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

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This started as a post in which I was going to write out tips to personal branding and became in stead an essay of my own branding journey. I was graduated with a double degree in economics & political science from UCSD in 1991. My colleagues that graduated with engineering degrees from UCSD were paid $31,000 – 15% more.

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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. “Over the past several years we have observed a significant decrease in startups leaving SoCal,” said Greg Becker, CEO of Silicon Valley Bank.

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StartupSD: Mark Suster

SoCal Tech Calendar

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. He focuses on early-stage technology companies. See [link] (more)

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How to Not Suck at a Group Presentation

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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. It is not sufficient to write yourself notes and read them before hand.

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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. 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.&#. I was reading Chris Dixon’s blog tonight. I had to laugh a bit reading it.

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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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How to Know if You Have ADD and What to Do About It

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I have checked Twitter at least 10 times during the writing of this post so far and Facebook 3 times. I can’t write a blog post and then wait 3 days to publish. It’s why I don’t write for TechCrunch or similar much any more. I write my presentations the night before. Email twice. I rush the last 20%.

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