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UCI Entrepreneurship: Milton Chang, Incubic

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Managing Director, Incubic Management (a venture capital fund in Mountain View, CA). This series is part of a course on Entrepreneurship for Scientists and Engineers, but enrollment is not necessary to attend these guest speaker lectures Email goran@uci.edu for details. Tuesday, January 24, 2012 -- Milton Chang, Ph.D.,

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What would you do if told to “fail fast?”

Berkonomics

If they are not achieved within the expected time, the reasons must be analyzed by you and by your board and acted upon to avoid loss of capital beyond plan or expectation. Reduce further expenditures of remaining capital and protect the assets purchased with the original investment.

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What would you do if told to “fail fast?”

Berkonomics

If they are not achieved within the expected time, the reasons must be analyzed by you and by your board and acted upon to avoid loss of capital beyond plan or expectation. Reduce further expenditures of remaining capital and protect the assets purchased with the original investment.

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Doctours offers packaged medical tourism for U.S. customers

TechCrunch LA

Currently working out of Quake Capital’s Austin incubator, the company helps patients search for and compare the cost of procedures, connect with doctors and book everything from in vitro fertilization to stem cell therapy, cosmetic and reparative plastic. O’Shaughnessy wrote in an email.

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Fail fast!

Berkonomics

If they are not achieved within the expected time, the reasons must be analyzed and acted upon to avoid loss of capital beyond plan or expectation. Email readers, continue here.] He volunteered to close the incubator and returned 96% of our investments to all of the angel investors.

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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 4

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Blippy (and their competitor Swipely – which was founded by Angus Davis , who has a great track record from both Netscape and TellMe, both aim to capitalize on the era of consumers living more openly ala Twitter, Foursquare and Gowalla. Investors: August Capital (David Hornik) (lead) with existing investors Charles River Ventures.

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Elementary Robotics raises cash to expand in Los Angeles’ growing robotics hub

TechCrunch LA

With lead investors like Fika Ventures and Fathom Capital, and co-investors, including Toyota AI Ventures, Ubiquity Ventures, Riot.vc, Osage University Partners and Stage Venture Partners, Elementary Robotics is readying itself for commercial pilots with a few undisclosed customers as it proves out its technology.