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MuckerLab Unveils Second Graduating Class to Investors

Tech Zulu Event

A traffic jam of expensive cars lined up to pull into the packed parking lot of MuckerLab for its second graduating class demo day. Tech Coast Angel investor Dale Okuno came out because he believes that MuckerLab attracts better talent because they keep their class size small and focused. And build great business they have.

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Attention Startup Accelerators: Your Job Is Not Over After Demo Day

InfoChachkie

The TechCrunch team was judicious in its determination of qualifiers, insisting that the accelerators be, “fixed-term, cohort-based, with educational and mentorship components, culminating in a public pitch or demo day.” Bringing an accelerators’ graduates back as mentors provides value to the next class, certainly.

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3 Things You (Probably) Don’t Know about Indiana Innovation

Xconomy

According to OrthoWorx, a community-industry partnership in the global orthopedic sector, the cluster of orthopedic businesses in Warsaw has more than $11 billion in annual sales, which is almost one-third of the industry’s world sales volume. Some of these entrepreneurs are faculty and staff members who license their own work.

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What Should We Make of Peter Thiel’s “20 Under 20? Education Program?

Both Sides of the Table

Here is their inaugural class. We need to take some risks in education and in innovation in this country so anybody that it trying to break through the traditional mold and try to create a new model ought to be lauded, not attacked. Suddenly everybody wants to be an incubator. The value of a college education.

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Are MBAs Necessary for Start-ups or VC?

Both Sides of the Table

I don’t believe you can hire great business people who outsource the development to a hot incubator who builds you code to match your ambitions. I also tell people that if they do go to make sure that they don’t spend all of their free time trying to graduate top of their class. Would you gain more from that than an MBA?

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Spotlight: LA Tech Summer Judges Includes BetterWorks, CallFire, Idealab, and Tech Coast Angeles

Tech Zulu Event

Prior to Idealab, Alex led sales and marketing efforts for venture-backed startups focused on enterprise software and services. Alex serves on the Board of Directors for Logsdon School, a non-profit school providing educational services to students with special needs. Dinesh Ravishanker , CEO & Co-Founder at CallFire.

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Spotlight: LA Tech Fall Judges Include Mike Jones, CallFire, Idealab, Tech Coast Angels, Coloft

Tech Zulu Event

Prior to Idealab, Alex led sales and marketing efforts for venture-backed startups focused on enterprise software and services. Alex serves on the Board of Directors for Logsdon School, a non-profit school providing educational services to students with special needs. Dinesh Ravishanker , CEO & Co-Founder at CallFire.