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Southern California needs to find its hub for it to develop its own tech ecosystem

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The Alliance estimates that Southern California’s tech community could be one-third the size of Silicon Valley’s by supporting or further developing the six pillars it already has for innovation to occur.

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Reflections On 2017: Michael Jones, Science Inc.

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Michael has been behind such companies as HelloSociety (acquired by New York Times), FameBit (acquired by Google) and Dollar Shave Club (acquired by Unilever). Today, we have a contribution from Michael Jones , the CEO of Science Inc. www.science-inc.com). What was the big news for your company this year?

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Mike Jones of Science Inc, On Exits And Finding The Right Entrepreneurs

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The company's other acquisitions included the $1 billion acquisition of Dollar Shave Club by Unilever, and the acquisition of HelloSociety by the New York Times. This is your third exit this year, including Dollar Shave Club and HelloSociety. Mike Jones: There are probably two reasons.