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Pepperdine University, 2U In Online MBA Agrrement

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Malibu-based Pepperdine University Graziadio Business School and online education provider 2U , which has one of its major offices in Los Angeles, said last week that the two companies are in a expanded partnership. According to the two, 2U will power Pepperdine's existing online MBA degree, starting in January of 2020.

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Insights: VCs Planting the Seeds for a Cleantech Bumper Crop in L.A.

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John Paglia , an associate professor of finance and senior researcher of the Pepperdine Private Capital Markets Project. Los Angeles boasts 543,835 privately held companies -- among the largest concentrations of small businesses in the world, according to the National Association of Women Business Owners. READ MORE>>.

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Small Business Breakfast Series: How to Build a Brand with Authentic Storytelling

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Join us at the Pepperdine West Los Angeles Graduate Campus and learn invaluable information about what it means to be an entrepreneur. Consumers these days are looking to connect with companies on a much deeper level. Breakfast provided. No brand today can afford to ignore the power of stories to drive their business.

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General Assembly,XYZ Tie On Registry Website Design Contest

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LA''s General Assembly and fellow Los Angeles company.XYZ are offering up a free domain name, website hosting, and General Assembly course credits to entrants to a new design contest, which challenges web designers to create a website based on the.xyz domain extension. The contest starts on January 9th, and runs through February 15th.

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Interview with Rich Branning, Sweep

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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. That has been a vastly neglected talking point.

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How Google's Old Offices Are Becoming A Tech Hub, with ROC's Walter Grieves

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We dropped in recently, and found a screening session for the Tech Coast Angels; a number of former StartEngine, MuckerLab, and LaunchpadLA startups in residence; not more than a few startup founders wandering the halls; and a long list of upcoming technology networking events on the calendar. Digital content is the software of Los Angeles.

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Watch an Ad, Help a Nonprofit Out

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Not only that, they’ve started launching their own companies and platforms that tout innovative ways to help millenials get in on the action. And that’s really valuable to brands,” says Malte Kramer , Givvr’s CEO, cofounder, and last year’s Valedictorian at Pepperdine University.

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