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Interview with Dave Eastman, Viterbi Startup Garage

socalTECH

There are 9 innovation nodes in the US associated with I-Corp, and one of those nodes is out of the Viterbi School of Engineering, with UCLA and Caltech partners in that. What we do, is regional customer discovery for teams, typically academic. They're also familiar with traditional startup structure.

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How Beatshare Is Tackling Music And Messaging

socalTECH

Eli Aizenstat: I entered into the Design Accelerator, which is an accelerator run in conjunction with the Art Center College of Design and Caltech, in the summer of 2014. Barry was a lead mentor there at Chapman University's Launch Labs, and we paired up. Finally, what's your next big goal?

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

Both graduates of one of the most premier science institutions in the United States: Caltech. He built & IPOd Demand Media. We now have 2nd and 3rd time entrepreneurs fueled by recycled capital and mentors who have built startups to successful outcomes and have seen scale. He led and sold MySpace to Fox for $650 million.

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Guide to the LA Startup Community

SoCal Delicious

Southern California companies are second to only Silicon Valley in raising venture capital , there are three major universities to recruit talent – UCLA, Caltech, and USC – and a thriving startup community to mingle with. Mark founded Launchpad LA, a program designed to help mentor LA’s most promising first-time startup CEO’s.

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