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Success, Santa Barbara Style: Patagonian Sexwax With A Side Order of UGGS

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Six outstanding entrepreneurs have created this sweet flavor of success in one of the most beautiful places on earth – Santa Barbara, California. Santa Barbara has become a high-tech startup mecca, rivaling cities many times its size. From Lynda.com ’s recent $1.5 In 1995, Deckers purchased the UGGS brand for $16 million.

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You Can’t Teach People To Be Entrepreneurs, But Entrepreneurs Can Be Taught

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Despite the fact that I teach entrepreneurship at UC Santa Barbara , I do not believe that entrepreneurs are created in classrooms. I also made it clear that a healthy corporate culture can guide employees to make kind and just decisions. A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes.

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Why Millennial Entrepreneurs Should Never Watch Shark Tank Alone

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A number of my UC Santa Barbara entrepreneurial students initially model their investment pitches on the show's contrived format. I completely agree regarding the lack of “idea magic”, however the show’s time constraints and focus on drama provide viewers with a highly distorted portrayal of “how the business process works.”.

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TechZulu Presents: The Annual Startup Forecast

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Babak founded Third Wave Ventures in 1996 to help guide the growth of emerging high technology companies in Southern California, Among his endeavors, Babak was an early founder of Innovent Systems, which was acquired by Broadcom Corporation for $759M and now forms the core of Broadcom’s wireless group. More panelist to be announced soon.

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Want To Trip Out? This Entrepreneur Can Hook You Up

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Greathouse : Let''s start with a question that will be especially helpful for my UC Santa Barbara students. I reached out to the company and Mr. Kutay graciously shared his multi-decade entrepreneurial journey with me. If you could share one startup lesson with a young entrepreneur, what would it be?

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Playing the Long Game in Venture Capital

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It has historically been the case that VCs would rather fund the promise of 100x in a company with almost no revenue than the reality of a company growing at 50% but doing $20+ million in sales. Our goal is to produce a $10 billion+ winner and remain the market leader in this SaaS category of AI in Sales & Marketing.

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Spotlight: LA Tech Judges and SuperDemo Bill Gross of Idealab!

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Prior to Idealab, Alex led sales and marketing efforts for venture-backed startups focused on enterprise software and services. He holds a BA from the University of California, Santa Barbara, a JD from Southwestern University, and suffers from an addiction to cheeseburgers. He is a recognized leader in the Voice 2.0

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