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Interview with Jonathan Lehmann and James Chung, KarmaGoat

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An example, was my iPod, which I had but no longer was using because I had a new iPhone, basketball sneakers I had but never really fit me. Jonathan Lehmann: I was awarded the Larry Wolfen Entrepreneurial Spirit Award at UCLA, after getting amazing coaching from Matt Ridenour in our business plan development class.

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Interview with Anne Walls and John Singleton, WordHustler

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In their case, people write their scripts on a web site, and when they're done, they can submit them to contests with a single click. If you're doing freelance writing, have a story you're trying to sell, there's a whole process of finding out where you're doing well, not doing well, and what responses you have received.

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Interview with Sunil Rajaraman, Scripped

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to the business of script writing, and is looking to combine a free online tool for writing scripts with matching those scripts with content producers. I went to UCLA Business School, and just graduated this past June. Are you targeting Hollywood and existing script writing software? What's Scripped?

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How to Not Suck at a Group Presentation

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This was evident at the Twiistup pre-event company pitch last week at UCLA. So I thought I’d write a piece on how to not suck when you give a presentation. Example: you’re a fitness tracking company like FitOrbit. Actual lines used are not from FitOrbit, they’re from me just for an example.

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Interview with Fouad ElNaggar, Redpoint Ventures

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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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Some Thoughts on Branding Startups and Communities

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I recommend that you start by writing down the attributes you would want people to think about when they think about your brand. 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. downtown LA]. Also East of the 405?

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Interview with Ramit Varma, Revolution Prep

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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?