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Sonos Adds New Directors To Board

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Santa Barbara-based Sonos , the developer and manufacturer of whole home, audio systems and devices, has named two new directors to its board, the company said Tuesday. Coles is a TV producer for Disney, an advisor to Cornell Capital, and formerly had been Chief Content Officer at Hearst Magazines. READ MORE>>.

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Five Startup Tips From Bill Gates

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Other installments include: Jeff Bezos , Steve Jobs , Mark Cuban , Richard Branson , Walt Disney , Mark Zuckerberg , Michael Dell and Larry Ellison. In Mark Suster’s recent talk at UC Santa Barbara , he advised his audience of entrepreneurial students to master two skills: selling and coding. " [Tweet this quote].

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Top Ten infoChachkie Entries Of 2012 – The Year Of Syndication

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In 2012,I added video from my UC Santa Barbara speakers, including Mark Templeon, CEO of Citrix; Kerri Pollard, President of Commission Junction; and Marten Mickos, CEO of Eucalyptus. Startup Tips From College Dropouts: Zuckerberg , Jobs, Gates, Dell, Ellison, Branson and Disney. Greetings loyal readers. Article Title.

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Nine Startup Tips From Michael Dell

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Other installments include: Jeff Bezos , Steve Jobs , Richard Branson , Walt Disney and Mark Zuckerberg. I generally encourage my UC Santa Barbara students to complete their formal education before joining or creating a startup. Note: This is an installment in the Iconic Advice series. " [Tweet this quote].

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Spotlight: LA Tech Summer Judges Includes BetterWorks, CallFire, Idealab, and Tech Coast Angeles

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He holds a BA from the University of California, Santa Barbara, a JD from Southwestern University, and suffers from an addiction to cheeseburgers. Prior to running OrganicStartup, Sangster was responsible for strategic planning and corporate development at the Walt Disney Internet Group.

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Why We’re Looking to Fund Stuff With More Meaning

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This was certainly the case when I invested in a small YouTube video production company called Maker Studios that recently sold to Disney for just shy of $1 billion. As is often said if you don’t get at least a few fellow VCs (and entrepreneurs) scratching their heads you may not be funding ideas with enough upside. Apeel Technologies.

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Do you Suffer from the Urgency Addiction? It’s More Common Than you Think

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I was on vacation in Santa Barbara two years ago with my wife and I was reflecting on what I had learned in my first year in LA and in VC. We have amazing large companies that are an important part of the future of the Internet such as Disney, Warner, Fox, Universal, etc. I founded a mentorship group called Launchpad LA.

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