TechCrunch LA
MARCH 22, 2018
Meanwhile, UCSD in San Diego has a deep bench of biotechnology expertise stemming from its proximity to the Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine, the Salk Institute, and the Scripps Research Institute. Suster has also noted for years that the region produces more technology doctorates than any other geography in the United States.
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 8, 2014
Over the past 4 years LA’s tech fundings have growing at a 30% compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) which is > 4 times the US average VC CAGR (7%). Both are massively funding other LA tech companies through what Fred Wilson once defined as “recycled capital.” In the last month alone (ie not captures in the $1.5
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Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 28, 2011
“Imagine you were a Phd wireless chip designer out of UCSD and then Qualcomm. What results must you have in order to raise venture capital or garner good press coverage that helps drive customer acquisition (and also more funding!)? VCs fund people all the time with no traction. They fund people with no customers.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 8, 2009
I then worked in a computer store called Software Centre in high school and college (UCSD). And if it’s not I’m generally not that interested in funding it. It fuels our bonus payments, our quarterly earnings, our growth rate, our value at acquisition time. It’s either part of the DNA or it’s not.
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