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CLU's Gerhard Apfelthaler: What I Learned In 2014

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We''re continuing to feature reflections on the last year from movers and shakers in the local high tech community, and today have thoughts from Gerhard Apfelthaler , who is Dean of California Lutheran University''s School of Management , which has been very active in Ventura County helping to promote startup and entrepreneurial activity.

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PurePhoto Buys PhotographyMentor.com, Launches Photo Site

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Westlake Village-based PurePhoto.com , a new startup headed by former NextMedium COO John Ellis, and whose exec team includes prior executives from ReachLocal, ValueClick, and YellowPages.com, said Tuesday that it has acquired the assets of Los Angeles-based PhotographyMentor , an online photography education and social networking site.

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Interview with Guy Friedman, SteadyMD

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It's an unusual time for the startup world, however, despite the ongoing health emergency, companies are still announcing funding. Tell me how you started the company? Guy Friedman: I'm a startup guy, I had a previous startup in the educational technology space. We were just interested in this. Zoom and Teladoc.

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