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Claiming a landmark in fusion energy, TAE Technologies sees commercialization by 2030

TechCrunch LA

In a small industrial park located nearly halfway between Los Angeles and San Diego, one company is claiming to have hit a milestone in the development of a new technology for generating power from nuclear fusion.

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California Accelerators Enroll Startups Targeting Cannabis Industry

Xconomy

On Monday, nine startups began a 16-week program at Canopy San Diego , a new accelerator program for seed-stage companies developing new technologies, products, and services to support the legal cannabis industry. billion , according to ArcView Market Research. The ArcView Group is a partner in CanopyBoulder).

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How to Raise Money When You’re Not in a Major VC Market

Both Sides of the Table

” Most VCs view it as their responsibility to mentor, debate, cajole and generally assist with investments they make. And then there are smatterings (Dallas 2x, DC 3x, Philly 3x, Austin, Boulder, Seattle not to mention San Diego 8x, Santa Barbara 8x – where I invested in RingRevenue). I’m in NY 6-8 times.

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Should Millennial Entrepreneurs Skip College?

InfoChachkie

I recently spoke to an international group of entrepreneurship professors at San Diego State University’s Lavin Entrepreneurship Center. Learning To Learn - A sound college education includes gaining the insights into applying logic, researching data and assessing the veracity information. Get More Than A Degree.

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Interview with Jonathan Simkin, SwoopThat

socalTECH

You've got to find each one, and research them online. Jonathan Simkin: One of the things I did after graudating, is I joined CONNECT, which is like the entrepreneurial center and hub in San Diego, which is run in conjunction with UCSD and other schools here. They act as mentors and help companies grow.

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Workforce Trends, Economy, & More: Q&A With Alexandria’s Joel Marcus

Xconomy

from San Francisco, San Diego, and Seattle on the west coast to Boston, New York, and Research Triangle Park out east. Our campuses also provide great world-class conference facilities, and we also do a lot of hands-on mentoring. Lately, Alexandria is aggressively expanding its reach.

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

Xconomy

What, I think, is the first technology-based, early-stage venture capital fund anywhere, American Research and Development , was founded between Georges Doriot at Harvard Business School and Karl Compton, who was president of MIT at the time. Twenty years ago, everybody in Boston knew he was.

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