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Southern California needs to find its hub for it to develop its own tech ecosystem

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As BCG writes in its report: The good news for SoCal and any region with tech ambitions is that the Bay Area has in some ways been too successful. Caltech generates more patents than any other university while UCLA boasts more startups founded by its graduate than any other school in the nation.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

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And of course we have great public companies that have spanned content & communications like J2 Global whose market cap as of this writing is a cool $2.5 Stuff you may not know about LA? What Do We See From the Road Ahead? The infrastructure phase of the Internet is over.

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Are MBAs Necessary for Start-ups or VC?

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He writes with a great perspective and is well worth reading. Almost all of the finalists were MBAs (Stanford x2, Wharton, Harvard x2, MIT, UCLA). I then worked in a computer store called Software Centre in high school and college (UCSD). This is part of my ongoing series called “ Start-up Lessons.&#.

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How to Not Suck at a Group Presentation

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This was evident at the Twiistup pre-event company pitch last week at UCLA. So I thought I’d write a piece on how to not suck when you give a presentation. I recently spoke at the business school at UCSD. Don’t write sentences on the – only key words to help you remember what you’re going to say.

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