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Networking Events in Los Angeles and Southern California

SoCal CTO

VentureNet – Great annual event by the Technology Council. Southern California Tech Central – Brings together posts from top bloggers around Southern California including John's blog and this blog. They put on great events.

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If You Don’t Define Your Personal Brand the Market Will

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I was graduated with a double degree in economics & political science from UCSD in 1991. For 1991 I was very technical and also had a lot of practical business implementation experience in technology. My colleagues that graduated with engineering degrees from UCSD were paid $31,000 – 15% more. You’re a tech guy.

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StartupSD: Mark Suster

SoCal Tech Calendar

He focuses on early-stage technology companies. Mark is a UCSD graduate and writes one of the best startup blogs on the Internet. Mark Suster is a 2x entrepreneur who has gone to the Dark Side of VC. He joined GRP Partners in 2007 as a General Partner after selling his company to Salesforce.com. See [link] (more)

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Version 0.9. What Do You Think?

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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!). I wanted to be whimsical and have a blog as cool as Spark Capital. She was both patient (as dealing with me requires) and persistent (the same). Anything that works well was her implementation.

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Are MBAs Necessary for Start-ups or VC?

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I was reading Chris Dixon’s blog tonight. 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. He’s a star who has a very intuitive feel for technology and … no MBA. I had to laugh a bit reading it.

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With $75M Alumnus Gift, UCSD Opens Data Science Institute

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lu, is intended to encourage the development and use of new data science technologies in just about every field on campus—and beyond. The center, made possible by a $75 million gift from UC San Diego alumnus and early Facebook employee Taner Halicio?lu,

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Vision Assistance Startup Aira Inking Deals With UCSD, Retail Stores

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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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