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Congrats To The Spotlight: LA Tech Winter Presenting Companies at Caltech

Tech Zulu Event

Months of submissions and the amazing help from our judges , the Spotlight is shinning down on awesome companies that were born right out of Southern California. This Spotlight takes place Thursday, February 2, at Caltech. We write and create our own content for the game. The time has finally arrived! Event Details.

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Southern California needs to find its hub for it to develop its own tech ecosystem

TechCrunch LA

As BCG writes in its report: The good news for SoCal and any region with tech ambitions is that the Bay Area has in some ways been too successful. Caltech generates more patents than any other university while UCLA boasts more startups founded by its graduate than any other school in the nation.

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Making The Pasadena Angels Relevant To Today's Startups, With Terry Kay

socalTECH

Terry Kay: We have always been about helping the entrepreneurs succeed, first, and then, we figure out how we get our fair share from that success. He started the group because he wanted to help companies succeed. The premise was, let''s help companies succeed, and cut ourselves a fair deal, and treat entrepreneurs in a decent way.

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Want to Know How First Round Capital was Started?

Both Sides of the Table

As a courtesy if you enjoyed his write-up please check out his startup company, ChannelStack. He then went on to teach Computer Science at Cornell, Caltech, and University of Pennsylvania. Through his research he helped bring ARPANET to Philadelphia in 1973. These speakers help coach CEO’s on important executive decisions.

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Some Thoughts on Branding Startups and Communities

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I recommend that you start by writing down the attributes you would want people to think about when they think about your brand. World-class education including Caltech, USC and UCLA. Home of JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), which helps put rockets into space. And of course a place of idyllic weather, culture and a lifestyle.

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Interview with Fouad ElNaggar, Redpoint Ventures

socalTECH

We can also write checks as large as $35M out of the Omega Fund. We're able to help throw some gasoline on the fire, plus also help people even at the earliest stages of a business. We're able to help throw some gasoline on the fire, plus also help people even at the earliest stages of a business. That's part one.

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Seth Sternberg – Meebo

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Over time we’ll continue to build out the applications – helping make the entire web more social.&#. It became a theme in my keynote at Caltech on the future of social networking. What I’ve learned about Sequoia is that when you’re straightforward about the facts they just try to help. They look at data.

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