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Interview with Matthew Jenusaitis, OCTANe

socalTECH

Last year, we did fifty different educational programs, talking to on the order of 10,000 people in those fifty programs. The second thing is the stuff we have been doing--education, networking, and connections--and getting that primordial soup stirred up and catalyzed. Thanks for the time this morning. How has your first year been?

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Exit Interview: Lita Nelsen on MIT Tech Transfer, Startups & Culture

Xconomy

Our wide-ranging conversation covered the progression of MIT’s entrepreneurship curriculum and campus resources , the rise of the Boston-Cambridge area as a high-tech industry powerhouse, the prospects for an MIT venture fund , the challenges for university tech transfer offices, the roots of today’s startup culture, and more.

Startup 67
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10 Reasons To Start A Company In An Economic Downturn

InfoChachkie

There has recently been a common theme among the entrepreneurs I have interviewed and the conferences I have attended: despite the relatively weak state of the world economy, now is a great time to create a high-tech startup. Victory usually satisfies, but it seldom educates. People are free or cheap because of the recession.

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