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Four of Southern California's Cloud Computing Startups

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RightScale is based in Santa Barbara, and develops cloud computing management software, server templates, and configuration tools. OTOY, based in Los Angeles, is developing software which moves graphics rendering operations "into the cloud", including video/film special effects, video games, and other products.

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Why Millennial Entrepreneurs Should Never Watch Shark Tank Alone

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As noted in What’s Real About Shark Tank , the show can give consumer product companies a significant marketing and revenue boost, as it did for one of my former students, Jeff Overall, Founder of PolarPro. A number of my UC Santa Barbara entrepreneurial students initially model their investment pitches on the show's contrived format.

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Selling Online In 2016 For The First Time – What Works When You Have A Blank Slate?

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I ended up really relating to the nuance and intricacies of product supply and customer demand. As a UC Santa Barbara alum, do you have any advice for my UCSB students who desire to break into the fashion industry? That being said, we were getting inundated with inquiries regarding where to find our product.

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