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Interview with Bruce Huang, UCLA Silicon Beach Innovation Lab

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What we are trying to do, is to host industry events, hosting mentoring sessions, and offer programs and internships that can help people get the knowledge and skills they need to be part of this, whether in software, entrepreneurship, data science, or cybersecurity.

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Ryan Blair, HashtagOne: From Gang Member, To Entrepreneur, To Anti-VC

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Of course, not all VCs are like that, and I've started some good relationships with them, but others are complete a**holes. My CIO had been ex-CIO at Herbalife, and was an EVP of Software for Disney. So, now, as a VC, I swore I'd never treat entrepreneurs like those VCs treated me.