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White House Launches Startup America Effort

socalTECH

The White House is announcing a new effort today to spur high tech innovation and growth, called the Startup America Partnership. The new effort will be chaired by AOl's Steve Case, with funding from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, the Case Foundation, Intel Capital, and IBM.

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10 Reasons To Start A Company In An Economic Downturn

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There has recently been a common theme among the entrepreneurs I have interviewed and the conferences I have attended: despite the relatively weak state of the world economy, now is a great time to create a high-tech startup. As Guy Kawasaki pointed out in our recent conversation , “…it is cheaper than ever to start a company.

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Bridging The Gap Between Students And Startups, With TechLA

socalTECH

Steve is helping to spearhead the efforts of TechLA Internships (techla.internships.com), an online site which lists local internships at high tech companies for college students. There''s not a daily intersection between the lives of students, and the lives of folks who are starting technology companies.

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Thanks to our sponsors!

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Key Information Systems (www.keyinfo.com) Providing IBM Storage Solutions. PricewaterhouseCoopers' Vision To Reality Program for Emerging Tech Companies. Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth (www.sycr.com) Sponsoring socalTECH's Orange County High Tech Report. Yarnell Design (www.masonyarnell.com/tech). Technology.

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8 Brand Models To Attract Your Perfect Fit Customer

Startup Professionals Musings

In my experience, the place to start is selecting your desired customer segment first, and then matching it with one of the following generic branding models, to best fit your desired customer segment. Examples would include ADT as well as IBM. Service businesses to find the best solution. It’s a recipe for disaster.

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Interview with Elizabeth Cholawsky, HG Data

socalTECH

We sell directly to big enterprises, like IBM and Cisco. I was was evaluating things up there, but I have a core belief that the high tech world in Santa Barbara can really be a vital one. As you know, over time, we've had both spurts of high tech growth and some lulls.

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Exit Interview: Lita Nelsen on MIT Tech Transfer, Startups & Culture

Xconomy

Our wide-ranging conversation covered the progression of MIT’s entrepreneurship curriculum and campus resources , the rise of the Boston-Cambridge area as a high-tech industry powerhouse, the prospects for an MIT venture fund , the challenges for university tech transfer offices, the roots of today’s startup culture, and more.

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