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If You Don’t Define Your Personal Brand the Market Will

Both Sides of the Table

I was graduated with a double degree in economics & political science from UCSD in 1991. It was the midst of a recession and I was happy to have any job at all let alone what was considered one of the more prestigious business jobs at the time graduating from UCSD. That was fine with me – the market is the market.

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Are MBAs Necessary for Start-ups or VC?

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I was reading Chris Dixon’s blog tonight. I came across this blog post about getting a computer science degree as the best degree for getting into venture capital or working at a VC-backed start up. I then worked in a computer store called Software Centre in high school and college (UCSD). What about strategy?

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VelosBio Tacks on $137M to Advance Its ROR1-Targeting Cancer Antibody Drugs

Xconomy

Dave Johnson has known UC San Diego physician and cancer reseacher Thomas Kipps for nearly 20 years.

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Bio Roundup: RIP Roger Tsien, Novartis CAR-T Wheel, Zika News & More

Xconomy

The companies—Amgen, Sanofi, and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals—are due to release important long-term data next year that will shape the debate over the drugs’ prices. With the benefit of peer review, the publication garnered international headlines but disclosed little new information beyond what Biogen described last year.

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What Most People Don’t Understand About How Startup Companies are Valued

Both Sides of the Table

There is much discussion online and also in small, private groups, about why the price of technology companies – public and private – are falling. It pains me to see the typical (and predictable) responses on Twitter, “VCs want prices to drop!” ” “Sure, prices are dropping.

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