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Techstars LA Draws International Companies For 2021 Class

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Techstars LA, the startup accelerator headed up by Matt Kozlov, announced its 2021 class this week, drawing an international group of twelve new companies to its startup accelerator in Culver City. Companies this year in the program come from as far as Canada, India, and Ukraine.

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After Completing This TechStars Exercise, Everyone On Your Team Will Pitch Like A Founder

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In my UCSB classes , my students practice their Personal Pitch in front of their peers, who give them constructive feedback. I decided to tweak this exercise for the Techstars entrepreneurs, using the format described below. However, Techstars requires its entrepreneurs to narrow down their pitch to twenty seconds.

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UCSB Tops Harvard & Wharton In Startup Wars

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Want to be an entrepreneur? According to a recent Forbes article , UC Santa Barbara''s Technology Management Program offers students a superior startup education over the University of Pennsylvania (home of Wharton), as well Harvard, Northwestern and even its acclaimed southern neighbor, the University of Southern California.

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Told She Would Never Walk, This Entrepreneur Danced

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Her story is especially inspiring, as she was told as a child that she would never walk, due to a birth defect. It''s grueling and difficult for every single entrepreneur, no matter what their circumstances. This is something that we do relentlessly in technology start ups, we test our assumptions. Share and Enjoy.

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The 5 Criteria That Matter When Evaluating A College Entreprenurial Program

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As I thought about the characteristics that comprise a great program, I identified five criteria that a prospective entrepreneurial student can use to evaluate the efficacy of a collegiate entrepreneur curriculum. Practitioners, Not Professors – classes should be taught by people who have fought hand-to-hand combat in the startup trenches.

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A Serial Entrepreneur’s Take On Guy Kawasaki’s Enchantment

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Although many are entertaining, most fail to provide entrepreneurs with a sufficient return on their time investment. Unfortunately, most business books do not offer entrepreneurs an adequate payoff. The short version of my review is: “Enchanting? Quarter-after-quarter, it has inspired and enlightened my students.

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The Changing Structure of the VC Industry

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The poor performance of the asset class (this analysis has largely been wrong as I pointed out here –> most analyses were clumsy rear-view mirror looks at the data). But the biggest changes in our industry have been driven by technical changes themselves to which we are just observers and fortunate beneficiaries.