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Technical Advisors: Every Web/Mobile Startup Must Have One

SoCal CTO

I did a presentation recently for a graduate class from The Founder Institute around getting online/mobile products out the door. But what was interesting to me was that I found myself recommending that each of them should have a technical adviser. Review the code being built. Strategic Technical Advisor.

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Live Website Reviews

SoCal Tech Calendar

Wednesday, June 15, 2011 -- Live Website Reviews. Live reviews by a panel of usability experts. TechBiz Connection has assembled a world-class panel of usability experts to review and critique your websites LIVE. Techbizconnection. You got them to your site, but then what? This can make or break your website.

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UCSB Tops Harvard & Wharton In Startup Wars

InfoChachkie

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. Organic Academia.

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From a Tech Angeleno’s Perspective | First Month in San Francisco

Tech Zulu Event

A year ago, I made a promise to myself that somehow I would make it up to San Francisco to experience the ultimate tech paradise. But ever since I started getting involved with the tech scene in Southern California, there’s been a part of me wondering what it might be like to be up there. Be curious.

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Upfront Ventures Raised New $280 Million Fund

Both Sides of the Table

Geographically our strategy is to fund about 50% of our deals in Southern California (from San Diego to Santa Barbara) and 50% of our deals on a national basis. It goes without saying that the shortening in time also was due to performance. We do reserve part of the fund to opportunistically get involved with some B-round deals.

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What Mattered in 2010: Jim Andelman, Rincon Ventures

socalTECH

All this week, we are sharing the opinions of some of the top influencers in Southern California's high tech community. We asked the same five questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next two weeks. 1) Mobile web.

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Interview with Brett Crosby and Brew Johnson, PeerStreet

socalTECH

Brett and I both grew up in Southern California. So, what is PeerStreet? The easiest way to look at it, from the tech perspective, is that we are very similar to LendingClub. We said, let's create a technology marketplace and platform that creates benefits for those existing lenders, as well as investors.