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Caltech, UCLA, UCSD Rank Highly On Tech Transfer Ranking

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The California Insitute of Technology (Caltech), the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and the University of San Diego (UCSD) have all ranked very highly on a new ranking of universities for their technology transfer efforts, issued by The Milken Insitute , the Santa Monica-based thinktank.

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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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On Funding?—?The Denominator Effect

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You’ll find engineers out of MIT, Stanford, Harvard, UCSD, Caltech or execs out of UCLA, Spelman, NYU, etc. You need to develop pattern recognition for what truly exceptional looks like. to start their next company. The world of talented people from the top companies & top schools is literally tens of thousands of people.

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Networking Events in Los Angeles and Southern California

SoCal CTO

They put on great events. VentureNet – Great annual event by the Technology Council. You can use keywords like: Events in Los Angeles or Southern California Events or even Santa Monica Events.

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Google Funds LA, San Diego, Santa Barbara Researchers

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Tags: google search engine research development.

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Are MBAs Necessary for Start-ups or VC?

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Almost all of the finalists were MBAs (Stanford x2, Wharton, Harvard x2, MIT, UCLA). I then worked in a computer store called Software Centre in high school and college (UCSD). My first job after college was as a developer at Andersen Consulting. I helped program my college’s recruiting office’s software system.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

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You may also be surprised to know that not only does LA graduate more engineers than anywhere else in America but we also have more top 25 engineering programs than anywhere else in America with nationally acclaimed programs at Caltech, UCSD (my alma mater), USC, UCLA and Harvey Mudd. What Do We See From the Road Ahead?