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Interview with Bruce Huang, UCLA Silicon Beach Innovation Lab

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The UCLA Extension recently launched a program called the Silicon Beach Innovation Lab , aimed at that gap. We caught up with Founding Director Bruce Huang , to learn more about what the UCLA Extension is trying to do with its program. What is the UCLA Silicon Beach Innovation Lab? However, it's very difficult.

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Some Thoughts on Branding Startups and Communities

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An innovator in technology, especially monetization. World-class education including Caltech, USC and UCLA. ” To me, LA will always be a creative hub for TV, film, music, video games and now technology. ZestCash, founded by Douglas Merrill, former CIO of Google [Hollywood]. We need to be different & unique.

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

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I’m just not sure you can build a great technology firm outside of Bay Area.&#. We have world-class universities like Caltech, UCLA, USC and more. But we do have great technology developers. That sets us up nicely for the next phase of the web. million in SF Bay Area ). You just don’t. Get over it.