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Kumbaya Expands Board

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Rancho Palos Verdes-based Kumbaya , which is developing a device to bring solar- and battery- powered Internet connectivity and content to third world communities, said today that it has added a United Airlines IT executive to its board. According to Kumbaya, Silvia Prickel has joined its Board of Directors.

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Kumbaya Adds To Board

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Rancho Palos Verdes-based Kumbaya , a startup which is working on a device which combines connectivity, power, and content to "off-grid" communities--particularly in third world nations--said it has named Ms. Kay Ellen Consolver to its Board of Directors. Consolver has worked as an executive at ExxonMobil for more than 20 years.

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Kumbaya Joins Off Grid Solar Energy Group

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Rancho Palos Verdes-based Kumbaya , a startup developing devices that combine solar power, batteries, lighting, TV and radio, and a computer designed for deployment in third world countries, says it has joined the Global Off-Grid Lighting Association (GOGLA).

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Jazz Semiconductor, ADSANTEC Get Win At NASA

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Newport Beach-based Jazz Semiconductor and Rancho Palos Verdes-based ADSANTEC , a fabless semiconductor design firm, said today that the companies have been selected by NASA for designing a SERDES ASIC.

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What Would it Look Like if Elon Musk Pitched a VC Today?

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This week I attended the All Things D Conference in Ranchos Palos Verdes. It is always a stellar event. The good and great of the tech industry were there: Tim Cook, Sheryl Sandberg, Dick Costolo, Max Levchin, etc. But Elon Musk stole the show. I thought Michael Lazerow’s Tweet best captured the mood of the crowd.

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Does a VCs Culture Really Matter? The Upfront Story

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You literally feel like you’re perching over the most beautiful beaches in the world and you see all the way up the coastline from Ranchos Palos Verdes in the south to Malibu in the North. The penultimate floor was vacant (I think it’s like floor 26 or so) and from there I felt atop the world.