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SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

An example of that is the UCLA flood. So, he launched Watsup, and the first thing it showed was a highlight of the UCLA flooding. Watsup makes it extremely simple for you to get an idea of what is happening around you. He just new something was going on.

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APRIL 13, 2021

The Startup Garage is an incubator which gives preference to USC teams, or startups that are USC affiliated in some way, for example, alumni-led. There are 9 innovation nodes in the US associated with I-Corp, and one of those nodes is out of the Viterbi School of Engineering, with UCLA and Caltech partners in that.

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OCTOBER 20, 2017

Perhaps the most memorable connection was when I met my cofounder of Flux Ventures, Miles Anthony, during a casual lunch at one of the dining halls of UCLA. You will never remember someone you briefly chatted with but you will definitely remember someone who you explored the intricacies of the blockchain with, for example.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Ann Wang: For example, we partner with one of the brands called Hiptipico, which is based out of Guatemala. We went to junior high school and UCLA together. We were seniors at UCLA, and both of us in very different areas. They were doing great work, but they had no e-commerce or marketing team to get them out there.

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OCTOBER 23, 2012

For example, MuckerLab, had 100 percent of their companies funded out of their most recent class. If you walk down the hallways of UCLA or USC, and ask them for the successful startups here, they can't name anyone. I think we're ready to see a whole new wave of startup sucesses come through. That's something we need to change.

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JULY 1, 2013

Three years ago, I started the first of three companies in a portfolio out of the UCLA health system, VAL9000. They might specialize, for example, on biotech, drugs, molecules, or for others certain types of medical devices, or certain types of conditions. It was also focused on consumer internet, which was not my strength.

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MAY 2, 2011

For example, at an event, say at the Staples Center, of the 20,000 seats they might have four or five price groups. For example, at a concert, they sell the front row -- which is clearly worth more -- the same as the cost of the 50th row. When I graduated from UCLA in 1999, I started working for an accounting firm.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2011

For example, I've met several entrepreneurs who had to leave town to take place in accelerator programs out of town, because they wanted to participate in an accelerator, but there were none here for them. USC is producing lots of very talented game professionals, and so is UCLA. Howard Marks: Absolutely.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 22, 2013

Thibault Mathieu: Morgan and I were both in film school at UCLA. We were initially covering events like sports and arts festivals when we first launched a beta version of the WESAWIT app at UCLA. Examples would include the pictures WESAWIT receives. We were also really happy when we first launched our beta at UCLA.

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MARCH 1, 2013

From a marketing marketing perspective, that allows filmmakers to quickly and easily promote their films through social media and build a fan base, and incentivize fans to support their films by offering access to exclusive content, livestream video chats, and production updates, as an example. Where's the service now?

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FEBRUARY 14, 2011

It used to be there was a geographical composition to our prescreening panel--for example, if an LA company, regardless of what they did, applied for funding, the LA network of the TCA would process them. For example, our LA network is having the Fast Pitch on the 24th at UCLA. So, we're pretty accessible to talk to.

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AUGUST 15, 2012

For example, one of my favorite lists is "Adventures before leaving DC", which was a way for one of our users to organize the things they wanted to do in DC before moving to California. Brian has a deep background in programming and also a law degree from UCLA. What is Unbucket? He's got that rare combination of programming and law.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

Let my try those for Los Angeles as an example: Second largest city in America with 13 million people. World-class education including Caltech, USC and UCLA. The first rule of choosing a brand for anything is to figure out the image you want to project. Third most powerful economic city in the world after NYC & Tokyo. downtown LA].

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OCTOBER 4, 2010

The firm was bootstrapped several years ago, and is profitable, and its founders are both MBAs from UCLA Anderson, where they met. Ramit Varma: Jake (Neuberg), my business partner, met at UCLA's Anderson business school. To hear about the company, we spoke with Ramit Varma , co-founder of the company. How did Revolution Prep start?

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 5, 2013

Take, for example, the recent City Council vote to end ride-sharing services and effectively shut down an entire sector of emerging tech startups – putting both their app developers and their enterprising users stranded in no man’s land. But it’s not just the pull of outside influences sapping the talent, as many of L.A.’s

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FEBRUARY 22, 2011

At the Twiistup panel last week, there was a debate over whether big companies could be created here, which is ridiculous--Demand Media is the latest example there, we've got Cornerstone OnDemand coming out soon, and there is no question there are market leading, large revenue companies coming out of Southern California.

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OCTOBER 14, 2010

When you think about it, working with the universities, it's not just talking with UCLA; it's talking with their engineering school, their medical school, their office of intellectual property. We've assigned each member of the group to monitor and maintain connectivity with the various constituents.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

For example, with photos, two years ago it was enough to enable users to actively share photos with friends online. For example, Foursquare has added a points system to its location-tracking service, enabling friends to compete for who visits more and better locations, while at the same time alerting users when their friends are nearby.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

He began programming courses at UCLA while in high school and went on to earn a B.S. For example, to promote Katy Perry’s new film, the agency might buy out all of the images of Katy Perry, as well as the entertainment channel that might not feature the keyword Katy Perry but would display contextually relevant images.

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JANUARY 14, 2011

For example, if you see a TV spot for Toyota, and then Google it, or you see a display ad on CNN and then open up a tab in your browser, talk about it on Facebook, or even walk into the dealership, we're able to quantify, very specifically, what combination of what kinds of media drove that sale and how that activity interacted with each other.

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MAY 11, 2011

Elizabeth Amini: My first company was in graphic design, and provide both graphics for the entertainment industry, but also buildling websites for UCLA and all kinds of places around science, astrophysics, and those types of departments. You also have a background as a scientist at JPL?

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NOVEMBER 3, 2016

For example, Orange County with medical devices. There are also many from USC and UCLA. In some ways, diversity is a strength, but it also can be a limitation in the short term. When you have a beach-head in one area, it's easier to grow. The important thing to realize, is we are not just an isolated island.

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DECEMBER 17, 2008

For example, for one day when you finish your book, you can submit it here, or there--and put those all on your wish list. For example, if you're living in Canada, it's sort of a pain to send to an international tournament, and you can use us as a liaison. It's also a place where people can come and make a wish list.

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OCTOBER 24, 2013

An example of this is you might be a physician at Cedars, but also be a physician at UCLA and a physician at St John''s. The end user can rotate or access different enterprises from within TigerText. Our fourth generation product allows for multiple directories in the app.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

I just started Gogogives in November 2012 and the first dinner was held at Anatolia Mediterranean Restaurant in Westwood, near UCLA. For example, the sous-chef came out and explained the significance of each dish to the guests, read our fortunes from coffee grindings, and taught us belly dancing. What is Gogogives?

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

We have universities like CalTech, UCLA, USC and many more. My commute, for example, from Santa Monica to Century City is less than 15 minutes each way and I never have to take the freeway. ’ &# His message was that in 2010 great business can be built anywhere if there is a great team and the will to make it work.

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OCTOBER 30, 2008

For example, we had a client who paid us to find a short script for them--what we did is we let our users know that so-and-so wanted a short script on this subject, and from those 10,000 writers they received multiple submissions. I went to UCLA Business School, and just graduated this past June.

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OCTOBER 8, 2008

I was an electrical engineer, and had a tough time at UCLA getting access to resources I needed. I built a piece of software to help find solutions and examples, categorized by textbook, and after I graduated in 2001, I figured it could help other students. Aaron Hawkey: Essentially, the company was built off an idea I had in college.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 6, 2013

It’s a huge eco-system of automotive, tech, and regulations; and with anything industry-concept in nature, we understand the difficulty in giving concrete examples of projects in the pipeline. After I went to grad school at UCLA for finance, I decided to get into the car industry because it was my passion.

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SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 23, 2010

Southern California companies are second to only Silicon Valley in raising venture capital , there are three major universities to recruit talent – UCLA, Caltech, and USC – and a thriving startup community to mingle with. What are some examples of successful companies that were started here?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

This was evident at the Twiistup pre-event company pitch last week at UCLA. Example: you’re a fitness tracking company like FitOrbit. Actual lines used are not from FitOrbit, they’re from me just for an example. You might say early on, “75% of Americans are overweight. In fact, they spent $2.4

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Let me use LA as an example. We have world-class universities like Caltech, UCLA, USC and more. I’ve heard it many founders of VC backed companies in LA who tell me that in their NorCal VC meetings they are told, “we might be interested but we’d want you to relocate to the Bay Area if we funded you.&#. Los Angeles.

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