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Restaurant Revolution Technologies Gains Funding

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Santa Barbara-based Restaurant Revolution Technologies , a firm developing restaurant order management technology, has raised a round of venture funding, according to BR Venture Fund , a MBA student run venture capital fund based out of Cornell University. Financial details of the investment were not disclosed.

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With Greathouse Comes Great Responsibility

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The following guest post is from some of my former UC Santa Barbara students. I thought this post might be of interest to some of my readers, as it offers a glimpse into my approach to teaching entrepreneurship. . Fall quarter of Sr.

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Interview: Jason Nazar of Docstoc

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" 6) You are the only person I have ever met who was Class President of both their undergraduate (UC Santa Barbara) and their graduate (Pepperdine) schools. " 5) At Pepperdine you earned a joint MBA/JD degree. Despite (or maybe because of) my Wharton lineage, I am not a huge fan of MBAs in the startup world.

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Steve Blank Discusses The Origin And Future Of The Lean Startup Movement

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Do You Need an MBA To Be A Startup Warrior? One of my first posts was entitled The MBA Education And Other Oxymorons. MBA’s are frequent targets of derision in the startup world, as their career expectations are often misaligned with the scrappy reality of most venture’s early days.

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13 Ecosystem Builders That Are Boosting Startup Growth

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THE SANDBOX & StartupSB (Santa Barbara, CA). We continue to look for opportunities for Santa Barbara area startups outside of our region. They understand the value of connecting people, resources and events to each of their communities.

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You Can’t Teach People To Be Entrepreneurs, But Entrepreneurs Can Be Taught

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Despite the fact that I teach entrepreneurship at UC Santa Barbara , I do not believe that entrepreneurs are created in classrooms. When I was an MBA student at the University of Pennsylvania''s Wharton School of Business, I was frustrated that most of the Professors in the Entrepreneurship Department had never been entrepreneurs.

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This 28 Year Old Woman Co-Founded One Of The Most Successful YouTube Networks

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You can watch Sarah tell her compelling story in the following 15-minute excerpt from her recent UC Santa Barbara talk. I am an English major, not an MBA, so. Consistently working 14-to-16-hour days had something to do with it, along with a service-oriented mentality built upon a foundation of integrity. I started cold calling.