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More on SoCal’s role in clean tech

October 31, 2008

More on how big clean technology has gotten in Southern California: Ernst & Young has run the numbers, and determined that Southern California made up $363.5M in a record setting $1.6B invested in clean technology firms in Q3, ahead of Silicon Valley for the quarter’s clean technology activity. Much of this was driven by later [...]

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Clean Energy by Benjamin Kuo

Startups galore: USC and UCLA MBA’s

October 30, 2008

People talk a lot how an area creates an environment conducive to startups and high tech entrepreneurship. One huge factor in “startup creation” here is the presence of at least two, highly ranked MBA programs in Los Angeles. UCLA Anderson is ranked by U.S. News & World Report at #11, and USC Marshall is ranked [...]

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Looking on the bright side of a downturn: experienced executives available

October 27, 2008

Anyone remember that complaint about “there aren’t any experienced executives available here in the job market?” Well — thanks in no small part do the market downturn — it seems to me that anyone who can’t find a good, experienced (ie 2+ success) executive willing to join their startup now isn’t looking hard enough. In [...]

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Employment, Startups by Benjamin Kuo

The venture funding delay loop

October 27, 2008

I’ve noticed a few news articles, blog posts, etc. recently commenting on how “such-and-such company has just gotten venture capital, despite the recent financial crisis/crash/etc.” and how the funding “must be a great thing to get money despite the environment.” First of all, yes, venture funding will continue — it continued, albeit at a lower [...]

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Random post of the day: bad ad targeting example

October 24, 2008

I don’t know about you, but either Gmail thinks I can read a lot more Hindi (?) (see embedded ad below) than I thought I could, or someone has some strange ad targeting parameters: ps. I’m clearly NOT at zero inbox.

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More on clean technology

October 23, 2008

I had the chance to moderate a panel on sustainable technology Wednesday at Los Angeles Technology Week, and had a great opportunity to ask questions and hear from some experts in the area. On the panel was Rao Surampudi of JPL — who designed the batteries and power systems for the Mars Rover, Gregg Ander [...]

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Automotive, Clean Energy by Benjamin Kuo

The Genealogy Of Technology Clusters

October 23, 2008

It’s always been fascinating to me on how technology clusters — groups of companies in a related industry — form. Talking with companies, you soon learn that there is usually a clear chain of successful companies that have been spawned out of other companies, forming a “genealogy” of how an industry is created. Recently, I [...]

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Southern California and clean technology

October 22, 2008

I’m always interested in how much more focus Silicon Valley companies get in the press–and mindshare–than companies located in Southern California, even among people here in the region. I had the opportunity to talk to an MBA class at USC last night, and talking to the students I was surprised to find that most of [...]

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Hollywood vs. Silicon Valley

October 21, 2008

For anyone here in Southern California who follows technology and Hollywood, there’s an awareness that technology is drastically changing the way that Hollywood is operating. It’s upset distribution, production, and many other parts of the business in a major way, and people haven’t yet figured out how or when it will settle out. Jonathan Handel [...]

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Q3 Venture Capital: LA leads, OC’s up, San Diego down

October 20, 2008

PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) released their quarterly MoneyTree data over the weekend, totaling up $751M in Southern California deals. Taking a closer look at the numbers, LA led the region with $385.65M in deals, but Orange County also had a strong showing with $186M in deals. San Diego slipped somewhat in [...]

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