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Southern California needs to find its hub for it to develop its own tech ecosystem

TechCrunch LA

Caltech generates more patents than any other university while UCLA boasts more startups founded by its graduate than any other school in the nation. Suster has also noted for years that the region produces more technology doctorates than any other geography in the United States.

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Interview with Jonathan Simkin, SwoopThat

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The two main programmers also graduated in May of 2010 from Harvey Mudd College, and the fourth person on our team recently graduated from UCSD law school. Jonathan Simkin: I was actually in high school when I decided I'd either start a company when I graduated, or go into patent law. Jonathan Simkin: We're all recent graduates.

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

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The patents Overture held became known in small circles as Google’s ’361 problem as outlined here. The monetization engine of the Internet that powers the most profitable business perhaps in history was invented and perfected in Los Angeles and is what you now know as Google Ad Words. acquired Overture for $1.63