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Congrats To The Spotlight: LA Tech Summer Presenting Companies at CalTech

Tech Zulu Event

This Spotlight takes place Thursday, July 14, at The California Institute of Technology (CalTech). Their all new all electric car is set to be released for sale in limited quantities at the end of 2011. Where: CalTech 1200 E California Blvd Pasadena, CA 91125. We hear they might bring something special to this event….wonder

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Insights and Opinions: If It Walks Like An Entrepreneur.

socalTECH

I learned that based on my selling statistics (which were good, but not great), every non-sale got me 1/15th of the way toward a sale. To stay super-motivated, I had to train myself to view a non-sale as having earned a hard $20 (1/15th of a full commission), rather than seeing it as a failure.

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Impinj Raises $21M, But Drops IPO Effort

socalTECH

Impinj , a developer of UHF, radio frequency identification (RFID) chips which has linked to Caltech, and an office in Orange County, said today that it has raised $21M in an equity funding round, as well as dropped its plans for an IPO. Impinj said the funding came from AllianceBernstein L.P., The firm had filed for an IPO in April 2011.

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Building the ??App for That.??: What??s in the Future for New Businesses in Mobile Computing?

SoCal Tech Calendar

Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum. What are the idiosyncrasies of sales and distribution? ": What's in the Future for New Businesses in Mobile Computing? Applications for handheld devices from Android to the iPhone have become a central focus in the mobile computing environment. What kinds of revenue structures are available?

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Want to Start a Technology Company in LA?

Both Sides of the Table

We have universities like CalTech, UCLA, USC and many more. You can hire a talented head of marketing, business development, technology and sales. You need to for conferences, business development and often for sales. This is especially true in LA, the second largest city in the country with a population if 16 million.

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Interview with Alex Benzer, SocialEngine

socalTECH

in sales last year, what he learned from his experience at TechStars, and where he's going with Fanmix. million in sales last year, with great margins, and it's profitable, with a team of ten people. I was really into graphic design in high school, and took several summer workshops at Caltech. We scaled that to almost $1.4

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Can You Really Build a Great Tech Firm Outside Silicon Valley?

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We have world-class universities like Caltech, UCLA, USC and more. Look beyond California and you have group purchasing (GroupOn in Chicago, LivingSocial in Washington DC), private sales (Gilt Groupe in NY, HauteLook in LA), artisan marketplaces (Etsy in NY), eCommerce (Amazon in Seattle) and on and on. million in SF Bay Area ).