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One Simple Way You Can Make an Actual Difference in Somebody’s Life

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We’re all bombarded with social media campaigns asking for us to Tweet, share, like, change our badge, use a hashtag or generally show outrage at a topic du jour. It turned out that UCLA had a Guardian Scholar program set up since they have around 100 students entering every year out of foster care / homelessness.

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Effective Networking Starts With Empathy

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When you provide value to someone, that person will tell their friends and their network will start reaching out to you. If you put the other person first instead of yourself, you will see that the other person open up more and is more willing to develop a long-term relationship with you. What is the no.

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WESAWIT | Experience Events Through The Eyes of The Crowd

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The mobile app and website that allows people to capture and share images and videos of events through social media. TechZulu catches up with the three to talk about WESAWIT, startups, and the LA scene. Thibault Mathieu: Morgan and I were both in film school at UCLA. People are starting to notice us.

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LA Tech Startup Innovators and Fun Facts

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Today’s startup innovators come from about six hours south of Silicon Valley. Fun Fact: One of the most prominent figures from their firm, Mark Suster t, runs a blog startups follow religiously. Social Enterprise: Hub LA. Social Media: Snapchat. Silicon Valley? That’s so yesterday. Marketing: SteelHouse.

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The Talent Tourniquet | Making Los Angeles Startup Friendly

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Take, for example, the recent City Council vote to end ride-sharing services and effectively shut down an entire sector of emerging tech startups – putting both their app developers and their enterprising users stranded in no man’s land. The post The Talent Tourniquet | Making Los Angeles Startup Friendly appeared first on TechZulu.

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Tilofy: Making Sense Of The World Around You Using Location Data

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Los Angeles-based Tilofy (www.tilofy.com)--out of USC''s Viterbi Startup Garage--is doing just that, helping to highlight what is going on around you, by absorbing all of that location data out there at any particular time and place. We spoke with Ali Khoshgozaran , founder and CEO of the company, to learn more about the startup.

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Mark Suster, Nely Galan to Keynote Silicon Beach Fest

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Silicon Beach Fest is gearing up to showcase the most promising startups and visionaries from across LA’s growing startup entertainment ecosystem. More than 150 speakers include top executives from local accelerators, venture capitalists, entertainment powerhouses, brands, and emerging and established start-ups.