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Startup World Cup - SoCal Regional hosted by LAVA and Pepperdine

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Tuesday, January 28, 2020 -- Startup World Cup - SoCal Regional hosted by LAVA and Pepperdine. Startups worldwide first compete at regional events, and the regional finalists will showcase themselves at the Grand Finale event in San Francisco and compete for a $1m investment prize. Application deadline January 10th. See [link] (more)

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Insights: VCs Planting the Seeds for a Cleantech Bumper Crop in L.A.

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For today's Insights and Opinions section, we have an article from Dr. John Paglia , an associate professor of finance and senior researcher of the Pepperdine Private Capital Markets Project. The city is also home to more than 1,100 startup companies -- the type of companies with the potential for high-growth and strong return on investment.

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Out of the Lab

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Not only are the founders deeply invested in the research, but their chosen profession is academia rather than the business world. Getting research out of the university lab and into a growing business poses a unique set of challenges - especially when the scientist is assumed to be the entrepreneur. See [link] (more).

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How Google's Old Offices Are Becoming A Tech Hub, with ROC's Walter Grieves

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They're using the ROC platform to have their events in all one place, and take their investing from 8 to 30 days, down from 90 days. Walter Grieves: We partnered with USC, UCLA, and Pepperdine, Loyola Marymount, Anderson, Annenberg Center, we have an internship program. Instead, we partner with all the companies provide those services.

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