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Startup Weekend San Diego | Veterans, Service Members & Military Families

Tech Zulu Event

On August 9th, Startup Weekend San Diego and the Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University partnered with Google to host the very first Startup Weekend focused on helping Veterans, Service Members and Military Families turn their visions into reality in creating a startup company.

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Brickfish Snags Sales Exec From Google

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San Diego-based Brickfish , a developer of social media and networking software being used by brands, reported today that it has hired on a Paul Botto, most recently Head of Analytics for the North American Sales Organization at Google, as its Vice President of Sales. Brickfish is venture backed by DCM, Draper Richards L.P.,

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Interview with Ken Rutkowski, The Founder Institute

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The Founder Institute (www.founderinstitute.com), an entrepreneurial training program that originally launched by Adeo Ressi in Silicon Valley, recently announced that it is setting up shop in Southern California, with branches both in San Diego and Los Angeles. Ken Rutkowski is the man making happen here. As President of the L.A.

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The 7 Attitudes of Innovators

Frank Addante

We knew what we were creating was going to disrupt the media industry and make it better, faster, smarter. While she was attending San Diego State she started running, and she was so committed to it that she ultimately became an Olympian. Be your best: John Wooden was one of the greatest coaches in American sports history.

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The 7 Attitudes of Innovators

Frank Addante

We knew what we were creating was going to disrupt the media industry and make it better, faster, smarter. While she was attending San Diego State she started running, and she was so committed to it that she ultimately became an Olympian. Be your best: John Wooden was one of the greatest coaches in American sports history.

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MapMyFitness | Keeping an Eye on Health

Tech Zulu Event

If we rewind to 8 years ago, it was me in San Diego training for my second marathon and I was trying to start another company at the time. MapMyFitness integrates social media into its app. Kevin Callahan , Co-founder of MapMyFitness, spoke to us about the creation of MapMyFitness: “It was an evolution of sorts. month or $29.99/year.

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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

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The basic components are obvious: talented founders, great engineers, angel money, venture capital, access to larger corporates (for business, funding & talent), great education / research (for IP breakthroughs) and a sufficient ecosystem of mentors, advisors, executive coaches and mavens. You also need marketing muscle.

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