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Interview with Ramit Varma, Revolution Prep

socalTECH

The company provides SAT, ACT, and other similar test preparation courses and related software. I had worked as a tutor for Princeton Review, and Jake for Kaplan. We thought, we could put out a better product than Kaplan or Princeton Review, which would be more compelling, and also would tie in a strong social mission.

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Interview with Darrius Thompson, OpenCandy

socalTECH

Last week, San Diego-based OpenCandy (www.opencandy.com) announced it had raised $3.5M in a venture round for the firm's software recommendation startup. Darrius Thompson: We came from a company called DivX, where we had built a business primarily around consumer software. What's the idea behind OpenCandy?

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Pawn Shops Finally Go Digital, Helping Underbanked Find Quick Cash

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The lack of technology and innovation in the pawn industry isn’t a deliberate choice, but comes from the large number of small, independent shops that lack the financial and technical resources to build a custom e-commerce platform.

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TZ Startup Hot Seat | Joey Flores CEO of Earbits

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We were invited to play with double Grammy winners Arrested Development and got great reviews, but when it came to marketing our shows and our album, we found that the tools out there for artists were a disaster. Somewhere during that time I put together a 10-piece funk, jazz and hip hop band with my close friend, Yotam Rosenbaum.

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Tech Titans Peter Thiel, Matt Jacobson, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Mich Mathews, Elon Musk Buy Homes in Los Angeles

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5 things Silicon Valley gets wrong about Southern California

SoCal Delicious

Cloud services. The San Diego-based company is one of 53 California companies ranked on the Fortune 500, 22 of which are SoCal companies. Arguably the greatest research and development nexus in the United States rests in the area spanning San Diego to Los Angeles. Editor’s picks. Featured stories. Enterprise.