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Silicon Beach at USC 2013 | Entrepreneurial Inspiration

Tech Zulu Event

All in a room at the University of Southern California Silicon Beach Event on September 18th, 2013. Pelv-Ice is a pelvic support device for post-partum mothers and a recent winner of the Accelerating Innovating Mentoring (AIM) 2013 incubator and pitch competition. Over $50,000 in prize money. Filled with innovation.

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Interview with Wade Eyerly, SurfAir

socalTECH

One of the most original, subscription startups to come out of Southern California's tech accelerator boom emerged last week, looking to disrupt not just another retail sector or e-commerce category, but something else entirely: the airline industry. Think of it like Netflix. When you fly one of them, get you get another.

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Top 40 Startup Posts for August 2010

SoCal CTO

Often board members give entrepreneurs two bits of advice regarding scale: Get a mentor. Example: Netflix). If you want to build an important company, then at some point you have to scale. Has convertible debt won? And if it has, is that a good thing? There is no competition.

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