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

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Mike has over 18 years of business development, marketing and management experience in businesses ranging from early stage start-ups to private equity and from mid-stage business to large turn-around operations. Alex Maleki , Member of New Venture Group at Idealab. As of May 2010, CallFire has over 20,000 customers!

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Clearstone's Sumant Mandal On Exits, Opportunities

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If you about it, their customers have begun opening up their purses, which have been kind of tied up in the last 18-24 months, they haven't been investing in new technology or products, and equities are getting more expensive. The founders ran them, with the founder's ideas, but we supported them and took them to customers.

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The Startup UCLA Accelerator Is About Entrepreneurship Not Investment Returns

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Participating companies get between $4,000 and $8,000 in addition to mentorship and office space while participating in the 12 week program, and have to give up zero equity in exchange. There are five prominent ones in town, Launchpad, Amplify, MuckerLab, StartEngine, and IdeaLab. the startup scene really is booming in la!

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