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Are MBAs Necessary for Start-ups or VC?
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 8, 2009
This is part of my ongoing series called “ Start-up Lessons.&#. I came across this blog post about getting a computer science degree as the best degree for getting into venture capital or working at a VC-backed start up. I paid up for the diploma but can’t say that I saw better results. So back to MBAs.
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EvoNexus, UC San Diego Team On FinTech Efforts
socalTECH
JUNE 11, 2019
San Diego- and Orange County-based startup incubator EvoNexus and the University of California San Diego's Rady School of Management announced this morning that the two are in a new partnership, aimed at creating a new generation of FinTech startups. Financial details of the link between EvoNexus and UCSD were not announced.
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Biotech Startup Licenses Technology From UCSD, Raises $18M
socalTECH
JANUARY 7, 2013
A new, biotech startup focused on delivery of nucleic acid therapeutics, Solstice Biologics , said last week that it has licensed technology developed at UC San Diego, and received $18M in a Series A funding. and his colleagues at UC San Diego School of Medicine.
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164 Four Founders of Hot Startups With Links To Southern California
socalTECH
MARCH 12, 2014
Anyone who has been in the technology industry for awhile has heard that oft repeated myth , that most startup founders in Silicon Valley are from Stanford. Here are four startup founders, who are among the hottest companies in the technology world, who got their start in Southern California. Aaron Levie. Travis Klanick.
MemComputing Selected By Chevron Technology Ventures
socalTECH
OCTOBER 2, 2019
San Diego-based MemComputing , a startup developing high performance computing (HPC) technology, has been selected by Chevron Technology Ventures (CTV), for CTV's Catalyst Program, which supports early stage companies focused on the oil and gas industry. READ MORE>>.
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UC San Diego Gets $1M From Arm Of Intellectual Ventures
socalTECH
OCTOBER 26, 2018
According to UCSD, the Institute for the Global Entrepreneur received $1M from the Invention Science Fund (ISF), the incubator arm of Intellectual Ventures, and San Diego's Legler Benbough Foundation, to accelerate new startup companies.
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Four Founders of Hot Startup With Links To Southern California
socalTECH
MARCH 12, 2014
Anyone who has been in the technology indusry for awhile has heard that oft repeated myth , that most startup founders in Silicon Valley are from Stanford. Here are four startup founders, who are among the hottest companies in the technology world, who got their start in Southern California. Aaron Levie. Travis Klanick.
Vision Assistance Startup Aira Inking Deals With UCSD, Retail Stores
Xconomy
SEPTEMBER 14, 2018
Students and shoppers will soon be using technology developed by Aira, a San Diego startup that links vision-impaired people with “visual interpreters” via smartphone and smart glasses, to help them navigate their environments.
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MemComputing Joins Air Force Research Lab Space Accelerator
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 13, 2019
San Diego-based MemComputing , a startup working on high performance computing technology, says it has been selected to join the Air Force Research Laboratory's Catalyst Space Accelerator , being held in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Beane, formerly an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at UCSD.
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Southern California needs to find its hub for it to develop its own tech ecosystem
TechCrunch LA
MARCH 22, 2018
Founded by Steve Poizner last year to accelerate the growth of a startup entrepreneurial ecosystem in Southern California, The Alliance is building a network of investors, entrepreneurs and universities to provide ballast in the south to the dominance of the Northern California tech industry.
Tortuga Logic, Co-Founded By UCSD, UCSB Profs, Raises $2M For Hardware Security
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 17, 2017
Tortuga Logic , a new startup focused on chip-level cybersecurity technology whose founders include professors from UC San Diego and UC Santa Barbara, has raised $2M in a seed funding, the company disclosed on Thursday. The seed funding came from Eclipse Ventures.
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University of California Plans $250M Venture Capital Fund
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 16, 2014
Startups related to the many University of California campuses in Southern California may soon have a new source of funding: The University of California itself, via a new, $250M venture capital. The fund would seek to invest in companies started on campus, from University research, and from students. READ MORE>>.
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UC San Diego Spinout Gets $15M From Bill Gates
socalTECH
DECEMBER 22, 2014
A startup which is based on research conducted at the University of California, San Diego has scored $15M in a Series A funding. echodyne metamaterials spinout ucsd duke venture capital radar bill gates materials' Echodyne Corp. which was co-founded by Tom Driscoll, a former University of California at San Diego researcher.
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GrollTex Gets Seed Funding
socalTECH
JULY 13, 2015
San Diego-based GrollTex , a new startup spinning out of the University of California, San Diego, has scored a seed funding round. GrollTex was founded by UCSD graduate student Aliaksandr (Alex) Zaretski (pictured), who won the UC San Diego Entrepreneurship Challenge with the technology. Size of the funding was not disclosed.
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If You Don’t Define Your Personal Brand the Market Will
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 23, 2013
I have long advised startup companies that if you don’t control your messaging somebody else will and your potential customers will form impressions of you shaped by somebody else or by nobody at all. I was graduated with a double degree in economics & political science from UCSD in 1991. My starting salary was $27,000.
Two Local Tech, Investment Executives Named In College Fraud Investigation
socalTECH
MARCH 12, 2019
Two people associated with Southern California's high tech investment and startup industry have been named as part of the far reaching investigation into a college admissions scandal , which named Hollywood actresses, CEOs, coaches at USC, UCLA, and UCSD, as well as many others. According to a complaint filed by the U.S.
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On Funding?—?The Denominator Effect
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 28, 2021
The thesis is that before investing in an early-stage startup it is close to impossible to know which of the deals you did will break out to the upside. to start their next company. You’ll find engineers out of MIT, Stanford, Harvard, UCSD, Caltech or execs out of UCLA, Spelman, NYU, etc.
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HelloTech Expands Tech Support Service To San Diego
socalTECH
APRIL 28, 2016
Los Angeles-based HelloTech , the on-demand, in-home technical services company founded by serial entrepreneur and tech investor Richard Wolpert, said it is expanding into San Diego, and has begun offering up its services in the city. The company now offers up its services in Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Diego.
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If you Can’t Make Time, MakeSpace
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 26, 2013
I met up with Sam in NYC last year to talk about “what he was up to.” I was in NYC and I lined up my usual 20 meetings on my trip. When I was in college ( UCSD, go Tritons !) ” Then competitors started to launch. Startup Advice' Today we announced our launch. Here’s the deal. So I was doing my job.
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StartupSD: Mark Suster
SoCal Tech Calendar
MARCH 25, 2011
Mark is a UCSD graduate and writes one of the best startup blogs on the Internet. Come hear him talk about about SoCal startups, entrepreneurship and the investment scene. He joined GRP Partners in 2007 as a General Partner after selling his company to Salesforce.com. He focuses on early-stage technology companies.
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100 Interview with Jonathan Simkin, SwoopThat
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 13, 2011
One startup, SwoopThat (www.swoopthat.com)--started by a recent college grad Jonathan Simkin --has made it much easier to buy books for student, by pulling up books based on a student's schedule. How did you come up with the web site? We spoke with Jonathan about the advantages of SwoopThat over existing sites.
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Todd Hylton Adds Neural Tech Expertise to UCSD Robotics Institute
Xconomy
AUGUST 30, 2016
a Qualcomm-backed startup founded in 2009 to develop computer systems and software based on algorithms that emulate the “spiking neuron” processes of the human brain. He also was co-founder of 4Wave, a Virginia-based startup specializing in semiconductor equipment. After joining Brain Corp.
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49 With $20M, UCSD Spinout Jecure To Press New Attack On NASH
Xconomy
FEBRUARY 15, 2017
Liver disease is challenging for doctors because it can develop without symptoms, making diagnosis difficult without removing cells for examination. For these reasons, fatty liver disease is often called a “silent disease,” says Ariel Feldstein, a gastroenterologist at the University of California San Diego.
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64 Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 8, 2014
Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly. LA By The Numbers. But even this is changing.
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Q&A: New Rady Dean Ordóñez on School’s Growth, Startups, Ethics & More
Xconomy
SEPTEMBER 20, 2019
Most recently vice dean of academic programs at the University of Arizona’s Eller School of Management, Ordóñez started as the Rady School’s new dean this month. Ordóñez, a California native, says she took a 25 year “hiatus” in Arizona before returning this summer to the state in which she grew up.
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The Importance of The Narrative
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 17, 2011
I went to undergrad at UCSD, which is not a place known for its Greek institutions and my father grew up in South America and had know idea what a fraternity was. I started off by running some lower-level roles like community service. Gregory sat on a table in the middle of the circle and rolled up his sleeves.
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365 Xconomy Giveaway: 20 Tickets for Startups at Big Data Meets Big Bio
Xconomy
APRIL 6, 2018
At Xconomy we know how hard it is to be a startup founder. We’re always meeting bootstrapping entrepreneurs who take that lean startup model a little too literally. So we have some exciting news for startup teams! Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.
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69 Version 0.9. What Do You Think?
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 5, 2011
Like a startup we took a very “version 0.9” If you’re in LA and looking for somebody to do project-based marketing jobs – Jacqui’s your lady (not to mention a fellow UCSD alum!). Right now it’s a bit light but I’m sure it will fill up. scrolling top banner - I'll start by slowing it down. What text resonates?
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Networking Events in Los Angeles and Southern California
SoCal CTO
OCTOBER 6, 2009
In his post, he mentions the following events / event organizers, and you should visit his post for a bit more on each of them. Quality of Events Of course, the bigger issue with events is finding the ones where you will have a really good opportunity to network with interesting people.
Interview with Marc Friedmann, SciVee
socalTECH
MAY 7, 2010
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. Marc Friedmann: I was actually brought in about a year after they started. Marc Friedmann: It was founded by two U.C. READ MORE>>.
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Interview with Aaron Crayford, Rippol
socalTECH
DECEMBER 8, 2009
We caught up with CEO Aaron Crayford to learn about the company. We've come up with a pretty unique solution, which looks at social depth--you, your friends, and the people you follow, your demographics, and people you impact--and learns about these people and makes intelligent decisions based on that. Aaron, thanks for the interview.
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Putting Tom Perkins Comments into Context
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 25, 2014
” “ end quote (some people on mobile devices having a hard time seeing where quote starts / ends so I want to be sure I’m not attributed with Mr. Perkins letter). I had a public education all the way through college and my under grad – UCSD – actually cost less than $2,000 per year to attend between 1986-1991.
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Video Interview: Brainleap's Software To Help Treat ADHD and Autism
socalTECH
JULY 19, 2019
Welcome to socaltech interviews, where we talk to the startup entrepreneurs, investors, and others in Southern California's technology industry. Today, we talk with Jeff Coleman, the CEo and co-founder of BrainLeap technologies , a software company focused on using games to improve the attention skils of individuals with autism and ADHD.
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UC San Diego Nobel Laureate Roger Tsien Dies at 64
Xconomy
AUGUST 31, 2016
Tsien died on August 24 while bike-riding in Eugene, Oregon, a UCSD Health spokesman confirmed late Wednesday. Additional details about his death have not been revealed, however, and the circumstances remain unclear. He was 64, and had been a professor at the UC San Diego School of Medicine for 27 years.
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72 To Show Off SD Startups, Investors Hit the Road with New TV Show
Xconomy
NOVEMBER 26, 2018
First there was “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.” Now four San Diego, CA-based investors are debuting “VCs in a Van,” a vehicle (no pun intended) meant to spotlight local companies ripe for funding. The show tracks the financiers—Neil Senturia, Tom Tullie, Mark Bowles, and Taner Halicio?lu—as
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Guide to the LA Startup Community
SoCal Delicious
AUGUST 23, 2010
Why should a startup thinking about moving to a new place choose LA? Southern California companies are second to only Silicon Valley in raising venture capital , there are three major universities to recruit talent – UCLA, Caltech, and USC – and a thriving startup community to mingle with.
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42 Biolinq Adds $4.75M to Advance Glucose Monitoring Biosensor Patch
Xconomy
MARCH 28, 2019
Biosensor startup Biolinq said Thursday it has raised $4.75 Founders Jared Tagney and Joshua Windmiller, who met while in grad school at UC San Diego, started the company in 2012 as Electrozyme. The San Diego startup. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.
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LabFellows Looks to Become “Operating System” For Life Sciences Cos.
Xconomy
OCTOBER 8, 2019
However, that wasn’t the problem San Diego startup LabFellows was looking to solve when it launched in 2014. Scientists, no matter how sexy the research they’re conducting, aren’t immune from the administrative minutiae of office life. Such tasks steal time away from researchers’ main objectives.
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112 What Most People Don’t Understand About How Startup Companies are Valued
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 14, 2016
Most are sitting on large portfolios of private companies that are raising money now or will need to do so in the future and they know that they’re up against some headwinds. The Motive for Speaking Up. ” “Mark has a vested interest in talking down valuations of startups.” So prices start dropping.
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150 Procrastinators’ Special! Save on Big Data Meets Big Biology 4/26
Xconomy
APRIL 12, 2018
The countdown clock is running for Big Data Meets Big Biology , and time is almost up to grab a seat for Xconomy’s half-day forum that will convene technology and life science innovators and influencers. Our program includes leading innovators, startup. Register today and save with our Procrastinator’s Special while it lasts.
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61 In Defense of Uber: An Unbiased Opinion
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 22, 2014
It’s a fantastic startup that has had a amazing impact on society. It’s not just about people like me who can (and do) turn up in nearly any city in the US and immediately book a ride. They were a little too fierce in their competitive practices against Lyft to sign up drivers. Is Uber evil? That’s silly.
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418 How to Not Suck at a Group Presentation
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 31, 2010
Francisco Dao came up with the idea of letting 10 companies that weren’t selected for Twiistup to do a presentation the night before to a group of people and let the audience pick one company to win the final slot at Twiistup. I’ll put up the video when they post it on their website. Stories have starts, middles and ends.
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362 How to Know if You Have ADD and What to Do About It
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 31, 2015
Let me start the post with three statements. Many people with ADD don’t work well in corporations & with bureaucracy, people with ADD have a bias towards action, people with ADD often speak up & take action and have strong bursts of creativity. My wife is a saint for putting up with me. As are my work colleagues.
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