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Interview with Jonathan Simkin, SwoopThat

socalTECH

Every price comparison out there, whether that's Google Products, Bizrate, or other sites, can find books, but you can only do it one at a time. How did you come up with the web site? Anytime a student buys a book or product, the club or organization is able to raise some money from that purchase. I graduated in May of 2010.

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Interview with Marc Friedmann, SciVee

socalTECH

The next major change that we see, is now that they're online, they're becoming more web based, and adding things like rich media. What's the story behind the company--I understand this started at UCSD? They got an NSF grant, and basically started up the original web site, as a video web site. READ MORE>>.

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Interview with Aaron Crayford, Rippol

socalTECH

Recently, San Diego-based Rippol (www.rippol.com) launched its web site, a service which uses social networking to help people find and discover interesting videos related to their interests. We've been flying under the radar for awhile, and we wanted to come out and get our vision realized before coming out with the product.

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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. It was the midst of a recession and I was happy to have any job at all let alone what was considered one of the more prestigious business jobs at the time graduating from UCSD. That was fine with me – the market is the market. He took me.

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Guide to the LA Startup Community

SoCal Delicious

He runs the Southern California Venture Capital Alliance (VCA) and is on the board of advisors for the venture capital fund of the UCSD Rady School of Business. Why should a startup thinking about moving to a new place choose LA? Los Angeles offers a great deal, both in terms of business opportunities and lifestyle awesomeness.

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Creating the Next Generation of US Employees. My Investment in Treehouse

Both Sides of the Table

So I invested in Maker Studios , which is now the 3rd largest producer of Internet video on the web. But its objective is to teach the world web design or to program computers. He then of course launched the FOWA (future of web apps) conference , which was very successful. Full product out shortly. Full stop.

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