In what might be one of the more unusual perks for a Southern California high tech company, LRN , a developer of enterprise compliance and ethics software, has an unlimited, paid vacation policy. LRN--which is around the corner from UCLA--serves such customers as 3M, Dow, Johnson & Johnson, Loews, Pfizer and Siemens. MORE >>

Santa Monica-based Clearstone Ventures has had another exit in its portfolio, this time with the acquisition of Cetas , a developer of cloud data analytics software, by VMware. from UCLA. cetas vmware merger acquisition data analytics cloud software clearstone exit venture capitalSumant Mandal sat on the board of Cetas. MORE >>

For today's interview, we thought it would be worth visiting with Carey Ransom , CEO of Irvine-based RealPractice (www.realpractice.com), a firm which develops legal-based software products. It seemed like we had enough assets there to do something interesting with the company. Finally, what's next for the company? Thanks! MORE >>

Almost all of the finalists were MBAs (Stanford x2, Wharton, Harvard x2, MIT, UCLA).  I say this as somebody who recruited several Harvard, Wharton and similar MBAs at my first company (the one where I acknowledge that I made every mistake in the book).  I helped program my college’s recruiting office’s software system.  MORE >>

Today, we just had a screening for the Tech Coast Angels, they're screening companies and having lunch here. Instead, we partner with all the companies provide those services. We are partnering with every event company you can think of, including General Assembly, TechZulu, Digital LA, and others. What's the idea with ROC? MORE >>