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Shark Tank II

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SDSIC Entrepreneur's Forum. Following on the popularity of last year's sold-out event, The Entrepreneur's Forum will be hosting the second annual Shark Tank event. You'll see four real companies pitch their firms to our esteemed panel of entrepreneurs and investors in a fast-paced, structured format. See [link] (more)

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Meet The VC

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Join us for an informative (and informal) discussion with Dave Ryan of Mission Ventures. This event is for entrepreneurs only. Entrepreneurs will have an opportunity to ask many questions and get answers from one of Southern California's most experienced venture investors.

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LAVA hosts PwC's Shaking the MoneyTree

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As a collaboration between PwC and the National Venture Capital Association based upon data from Thomson Reuters, it is the only industry-endorsed research of its kind. The study is a staple of the financial community, entrepreneurs, government policymakers and the business press worldwide.

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San Diego ?? The Great, Good, Bad and the Ugly.

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SDSIC Entrepreneur's Forum. Most important, we'll ask panelists to address what entrepreneurs should be doing to take advantage of the "great" and overcome the "ugly." Thursday, November 19, 2009 -- San Diego  The Great, Good, Bad and the Ugly. Plus, we'll let the audience weigh in with their views.

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Out of the Lab

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Getting research out of the university lab and into a growing business poses a unique set of challenges - especially when the scientist is assumed to be the entrepreneur. LAVA Breakfast Meeting. Not only are the founders deeply invested in the research, but their chosen profession is academia rather than the business world.

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Insights and Opinions: Tax Extenders Bill Will Stifle Innovation In the US

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For our Insights and Opinions section today, we have an editorial from Robert Kibble , who is a director of the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), and Managing Partner at Mission Ventures.

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Layoffs Hot Keyword for Second Half of January 2009

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-The Scott Sanfilippo Interview Media Optimization Firms Are Red Hot In Southern California in 2009 Proliferate - Aggregate - Integrate Startups Uncensored #4 - “Finding and Working with Partners” SoCal VC’s absent from Forbes Midas List Top Five Best Uses of an Entrepreneur's Legal Dollars What Data Crunchers Did for Obama An Evaluation of Web Strategy (..)

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