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Catalyzing Innovation In Pasadena, with Innovate Pasadena

socalTECH

More than 80 percent of the IP out of those institutions gets licensed, but less than 20 percent of that goes into startups. The thesis is, we need collaboration, ideas, and IP, and to translate that into innovation. The thesis is, we need collaboration, ideas, and IP, and to translate that into innovation.

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Interview with Chris Lyman and Corey Brundage, SendLove.to

socalTECH

Places are rated pretty well--you've got Yelp taking care of that, CitySearch, and other sites doing that really well. I had been a young, entrepreneurial person, but I had been in voice-over-IP an real time communications for more than a decade. I had become increasingly frustrated that there was no rating system for people.

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A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference

Both Sides of the Table

It has the dual technology patrons and yet the consistent story I get is that they’re not actively out embracing the startup community, helping local successes emerge, getting comfortable with the symbiotic benefits of some employees going to startups that innovate at a different pace and then buying up local teams, talent & IP.