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USC Viterbi Launches Startup Accelerator

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USC revealed this morning that it has created a new, startup accelerator on campus, the Viterbi Startup Garage , which will help students and alumni start technology companies in Los Angeles. Southern California--and Los Angeles, in particular--appears to become the hub of startup accelerators lately. Last a pilot middle school at the L.A.

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Ventura County Area College Explores New Engineering Program

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Ventura County, despite a wealth of high tech companies, does not have a major engineering program. Traditionally, the county has seen lots of engineering students instead head either South to schools such as UCLA, USC, and Caltech, or farther north to UCSB.

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What Mattered in 2012: Kevin Winston, Digital LA

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For the last week of the year, we're featuring the thoughts and reflections of some of the movers and shakers of Southern California's high tech community. The biggest impact on the LA tech scene in 2012 is the arrival of the accelerators and coworking spaces, which have helped drive LA's tech scene like never before.

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Bridging The Gap Between Students And Startups, With TechLA

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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. However, for students at USC, UCLA, and Caltech, that just doesn''t exist. Steven Dietz: We have three basic roles that TechLA needs to accomplish.

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Two Local Tech, Investment Executives Named In College Fraud Investigation

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Two people associated with Southern California's high tech investment and startup industry have been named as part of the far reaching investigation into a college admissions scandal , which named Hollywood actresses, CEOs, coaches at USC, UCLA, and UCSD, as well as many others. According to a complaint filed by the U.S.

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What Mattered in 2010: Greg Martin, Archer Venture Capital

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All this week, we are sharing the opinions of some of the top influencers in Southern California's high tech community. 2tor is partnered with USC and other high-end universities to deliver full, high-quality Masters degree programs, completely online, to their students.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

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They estimate that high-tech work contributes $108.3 What is perhaps different from other regions is that we have large indigenous aerospace industry and a big high-tech import/export trade as opposed to a lot of software companies. They estimate that high-tech work contributes $108.3