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CLU's Gerhard Apfelthaler: What I Learned In 2014

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We''re continuing to feature reflections on the last year from movers and shakers in the local high tech community, and today have thoughts from Gerhard Apfelthaler , who is Dean of California Lutheran University''s School of Management , which has been very active in Ventura County helping to promote startup and entrepreneurial activity.

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The 8th Annual Long Beach Soundwalk! | Art Mediums From Random Materials to High Tech

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This year (with the help of Nick Dynice ) we’ve really made an effort to showcase the artists regularly on our Facebook and website with profiles leading up to the show. It’s definitely not a music event. It started off with, 30-40 people, and the list has just grew organically. No one is really selling their work.

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What Mattered in 2012: Howard Marks, StartEngine

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For the last week of the year, we're featuring the thoughts and reflections of some of the movers and shakers of Southern California's high tech community. Definitely Software as a Service (SAAS). See more insights from the Southern California high tech community in our continued series this whole week!

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Interview with Alex Schneider, Ventura Ventures Technology Center

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On Thursday, the City of Ventura is formally launching a new incubator, the Ventura Ventures Technology Center (www.v2tc.com), targeted at high tech businesses. In fact, they just helped us invest in Lottay, where we participated in their Series A round of investment. We ended up selecting DFJ Frontier.

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Interview with Nick Hedges, MomentFeed

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We caught up with Nick--who is a veteran of the area's high tech industry, most recently serving as CEO of Velocify--to get the latest on MomentFeed, which provides services to multi-brand, location businesses. We're basically about helping multi location businesses get discovered, locally.

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What I Learned in 2014: Kevin Winston

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Over the last couple of weeks, we''ve featured a number of reflections on the year from movers and shakers in the local high tech community. Our last (belated) one is from Kevin Winston , the founder of Digital LA , the big networking group which helps to connect Silicon Beach through an extensive lineup of events.

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5 Keys To Effective Entrepreneurial Team Mentoring

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If you are a problem solver by nature, like Richard Branson, this requires you to change your mindset from giving the “answer,” to helping someone else understand the process, and come to an even better solution. I have used this approach with high-tech roles, like software design, as well as business development roles.

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