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UCSB Tops Harvard & Wharton In Startup Wars

InfoChachkie

According to a recent Forbes article , UC Santa Barbara''s Technology Management Program offers students a superior startup education over the University of Pennsylvania (home of Wharton), as well Harvard, Northwestern and even its acclaimed southern neighbor, the University of Southern California. Organic Academia. Techpreneurs.

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SoCal Venture Capitalists Shut Out Of Midas List

socalTECH

Forbes Magazine has just published its annual Midas List , its annual ranking of the top 100 venture capitalists, and -- despite a record number of IPOs and exits last year from southern California technology companies -- Southern California's venture capital community was shut out of the list entirely.

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SoCal Inventors Recognized By Popular Mechanics

socalTECH

A number of Southern California inventors and companies have been recognized today by magazine Popular Mechanics , for their work on what the magazine says are "world changing" innovations. The technology is apparently being applied to diagnose diseases such as malaria, screen for parasites, and other uses. READ MORE>>.

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Best Alternatives to the Amazon Affiliate Program

Tech.Co

Amazon used its popular affiliate program to spur additional growth, getting reviewers and publishing sites – including us here at Tech.co – to link to Amazon in exchange for a small payout whenever a reader bought something by following that link. Top Publications: BuzzFeed News, Vox, New York Magazine. The impact?

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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

I started my first company in 1999 and was admittedly swept up in all of this: Magazine covers, fancy conferences, artificial valuations and easy money. SEEING THINGS FROM THE VC SIDE OF THE TABLE While I was a VC in 2007 & 2008 those were dead years because the market again evaporated due the the Global Financial Crisis (GFC).

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Can you create a great customer case study?

Berkonomics

Over the years, advertising money is being moved from display ads in magazines and newspapers to social network sites where people with eyeballs have migrated. Entering the “age of recommendation.”. And that’s delivering power at the right moment to the right recipient. Advertising money moves to the most rewarding media.

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Stock Market Drops. Then It Rallies. What Happens Next for Funding?

Both Sides of the Table

Let’s review all of our existing investments. Not just tech companies but industrials, too. I’ll bet many of them did a review of their “investment pace&# as in – how quickly should we be investing. And don’t think tech will remain immune. On Mar-6 it hit 6,626 or 53% off its peak.

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