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Interview with Rich Branning, Sweep

socalTECH

Our company started with a few buddies of mine from Pepperdine and one of their brothers, and they're all local, Southern California guys who moved to Pepperdine and grew up locally here in Los Angeles. I'm originally from Palo Alto, but I graduated from Pepperdine in 2012. However, this isn't software, these are vehicles.

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

socalTECH

Walter Grieves: We partnered with USC, UCLA, and Pepperdine, Loyola Marymount, Anderson, Annenberg Center, we have an internship program. Digital content is the software of Los Angeles. Walter Grieves: We have 20 percent entertainment and about 50 percent tech startups. How are you working with the universities?

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How Cloudvirga Wants To Disrupt The Slow, Antiquated Mortgage Industry

socalTECH

He's my mentor, and I've known him since I was nineteen years old, when he was an Adjunct Professor at Pepperdine. Kyle Kamrooz: Where we are right now, is we've signed up some of the largest lenders in the country, who are just starting to install our software. I've now known him for half my life.

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Guide to the LA Startup Community

SoCal Delicious

Previously, Ian co-founded personal music sharing software provider Mediacode with Rob Lord. He holds a BA from UCSB and a JD/MBA from Pepperdine University, where he was the Student Body President of both Universities. Mediacode was sold to Yahoo. Previously Ian worked for AOL’s Nullsoft unit.

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