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

socalTECH

I want to invest in entrepreneurs that have the capacity to be number one at whatever they are doing, and do it within our skill base, which is direct-to-consumer. So, now, as a VC, I swore I'd never treat entrepreneurs like those VCs treated me. I love entrepreneurs. What's the theme of your investments?

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Interview with Bruce Huang, UCLA Silicon Beach Innovation Lab

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The idea came about, because we see a lot of people coming through our program at UCLA, who might have the desire to be an entrepreneur, and to get into the technology field, by studying data science or cybersecurity. Second, be smart about networking. Equip yourself with knowledge, and work on smart and meaningful networking.

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New Bootstrap Fund Pulls Itself Up in World of Health IT Deals

Xconomy

Healthtech entrepreneur Parker Hinshaw and his wife Jean Balgrosky said they intended to take a step back when they founded Bootstrap Incubation near San Diego in the fall of 2012. They came to San Diego in 1996, when Scripps Health hired Balgrosky as CIO and senior vice president.

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Making The Enterprise Cloud Real: Unitas Global's Cloud Vision

socalTECH

We caught up with founder and CEO Grant Kirkwood --a serial entrepreneur and veteran of providing infrastructure to the enterprise markets--on the vision behind the company. Most of the CIOs we are talking to are at large banks and healthcare providers. Explain to us what Unitas Global does? But, the way we do it is different.

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Taming The Enterprise Texting Tiger, With TigerText's Brad Brooks

socalTECH

You can create groups and send group messages, you can access that messaging network through your desktop, tablet, and through your smartphone, and do it all in a way that is real time and instant, and you can also integrate into your corporate directory. Another aspect we''ve included is the ability to self-provision your own network.

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Want to Start a Technology Company in LA?

Both Sides of the Table

We have many seasoned entrepreneurs who have built successful companies here and made a lot of money for investors and themselves. I like to repeat the mantra, “necessity is the mother of all invention,&# meaning that because investors have this expectation you find entrepreneurs that focus on nearer term monetization.

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Biz2Beach To Stream Live Here On TechZulu

Tech Zulu Event

For those who may be unfamiliar with the Biz2Beach conference, its a networking conference of thought leaders, innovators, and trendsetters for a day of exchanging ideas. GroupPrice was recently named in Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top 100 Brilliant Companies for 2011. Founder’s Table, CEO, CTO, CIO, COO, and President, CallFire.

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