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The University of Southern California and the New York Times said this week that the two are partnering to provide online, continuing education courses this fall, across seven different study areas. It's been a busy week or so for local universities in the online education area; just last Thursday, crosstown rival UCLA inked a deal with a Silicon Valley company, Encore Career Insitute, to similarly take its own, adult and continuing education courses from UCLA Extension to online users. MORE
Tuesday, October 6, 2009 -- SBIR/STTR Phase I Grant Proposal Course. This one-day, 8-hour intensive course provides an overview of the SBIR and STTR funding process and helps individuals prepare to write a comprehensive grant proposal. See [link] (more MORE
Tuesday, April 24, 2018 -- Gemalto KeySecure Certification course. See [link] (more MORE
The site--headed by CEO Jason Nazar--said today that it has launched a selection of expert, video courses , featuring over 100 hours of video. The company said the launch is a "major move" for the firm into paid-video courses, and is an evolution of the company's focus on small businesses documents. The new video courses include anywhere from 20 to 100 videos, organized by topic, with each video running from two to ten minutes each. MORE
If these challenges can’t be resolved by the existing team with “course corrections”, an investor will often bring in an experienced CEO to tackle the “turnaround” before or after bankruptcy. Upon successful completion of the acquisition I was asked to initiate a major turnaround or business restructuring, since the current course had led to bankruptcy proceedings. Tags: turnaround entrepreneur startup course correction By Ernst H. MORE
It’s not easy to catch up with Bill Maris at Section 32, the venture firm he founded last year near San Diego. It took a while to arrange a call to discuss how Foundation Medicine’s Michael Pellini had joined Section 32 as Maris’s first investing partner, and what they plan to do together. Maris acknowledged last year that he was laying plans to raise a new fund, after investing nearly all of the first $160 million he had raised for Section 32. MORE
For close to a decade, Tom Daniel and George Golumbeski comprised perhaps one of the best-known dealmaking duos in biopharma, striking a slew of alliances that established Summit, NJ-based Celgene as one of the more creative, nimble biotech partners in the business. “We We think alike,” Daniel says. “We We can pretty much finish each other’s sentences.”. No longer. MORE
A new, massive open online course (MOOC) from the University of California, Irvine , hopes to teach students all kinds of concepts from social science, public health, mathematics and physics--all based on material from AMC''s television show, "The Walking Dead". Massive open online courses are a new effort by universities to reach out to the general public, allowing them to take actual university classes online--with tests and grading--across a wide range of disciplines. MORE
The company said its courses in The Trade Desk Edge Academy provides professional certifications, and cover digital marketing foundations; data-driven planning and measurement; forecasting and optimization; and data and inventory, across all marketing channels. thetradedesk online advertising exchange courses training skills certification MORE
Aerojet Rocketdyne may look to pad its rocket revenue by adding satellite launch services MORE
San Diego-based "code school" Origin Code Academy said this morning that it has rolled out a new, online-only, free course on programming and the basics of writing code. According to the boot camp operator, the free course is aimed at anyone interested in preparing to attend its program, or anyone interested in the basics of coding--to determine if coding is something for them or not. MORE
It’s not easy to catch up with Bill Maris at Section 32, the venture firm he founded last year near San Diego. It took a while to arrange a call to discuss how Foundation Medicine’s Michael Pellini had joined Section 32 as Maris’s first investing partner, and what they plan to do together. Maris acknowledged last year that he was laying plans to raise a new fund, after investing nearly all of the first $160 million he had raised for Section 32. MORE
Google has started a free course meant to teach people about deep learning. So what exactly is deep learning and why would Google start a free course dedicated to it? As one of the biggest tech giants out there, it makes sense for Google to devote an entire course to it. The free course is provided by a for-profit online education site, Udacity. The post What is Deep Learning and Why Does Google Have a Free Course On It? MORE
The course will then be held at four other higher education institutions in the summer. The bootcamp-like machine learning course is part of a broader Google initiative to bring computer science instruction that it designs. Early next year, twenty students will have the opportunity to study machine learning for 10 weeks with Google engineers, college professors, and coaches—free of charge. MORE
Anthemis Group, Tencent Holdings and CMFG Ventures, says it is launching a free, 6-week wellness course it calls "Peace". According to Happy Money, the free course uses cognitive behavioral therapy, positive psychology, and psychometrics to help people understand and reduce the impact of financial stress on their lives. Happy Money said it will be launching the new course through its credit union partners. Orange County-based Happy Money , which is backed by. MORE
I’m sure that every one of us who has been out in the business world for a few years can look back with perfect hindsight and name a few college courses that we should have taken. But on the business side, here is my list of useful courses that we wish existed, but as far as I know, still aren’t generally available: Basic Office Politics. We can find tons of "marketing' courses in colleges and universities but everyone must think that “selling” is intuitively obvious. MORE
lynda.com said the new iOS app includes resizing to different size screens, offline course and video viewing, and other features. Lynda.com said both apps provide access to more than 110,000 videos from 2,600 courses. lynda mobile learning education video courses course MORE
Thursday, May 7, 2009 -- SBIR/STTR Phase I Grant Proposal Course. This two-day course explores the ins and outs of bookkeeping and accounting procedures for government contracts and clearly defines requirements of the Defense Contract Auditing Agency (DCAA). See [link] (more MORE
In an email to supporters, Nazar said Monday that the company is looking to partner with experts, to shoot courses around such subjects as getting customers, learning online software, marketing, raising money, and other business topics. The company said the courses can be created by users remotely, or shot at its production studio in Santa Monica--and that it would also look to pay those experts for their expertise. docstoc business video course premium documents MORE
And while his online course @Udacity is great, its missing the classroom experience. Tuesday, June 6, 2017 -- Steve Blank is THE person to learn from about Entrepreneurship. In his Lean LaunchPad Stanford class he makes you question: - What significant pain point is your startup addressing? Does the world urgently need the pain point to be addressed? - Do you have a unique, differentiated approach to addressing it? MORE
But most important is your ability to stay the course. If you believe it and you stay the course, you will find your way to success. Stay the course. The post Stay the Course – Create Success with Relentless Commitment appeared first on Eric Greenspan. Patience, it’s not only a virtue, it’s a requirement for success. Rarely does anything build and become valuable over night and usually, if it does, it will fall as fast. MORE
Thursday, April 23, 2009 -- Charting Your Company's Course using Hoshin Kanri Techniques. ASP Orange County's Akhilesh Gulati introduces us to Hoshin Kanri, a systematic quality approach to planning, executing, auditing and managing corporate visions and business strategies on a companywide basis. At this session you will learn what Hoshin Kanri planning is, how it relates to six sigma, the FADIR methodology and related 7MP tools. See [link] (more MORE
I’m sure that every one of us who has been out in the business world for a few years can look back with perfect hindsight and name a few college courses that we should have taken. But on the business side, here is my list of useful courses that we wish existed, but as far as I know, still aren’t generally available: Basic Office Politics. We can find tons of "marketing' courses in colleges and universities but everyone must think that “selling” is intuitively obvious. MORE
I’m sure that every one of us who has been out in the business world for a few years can look back with perfect hindsight and name a few college courses that we should have taken. But on the business side, here is my list of useful courses that we wish existed, but as far as I know, still aren’t generally available: Basic Office Politics. We can find tons of "marketing' courses in colleges and universities but everyone must think that “selling” is intuitively obvious. MORE
The University of Southern California and 3D game development engine developer Unity Technologies are launching a brand new, online game design course , aimed at both students and "lifelong learners", to help them design and publish their own original games, the two announced on Tuesday. According to Unity Technologies and the USC School of Cinematic Arts, its self-paced, adaptive online course will teach students and prospective developers how to design and publish their original games. MORE
Carpinteria-based online education provider lynda.com said late Friday that it is expanding out its library of courses, with a new set of programming courses aimed at accelerating web development. Accrding to lynda.com, it has launched a new set of courses covering everything from technology like CoffeeScript and AngulusJS, to teaching coding to children. lynda development courses learning class education MORE
I’m sure that every one of us who has been out in the business world for a few years can look back with perfect hindsight and name a few college courses that we should have taken. But on the business side, here is my list of useful courses that we wish existed, but as far as I know, still aren’t generally available: Basic Office Politics. We can find tons of "marketing'' courses in colleges and universities but everyone must think that “selling” is intuitively obvious. MORE
Of course all lives matter. She asks those who agree to stand and of course nobody stands, to which she rightly says … “That says very plainly, you know what’s happening, you know you don’t want it for you, I want to know why you’re so willing to accept it or to allow it to happen for others.” Of course Micah Johnson who shot many police officers this week in Dallas killing 5 officers is despicable. Of course these things are true and shouldn’t have to be said. MORE
Wednesday, October 7, 2009 -- SBIR/STTR Phase II Grant Proposal Course. This one-day, 8-hour course will help individuals understand the SBIR/STTR Phase II grant proposal process and will give participants key tools to use in preparing their proposal. See [link] (more MORE
In all cases, it’s more effective and less painful to do it as a planned process, rather than a crash course in survival. For all businesses, the art of the pivot is all about changing course as required in pursuit of the original business goal. You will be pivoting your business in your lifetime, whether you are a new startup, or a mature company like Motorola or IBM. MORE
Despite the rush in every academic institution to offer more courses on entrepreneurship, I still haven’t found it to be something you can learn in school. academic courses preparation startup MORE
Launched four years ago, the Nanodegree courses allow students worldwide to gain expertise in areas such as data analytics, machine learning, and autonomous flight engineering by completing coursework that can take as little as six months. Udacity , a pioneer in the online teaching of IT skills, is celebrating a milestone today—50,000 students have now graduated from one of its revenue-generating “Nanodegree” programs. MORE
More simply put, it’s an online portal to access university level arts and creative courses. There are also a three tiers of membership to suit specific student needs: Free: Enroll in any available course, watch video lectures, participate in forums. Premiun: Submit assignments, receive grades, build and share portfolio and resume, receive discounts in the Kadenze bookstore, and take courses for credit. I don’t like when people say: “I’m just not creative”. MORE
San Diego-based Origin Code Academy , a coding shcool operator, said this morning that it has launched evening courses for students in San Diego. The company said it is offering up programmer training courses in the evening, to accomodate those individuals hoping to make a career shift but who can't abandon their current daytime schedule. origin code academy coding school programming language courses MORE
However, curiously, in spot tests, some frameworks paired with Memcached were conspicuously slower than other frameworks directly querying the authoritative MySQL database (recognizing, of course, that MySQL had its entire data-set in its own memory cache). About What we do Portfolio People Blog Contact. You are viewing a single entry. Please also check out the most recent entries. March 28, 2013. Framework Benchmarks. How much does your framework choice affect performance? MORE
Silicon Beach Startup 101 Course. A comprehensive course on how to build a successful startup from A to Z. Course Costs: 5 Days – $599 (Early Bird till July 26). Overview: Over the course of 5 days, you will learn not only what an MVP, proof of concept, go-to-market strategy, and user experience design are, but also learn to pitch, meet with real investors and mentors and learn from already successful startups. Where technology meets the beach. MORE
Manhattan Beach startup Skills Annex Inc. has raised $5 million in seed funding for a newly launched online sports education platform MORE
The vision part is fine, but successful entrepreneurs have found that the extreme uncertainty of a new product or service usually requires many course corrections, or “pivots” to find a successful formula. He does a great job in the book of making the case for management systems, rather than gut-level reactions, to make required course corrections (pivots), to dramatically improve the odds for success. MORE
Sebastian Thrun first made his mark on autonomous vehicle development at the dawn of that industry, when he led a Stanford team whose robot car Stanley won the $2 million DARPA Grand Challenge in 2005 by racing driverless through the Mojave Desert for 132 miles. These days, Thrun seems just as excited by another imprint he’s made on the still-forming AV industry—not as a researcher, but as an entrepreneur in online education. MORE
Artificial intelligence is a booming business in 2017, but one that also comes with significant baggage in the form of public misunderstanding, potential job losses, and fear. Last fall, A.I. competitors Amazon, Microsoft, Facebook, IBM, and Google banded together to form the Partnership on AI to Benefit People and Society , an industry-led attempt to get ahead of the many social, ethical, and economic issues presented by the advent of technology with increasingly human-like capabilities. MORE
The two said the new online course an be completed part time, and will take around six months to complete. alteryx predictive data analytics software school course education udacityIrvine-based analytics software developer Alteryx said on Wednesday that it has linked up with online education provider Udacity, to offer up a "nanodegree" focused on data science. MORE
Hold it! These are confusing terms. When does a budget become obsolete? Do we rely upon constant changes and call it a forecast? So, let’s spend a few moments defining this sometimes-confusing set of terms. A budget should be created each year after a series of negotiations between departmental managers and their superiors all he way yup to the CEO, all in support of the next year’s tactics previously agreed upon (which in turn support the longer-term strategies leading to the next goal beyond). MORE
Santa Monica-based Topspin Media , the online music startup of former Yahoo Music GM Ian Rogers, said today that the firm has inked a deal with Berkleemusic.com, the online continuing education division of the Berklee College of Music, to partner on a set of online music courses. According to Topspin, the two will work together to develop online music courses designed to teach artists, managers and labels on effective use of Topspin's platform. MORE
It would be no fun if starting a business was simply plotting a straight line between your idea and success, with no challenges along the way. Zigging and zagging amongst the obstacles is the fun part of being an entrepreneur, and it’s what sets you apart from the average worker who knows exactly what he or she has to do every day to get paid. Relish it, or if it scares you, don’t try it. That doesn’t mean that starting a business should be a random walk into the unknown. MORE
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APRIL 6, 2020
The company said its courses in The Trade Desk Edge Academy provides professional certifications, and cover digital marketing foundations; data-driven planning and measurement; forecasting and optimization; and data and inventory, across all marketing channels. thetradedesk online advertising exchange courses training skills certification
socalTECH
AUGUST 24, 2020
Anthemis Group, Tencent Holdings and CMFG Ventures, says it is launching a free, 6-week wellness course it calls "Peace". According to Happy Money, the free course uses cognitive behavioral therapy, positive psychology, and psychometrics to help people understand and reduce the impact of financial stress on their lives. Happy Money said it will be launching the new course through its credit union partners. Orange County-based Happy Money , which is backed by.
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SoCal Tech Calendar
APRIL 18, 2018
Tuesday, April 24, 2018 -- Gemalto KeySecure Certification course. See [link] (more
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 13, 2019
I’m sure that every one of us who has been out in the business world for a few years can look back with perfect hindsight and name a few college courses that we should have taken. But on the business side, here is my list of useful courses that we wish existed, but as far as I know, still aren’t generally available: Basic Office Politics. We can find tons of "marketing' courses in colleges and universities but everyone must think that “selling” is intuitively obvious.
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 14, 2016
San Diego-based Origin Code Academy , a coding shcool operator, said this morning that it has launched evening courses for students in San Diego. The company said it is offering up programmer training courses in the evening, to accomodate those individuals hoping to make a career shift but who can't abandon their current daytime schedule. origin code academy coding school programming language courses
socalTECH
JULY 30, 2012
In an email to supporters, Nazar said Monday that the company is looking to partner with experts, to shoot courses around such subjects as getting customers, learning online software, marketing, raising money, and other business topics. The company said the courses can be created by users remotely, or shot at its production studio in Santa Monica--and that it would also look to pay those experts for their expertise. docstoc business video course premium documents
L.A. Business Journal
DECEMBER 7, 2020
Manhattan Beach startup Skills Annex Inc. has raised $5 million in seed funding for a newly launched online sports education platform
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 23, 2015
I’m sure that every one of us who has been out in the business world for a few years can look back with perfect hindsight and name a few college courses that we should have taken. But on the business side, here is my list of useful courses that we wish existed, but as far as I know, still aren’t generally available: Basic Office Politics. We can find tons of "marketing'' courses in colleges and universities but everyone must think that “selling” is intuitively obvious.
Berkonomics
JUNE 1, 2017
Hold it! These are confusing terms. When does a budget become obsolete? Do we rely upon constant changes and call it a forecast? So, let’s spend a few moments defining this sometimes-confusing set of terms. A budget should be created each year after a series of negotiations between departmental managers and their superiors all he way yup to the CEO, all in support of the next year’s tactics previously agreed upon (which in turn support the longer-term strategies leading to the next goal beyond).
socalTECH
JANUARY 30, 2019
The University of Southern California and 3D game development engine developer Unity Technologies are launching a brand new, online game design course , aimed at both students and "lifelong learners", to help them design and publish their own original games, the two announced on Tuesday. According to Unity Technologies and the USC School of Cinematic Arts, its self-paced, adaptive online course will teach students and prospective developers how to design and publish their original games.
Xconomy
OCTOBER 22, 2018
The course will then be held at four other higher education institutions in the summer. The bootcamp-like machine learning course is part of a broader Google initiative to bring computer science instruction that it designs. Early next year, twenty students will have the opportunity to study machine learning for 10 weeks with Google engineers, college professors, and coaches—free of charge.
Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 3, 2019
In all cases, it’s more effective and less painful to do it as a planned process, rather than a crash course in survival. For all businesses, the art of the pivot is all about changing course as required in pursuit of the original business goal. You will be pivoting your business in your lifetime, whether you are a new startup, or a mature company like Motorola or IBM.
socalTECH
APRIL 28, 2014
Carpinteria-based online education provider lynda.com said late Friday that it is expanding out its library of courses, with a new set of programming courses aimed at accelerating web development. Accrding to lynda.com, it has launched a new set of courses covering everything from technology like CoffeeScript and AngulusJS, to teaching coding to children. lynda development courses learning class education
Eric Greenspan
JANUARY 9, 2016
But most important is your ability to stay the course. If you believe it and you stay the course, you will find your way to success. Stay the course. The post Stay the Course – Create Success with Relentless Commitment appeared first on Eric Greenspan. Patience, it’s not only a virtue, it’s a requirement for success. Rarely does anything build and become valuable over night and usually, if it does, it will fall as fast.
socalTECH
APRIL 25, 2018
San Diego-based "code school" Origin Code Academy said this morning that it has rolled out a new, online-only, free course on programming and the basics of writing code. According to the boot camp operator, the free course is aimed at anyone interested in preparing to attend its program, or anyone interested in the basics of coding--to determine if coding is something for them or not.
L.A. Business Journal
APRIL 21, 2017
Aerojet Rocketdyne may look to pad its rocket revenue by adding satellite launch services
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 9, 2012
I’m sure that every one of us who has been out in the business world for a few years can look back with perfect hindsight and name a few college courses that we should have taken. But on the business side, here is my list of useful courses that we wish existed, but as far as I know, still aren’t generally available: Basic Office Politics. We can find tons of "marketing' courses in colleges and universities but everyone must think that “selling” is intuitively obvious.
socalTECH
JUNE 29, 2011
The University of Southern California and the New York Times said this week that the two are partnering to provide online, continuing education courses this fall, across seven different study areas. It's been a busy week or so for local universities in the online education area; just last Thursday, crosstown rival UCLA inked a deal with a Silicon Valley company, Encore Career Insitute, to similarly take its own, adult and continuing education courses from UCLA Extension to online users.
Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 3, 2012
The vision part is fine, but successful entrepreneurs have found that the extreme uncertainty of a new product or service usually requires many course corrections, or “pivots” to find a successful formula. He does a great job in the book of making the case for management systems, rather than gut-level reactions, to make required course corrections (pivots), to dramatically improve the odds for success.
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 7, 2010
I’m sure that every one of us who has been out in the business world for a few years can look back with perfect hindsight and name a few college courses that we should have taken. But on the business side, here is my list of useful courses that we wish existed, but as far as I know, still aren’t generally available: Basic Office Politics. We can find tons of "marketing' courses in colleges and universities but everyone must think that “selling” is intuitively obvious.
SoCal Tech Calendar
JUNE 6, 2017
And while his online course @Udacity is great, its missing the classroom experience. Tuesday, June 6, 2017 -- Steve Blank is THE person to learn from about Entrepreneurship. In his Lean LaunchPad Stanford class he makes you question: - What significant pain point is your startup addressing? Does the world urgently need the pain point to be addressed? - Do you have a unique, differentiated approach to addressing it?
Tech.Co
JULY 17, 2015
Silicon Beach Startup 101 Course. A comprehensive course on how to build a successful startup from A to Z. Course Costs: 5 Days – $599 (Early Bird till July 26). Overview: Over the course of 5 days, you will learn not only what an MVP, proof of concept, go-to-market strategy, and user experience design are, but also learn to pitch, meet with real investors and mentors and learn from already successful startups. Where technology meets the beach.
socalTECH
MARCH 18, 2009
Santa Monica-based Topspin Media , the online music startup of former Yahoo Music GM Ian Rogers, said today that the firm has inked a deal with Berkleemusic.com, the online continuing education division of the Berklee College of Music, to partner on a set of online music courses. According to Topspin, the two will work together to develop online music courses designed to teach artists, managers and labels on effective use of Topspin's platform.
Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 18, 2012
It would be no fun if starting a business was simply plotting a straight line between your idea and success, with no challenges along the way. Zigging and zagging amongst the obstacles is the fun part of being an entrepreneur, and it’s what sets you apart from the average worker who knows exactly what he or she has to do every day to get paid. Relish it, or if it scares you, don’t try it. That doesn’t mean that starting a business should be a random walk into the unknown.
SoCal Tech Calendar
SEPTEMBER 30, 2009
Tuesday, October 6, 2009 -- SBIR/STTR Phase I Grant Proposal Course. This one-day, 8-hour intensive course provides an overview of the SBIR and STTR funding process and helps individuals prepare to write a comprehensive grant proposal. See [link] (more
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 20, 2010
If these challenges can’t be resolved by the existing team with “course corrections”, an investor will often bring in an experienced CEO to tackle the “turnaround” before or after bankruptcy. Upon successful completion of the acquisition I was asked to initiate a major turnaround or business restructuring, since the current course had led to bankruptcy proceedings. Tags: turnaround entrepreneur startup course correction By Ernst H.
SoCal Tech Calendar
OCTOBER 1, 2009
Wednesday, October 7, 2009 -- SBIR/STTR Phase II Grant Proposal Course. This one-day, 8-hour course will help individuals understand the SBIR/STTR Phase II grant proposal process and will give participants key tools to use in preparing their proposal. See [link] (more
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 10, 2016
Of course all lives matter. She asks those who agree to stand and of course nobody stands, to which she rightly says … “That says very plainly, you know what’s happening, you know you don’t want it for you, I want to know why you’re so willing to accept it or to allow it to happen for others.” Of course Micah Johnson who shot many police officers this week in Dallas killing 5 officers is despicable. Of course these things are true and shouldn’t have to be said.
TechEmpower
MARCH 28, 2013
However, curiously, in spot tests, some frameworks paired with Memcached were conspicuously slower than other frameworks directly querying the authoritative MySQL database (recognizing, of course, that MySQL had its entire data-set in its own memory cache). About What we do Portfolio People Blog Contact. You are viewing a single entry. Please also check out the most recent entries. March 28, 2013. Framework Benchmarks. How much does your framework choice affect performance?
SoCal Tech Calendar
MAY 1, 2009
Thursday, May 7, 2009 -- SBIR/STTR Phase I Grant Proposal Course. This two-day course explores the ins and outs of bookkeeping and accounting procedures for government contracts and clearly defines requirements of the Defense Contract Auditing Agency (DCAA). See [link] (more
Xconomy
MAY 16, 2017
Artificial intelligence is a booming business in 2017, but one that also comes with significant baggage in the form of public misunderstanding, potential job losses, and fear. Last fall, A.I. competitors Amazon, Microsoft, Facebook, IBM, and Google banded together to form the Partnership on AI to Benefit People and Society , an industry-led attempt to get ahead of the many social, ethical, and economic issues presented by the advent of technology with increasingly human-like capabilities.
Xconomy
FEBRUARY 1, 2018
It’s not easy to catch up with Bill Maris at Section 32, the venture firm he founded last year near San Diego. It took a while to arrange a call to discuss how Foundation Medicine’s Michael Pellini had joined Section 32 as Maris’s first investing partner, and what they plan to do together. Maris acknowledged last year that he was laying plans to raise a new fund, after investing nearly all of the first $160 million he had raised for Section 32.
Xconomy
FEBRUARY 1, 2018
It’s not easy to catch up with Bill Maris at Section 32, the venture firm he founded last year near San Diego. It took a while to arrange a call to discuss how Foundation Medicine’s Michael Pellini had joined Section 32 as Maris’s first investing partner, and what they plan to do together. Maris acknowledged last year that he was laying plans to raise a new fund, after investing nearly all of the first $160 million he had raised for Section 32.
Xconomy
OCTOBER 17, 2016
For close to a decade, Tom Daniel and George Golumbeski comprised perhaps one of the best-known dealmaking duos in biopharma, striking a slew of alliances that established Summit, NJ-based Celgene as one of the more creative, nimble biotech partners in the business. “We We think alike,” Daniel says. “We We can pretty much finish each other’s sentences.”. No longer.
SoCal Tech Calendar
APRIL 19, 2009
Thursday, April 23, 2009 -- Charting Your Company's Course using Hoshin Kanri Techniques. ASP Orange County's Akhilesh Gulati introduces us to Hoshin Kanri, a systematic quality approach to planning, executing, auditing and managing corporate visions and business strategies on a companywide basis. At this session you will learn what Hoshin Kanri planning is, how it relates to six sigma, the FADIR methodology and related 7MP tools. See [link] (more
Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 25, 2019
Despite the rush in every academic institution to offer more courses on entrepreneurship, I still haven’t found it to be something you can learn in school. academic courses preparation startup
Xconomy
DECEMBER 13, 2018
Launched four years ago, the Nanodegree courses allow students worldwide to gain expertise in areas such as data analytics, machine learning, and autonomous flight engineering by completing coursework that can take as little as six months. Udacity , a pioneer in the online teaching of IT skills, is celebrating a milestone today—50,000 students have now graduated from one of its revenue-generating “Nanodegree” programs.
Tech.Co
JUNE 17, 2015
More simply put, it’s an online portal to access university level arts and creative courses. There are also a three tiers of membership to suit specific student needs: Free: Enroll in any available course, watch video lectures, participate in forums. Premiun: Submit assignments, receive grades, build and share portfolio and resume, receive discounts in the Kadenze bookstore, and take courses for credit. I don’t like when people say: “I’m just not creative”.
socalTECH
JUNE 16, 2014
lynda.com said the new iOS app includes resizing to different size screens, offline course and video viewing, and other features. Lynda.com said both apps provide access to more than 110,000 videos from 2,600 courses. lynda mobile learning education video courses course
Xconomy
MAY 21, 2019
Sebastian Thrun first made his mark on autonomous vehicle development at the dawn of that industry, when he led a Stanford team whose robot car Stanley won the $2 million DARPA Grand Challenge in 2005 by racing driverless through the Mojave Desert for 132 miles. These days, Thrun seems just as excited by another imprint he’s made on the still-forming AV industry—not as a researcher, but as an entrepreneur in online education.
Tech Zulu Event
MARCH 4, 2016
Google has started a free course meant to teach people about deep learning. So what exactly is deep learning and why would Google start a free course dedicated to it? As one of the biggest tech giants out there, it makes sense for Google to devote an entire course to it. The free course is provided by a for-profit online education site, Udacity. The post What is Deep Learning and Why Does Google Have a Free Course On It?
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 4, 2013
A new, massive open online course (MOOC) from the University of California, Irvine , hopes to teach students all kinds of concepts from social science, public health, mathematics and physics--all based on material from AMC''s television show, "The Walking Dead". Massive open online courses are a new effort by universities to reach out to the general public, allowing them to take actual university classes online--with tests and grading--across a wide range of disciplines.
socalTECH
AUGUST 8, 2012
The site--headed by CEO Jason Nazar--said today that it has launched a selection of expert, video courses , featuring over 100 hours of video. The company said the launch is a "major move" for the firm into paid-video courses, and is an evolution of the company's focus on small businesses documents. The new video courses include anywhere from 20 to 100 videos, organized by topic, with each video running from two to ten minutes each.
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