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

TechCrunch LA

Recognizing the tens of billions of dollars that the Southern Californian region leaves on the table, because it hasn’t taken its rightful place in the American technology industry, a new group called the Alliance for Southern California Innovation has just released a report to analyze how SoCal can work to assume its pole position.

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Nuvve Connects Into Grid Balancing Efforts

socalTECH

San Diego-based green energy technology developer Nuvve , which is developing vehicle-to-grid load balancing technology, says it has started participating in California's wholesale energy markets, via an effort with the University of California San Diego.

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If You Don’t Define Your Personal Brand the Market Will

Both Sides of the Table

I was graduated with a double degree in economics & political science from UCSD in 1991. For 1991 I was very technical and also had a lot of practical business implementation experience in technology. My colleagues that graduated with engineering degrees from UCSD were paid $31,000 – 15% more. You’re a tech guy.

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Putting Tom Perkins Comments into Context

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There is outraged public reaction to the Google buses carrying technology workers from the city to the peninsula high-tech companies which employ them. We have outrage over the rising real-estate prices which these “techno geeks” can pay. I had a computer at my house when I was 12. We have a responsibility to give back.

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

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Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. When you begin to peel back the onion some surprising data presents itself.

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Are MBAs Necessary for Start-ups or VC?

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But in the end we selected David Lin , a superstar who did 4 years at the technology investment banking firm Montgomery & Co and 4 years as Director of Strategy at the comparison shopping site PriceGrabber where he dealt with many operational issues. He’s a star who has a very intuitive feel for technology and … no MBA.

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Bio Roundup: RIP Roger Tsien, Novartis CAR-T Wheel, Zika News & More

Xconomy

Just last month, a startup Tsien cofounded announced a round of funding to push ahead with a fluorescent technology that aims to help surgeons cut out tumors without removing healthy tissue. For more on Tsien and the rest of the week’s news, let’s get to the roundup.

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