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Integra Devices Spins Out Of UCI

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Irvine-based Integra Devices , a startup developing microfabrication technology for developing microsensors, microactuators, microfluidics, and microcontrollers, has spun out of UC Irvine, the company said this week.

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How Beatshare Is Tackling Music And Messaging

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Orange County startup Beatshare --backed by the Tech Coast Angels, Pasadena Angels, Harvard Business School Angels, and Archangels, among others�thinks it's figured out the formula to make music the message in its mobile app. Barry was a lead mentor there at Chapman University's Launch Labs, and we paired up. What is Beatshare?

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Interview with Matthew Jenusaitis, OCTANe

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That was primarily driven by the economy; when the economy is down, investments are down, and it is increasingly difficult to d a startup. At the same time, the need for the products and services that OCTANe provides are greater in a recessionary economy than in when the economy is booming. It's been kind of lean.

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Interview with George Ruan and Donald Patterson, Quub

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What we were looking at, when this first started taking off, was using instant messaging lines and really trying to see how people were using them socially. Our goal was to take those observations, and subsequent research, and turn that into commercial products. I had tried my hand at some startups, and was mildly successful.

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