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DECEMBER 26, 2016

This contribution is from John Greathouse , a longtime venture capitalist and also a professor at UC Santa Barbara, who was instrumental in Computer Motion's initial public offering and the sale of GoToMeeting to Citrix. John is also very involved in providing advice to young startups and entrepreneurs. Welcome to the 1990's!

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DECEMBER 29, 2017

Here, we feature the contribution of John Greathouse , an investor with Rincon Venture Partners and Professor Of Practice at UC Santa Barbara, where he teaches courses on New Venture Creation and Entrepreneurial Sales. What was the biggest personal lesson you learned from 2017? What was the big news for your company this year?

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JANUARY 22, 2019

This morning's interview is with Kevin O'Connor , a longtime investor and serial entrepreneur, who is now running venture capital investment firm ScOp Venture Capital. Kevin sold his last company, Santa Barbara-based Graphiq, in July of 2017 to Amazon, but has a long history of successful companies, including founding DoubleClick.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2019

When I saw World Series Poker Champion Annie Duke speak in 2017, I was inspired to write an article describing some of her recruiting techniques. I was fortunate enough to interview Annie for my UCTV Innovator Stories series, filmed at UC Santa Barbara. A version of this article previously appeared Forbes. Top T akeaways.

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DECEMBER 11, 2018

Jordan Glazier: We did a seed round in July of 2017, led by Mucker Capital, out of Santa Monica. As a serial entrepreneur, what are you doing differently this time based on what you learned from your prior ventures? We were most excited about Santa Barbara and San Diego.

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AUGUST 8, 2016

I thought it would be interesting to understand the challenges and concerns of entrepreneurs who began selling online for the first time in 2016, so I sat down with Heidi Muther, COO at Z S upply , LLC. Founded in 2011, Z Supply, LLC has created five women’s fashion brands with a sixth brand and extension into Men’s, launching Spring 2017.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2019

The company recently raised a round of funding from Santa Barbara-based ScOps Venture Capital. So, in 2017, we though it was very important for us to understand the unit economics. After you've done that, and see that it is working, as an entrepreneur, you really start to believe in your product.

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