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Announcing Panelist for June 1st Mondays of Summer – Expert Panel & Networking

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We’re coming close to our 1st Mondays of Summer powered by JP Morgan Startup Banking and UCSD Design and Innovation, happening June 24th, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM. If you’re […] The post Announcing Panelist for June 1st Mondays of Summer – Expert Panel & Networking appeared first on Startup San Diego.

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Are MBAs Necessary for Start-ups or VC?

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This is part of my ongoing series called “ Start-up Lessons.&#. I came across this blog post about getting a computer science degree as the best degree for getting into venture capital or working at a VC-backed start up. I paid up for the diploma but can’t say that I saw better results. So back to MBAs.

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Tortuga Logic, Co-Founded By UCSD, UCSB Profs, Raises $2M For Hardware Security

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Tortuga Logic , a new startup focused on chip-level cybersecurity technology whose founders include professors from UC San Diego and UC Santa Barbara, has raised $2M in a seed funding, the company disclosed on Thursday. The seed funding came from Eclipse Ventures.

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If You Don’t Define Your Personal Brand the Market Will

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I have long advised startup companies that if you don’t control your messaging somebody else will and your potential customers will form impressions of you shaped by somebody else or by nobody at all. I was graduated with a double degree in economics & political science from UCSD in 1991. My starting salary was $27,000.

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Todd Hylton Adds Neural Tech Expertise to UCSD Robotics Institute

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a Qualcomm-backed startup founded in 2009 to develop computer systems and software based on algorithms that emulate the “spiking neuron” processes of the human brain. in 2012, Hylton led a team that developed BrainOS, software technology designed to enable robotic systems to adapt to their environments and learn from humans.

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Version 0.9. What Do You Think?

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Like a startup we took a very “version 0.9” What do you think of the design elements? When commenting please state if you have specific skills in visual design, copy or similar. When commenting please state if you have specific skills in visual design, copy or similar. scrolling top banner - I'll start by slowing it down.

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The Importance of The Narrative

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I went to undergrad at UCSD, which is not a place known for its Greek institutions and my father grew up in South America and had know idea what a fraternity was. I started off by running some lower-level roles like community service. It was factual, short and designed to show that I had done all of the requisite jobs.

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