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Five Startup Tips From Bill Gates

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Other installments include: Jeff Bezos , Steve Jobs , Mark Cuban , Richard Branson , Walt Disney , Mark Zuckerberg , Michael Dell and Larry Ellison. In Mark Suster’s recent talk at UC Santa Barbara , he advised his audience of entrepreneurial students to master two skills: selling and coding. " [Tweet this quote].

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Nine Startup Tips From Michael Dell

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Other installments include: Jeff Bezos , Steve Jobs , Richard Branson , Walt Disney and Mark Zuckerberg. I generally encourage my UC Santa Barbara students to complete their formal education before joining or creating a startup. Note: This is an installment in the Iconic Advice series. " [Tweet this quote]. Look around.

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Dynamic Duos – Are You Batman Or Robin?

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Gates and Ballmer, Jobs and Wozniak, Walt and Roy Disney, Batman and Robin, Abbott and Costello, Holmes and Watson - the list of famous duos in business and pop culture is long. talking with a colleague who shares your emotional state can help decrease this stress." A problem shared is a problem halved.".

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More Startup Tips From The Beatles

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Other installments include: Jeff Bezos , Steve Jobs , Mark Cuban , Richard Branson , Walt Disney , Mark Zuckerberg , Michael Dell and Larry Ellison. Kevin O’Connor, Founder and CEO of DoubleClick once told my UC Santa Barbara students (I am paraphrasing), “We went international way too early. Don’t do it.

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Spotlight: LA Tech Summer Judges Includes BetterWorks, CallFire, Idealab, and Tech Coast Angeles

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To help curate and show off the best that LA has to offer we called in a few friends. Alex previously helped lead the Proto Group at Idealab, working to determine the feasibility of new business ideas. OrangicStartup’s is a company that helps Internet startups start. Dinesh earned his B.S. Community Sponsors.

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

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Alex previously helped lead the Proto Group at Idealab, working to determine the feasibility of new business ideas. He holds a BA from the University of California, Santa Barbara, a JD from Southwestern University, and suffers from an addiction to cheeseburgers. VP, Strategic Planning at Disney Interactive Media Group.

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Playing the Long Game in Venture Capital

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sold to Disney for $670 million and since our first investment was at < $10 million valuation we did quite well. All four companies were in Los Angeles (or adjacent … Santa Barbara) and our community has now matured and regularly produces billion dollar+ outcomes. Maker Studios?—?sold