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Fifty years of the internet

TechCrunch LA

The ARPANET, as it was called back then, was designed by government, industry and academia so scientists and academics could access each other’s computing resources and trade large research files, saving time, money and travel costs. We are currently still suffering from those shifts.

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Avoid Death By PowerPoint – Create Slides That Don’t Suck

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For instance, I might show a logo of Computer Motion, GoToMeeting, Citrix, UC Santa Barbara and Rincon Venture Partners on my first slide as a means of depicting my past and current professional affiliations. More Is Less - I recently had lunch with a friend who is a highly successful entertainment industry executive.

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Steve Blank Discusses The Origin And Future Of The Lean Startup Movement

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No matter how much you think you know about Steve’s lean startup philosophy, Eric Ries’ contributions to the movement, or the methodologies by which companies have put lean startup tenets into practice, I am confident you will be enlightened and entertained by Steve’s frank and insightful remarks. . free weekly Infochachkie articles!

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Ten Startup Tips From Steve Jobs

InfoChachkie

He overheard me talking about Steve Jobs in conjunction with the entrepreneurship class that I teach at UC Santa Barbara. He proceeded to tell me several interesting and entertaining stories about Steve (all flattering), dating back to the early-1980’s. Jobs gave Mac a Macintosh 128k as a gift.

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Student-Founded Fantasy Pollster Is Hoping To Pick The Next President

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Greathouse: You and Brent are currently third and fourth year Computer Science majors at UC Santa Barbara. Greathouse: How difficult would it be for an existing site to change their designation? Late last year, we had the idea for Fantasy Pollster and have been working on it ever since. And where are you planning to go with it?

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

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He holds a BA from the University of California, Santa Barbara, a JD from Southwestern University, and suffers from an addiction to cheeseburgers. and has led business analysis & user interface design projects for the U.S. In the past, Dinesh served as President of Skyy Consulting Inc. Navy, Pfizer, & Unisys Corp.

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Want To Trip Out? This Entrepreneur Can Hook You Up

InfoChachkie

Greathouse : Let''s start with a question that will be especially helpful for my UC Santa Barbara students. We are often approached by local communities to design trips and bring our guests, but we often have to turn them down because of a lack of infrastructure (necessary) for the safety and comfort of our travelers.