian Sexwax With A Side Order of UGGS

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Six outstanding entrepreneurs have created this sweet flavor of success in one of the most beautiful places on earth – Santa Barbara, California. Santa Barbara has become a high-tech startup mecca, rivaling cities many times its size. 6 Entrepreneurs Who Conquered The Magical Intersection Of Money & Fun.

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WeDo Gets $1M For To Do List App

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Santa Barbara-based WeDo , a new startup developing social, to-do list apps, has raised $1M in a funding from angel investors, the company said this morning. Mobrem is a serial entrepreneur, who was the founder of Lettuce, which he sold to Intuit in 2014; Shulem is a 21-year old Mac software developer. READ MORE>>.

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UCSB Tops Harvard & Wharton In Startup Wars

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Want to be an entrepreneur? Instead, grab your surfboard and head to UC Santa Barbara. In addition, Entrepreneur Magazine recently included UCSB in its Top 50 Schools For VC Backed Entrepreneurs at number 37. UC Santa Barbara has avoided this mistake by placing its Program within the Engineering department.

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Susan Cooney

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A serial entrepreneur, Susan has a record of building value and community across several genre-defining companies. Susan graduated from the University of California at Santa Barbara and is the author of ‘The e-Auction Insider’ by McGraw-Hill. She’s been on the founding team of 9 startups, six with successful exits.

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13 Ecosystem Builders That Are Boosting Startup Growth

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If you’re an early-stage entrepreneur, technology has served you well. BlackTech Week was created in 2014, and in four short years, they’ve gained over 2700 participants, 150 speakers, and 3 pitch competitions. Ewing Marion Kauffman built a legacy that was fueled by his passion for being an entrepreneur and humanitarian.

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Upfront Ventures Raised New $280 Million Fund

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We also promoted Jordan Hudson to principal in 2014 and have encouraged him to begin looking at deals. Geographically our strategy is to fund about 50% of our deals in Southern California (from San Diego to Santa Barbara) and 50% of our deals on a national basis. Will our strategy change now that we have 40% more capital? .

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TechZulu Presents: The Annual Startup Forecast

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TechZulu is excited to invite you to the 2014 Startup and Entrepreneurial Forecast taking place on Tuesday Jan. 28 from 7pm-10pm in Santa Monica. We will have a line up of amazing panelist who will share their insights and forecast for startup trends in 2014. Extensive experience as an executive, entrepreneur and as an investor.

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