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Interview with Jonathan Simkin, SwoopThat

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We spoke with Jonathan about the advantages of SwoopThat over existing sites. Jonathan Simkin: What makes us unique from other sites, is we're here to help students save time, in addition to money, when they buy books. How did you come up with the web site? Had you thought you'd be an entrepreneur when you were in college?

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Interview with Marc Friedmann, SciVee

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For people who haven't visited SciVee, what's the site about? One is software, which is very much like software-as-a-service, where we deliver that software to publications and conferences, to enable rich media on their sites. What's the story behind the company--I understand this started at UCSD?

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Version 0.9. What Do You Think?

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If you’re in LA and looking for somebody to do project-based marketing jobs – Jacqui’s your lady (not to mention a fellow UCSD alum!). Become a resource for entrepreneurs to have access to the lawyers, accountants, real-estate professionals and other people with whom our entrepreneurs work. I still loved it.

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Are MBAs Necessary for Start-ups or VC?

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But in the end we selected David Lin , a superstar who did 4 years at the technology investment banking firm Montgomery & Co and 4 years as Director of Strategy at the comparison shopping site PriceGrabber where he dealt with many operational issues. He’s a star who has a very intuitive feel for technology and … no MBA.

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