socalTECH

APRIL 4, 2013

They were very small shcools--he went to Cate, which is inland from Ventura in the Santa Barbara area, and I went to The Thacher School, and we both ended up at the University of Southern California. Form there, we got interest from incubators, angel investors, and venture capital. How''d you get over that hurdle?

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Steve Reich

MARCH 30, 2012

Let me give you a few examples: SwingbySwing Golf created an iPhone/Android app that lets golfers use the GPS in their phone to measure distance to the hole and track statistics. inLife signed up dozens of merchants in Santa Barbara for their activity site. Get Angel capital and build a prototype. Not any more.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

You can watch/listen to how John and Kyle turned their email newsletter into an international bestseller in the following 9-minute excerpt from John''s recent talk at UC Santa Barbara. Dear Friends, We have no income and no venture capital funding. Your customer blog probably won''t morph into an international bestseller.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

You can watch/listen to how John and Kyle turned their email newsletter into an international bestseller in the following 9-minute excerpt from John''s recent talk at UC Santa Barbara. Dear Friends, We have no income and no venture capital funding. Your customer blog probably won''t morph into an international bestseller.

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Newsletter Startup Entrepreneur Writing 133

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

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