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5 things Silicon Valley gets wrong about Southern California

SoCal Delicious

And, let’s not overlook the research juggernaut called Caltech, which managed $332 million in sponsored research and $1.77 Matthew Jenusaitis is the CEO of OCTANe , an Orange County startup accelerator whose mission is to connect people and ideas with capital and resources. Backup Software. Blog Software. CRM Software.

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Angel Funding Advice

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I’m a software guy so I’m sure there are cases where building isn’t feasible. Join local organizations like OCTANe , TechStars or Launchpad LA. The pure delays due to admin if I would have had 3-4 pig farmers would have killed me. Product : You should build a product or a prototype. At what value?

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