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scaling builder culture @nexussocal | scout @soma_capital | cse & business @ucirvine | prev Brainbase (YC W24), Leprendo, CNuro

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Had a great time running the first Nexus startup sunday with so many amazing people! Big thank you to Baylor Adams and @old_man_alex for sharing so many cool insights to SoCal builders

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Fun time at a16z a16z speedrun 🧊 office in Santa Monica with builders from UCLA, UCI, USC, LMU and Harvey Mudd Thanks again Robin Guo for hosting us and Kyle Jeong for coordinating this!

Fun time at <a href="/a16z/">a16z</a> <a href="/speedrun/">a16z speedrun 🧊</a> office in Santa Monica with builders from UCLA, UCI, USC, LMU and Harvey Mudd

Thanks again <a href="/zebird0/">Robin Guo</a> for hosting us and <a href="/kylejeong21/">Kyle Jeong</a> for coordinating this!
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Startup Sunday #2 w/ Gokhan Egri, founder of Brainbase (YC W24) for a fireside, SoCal builder demos & high energy co-working. Chatted enterprise AI, B2B sales tactics, ‘spiky models’ impacting future of AI, and more!

Startup Sunday #2 w/ <a href="/gokhan_egri/">Gokhan Egri</a>, founder of Brainbase (YC W24) for a fireside, SoCal builder demos &amp; high energy co-working.
 
Chatted enterprise AI, B2B sales tactics, ‘spiky models’ impacting future of AI, and more!
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SoCal is home to some of the best universities in the world and unmatched engineering, design, and operator talent. Yet the entrepreneurial scene is super fragmented. Excited to announce Nexus is hosting SoCal Startup Week to change that. Comment below if you want in

SoCal is home to some of the best universities in the world and unmatched engineering, design, and operator talent. Yet the entrepreneurial scene is super fragmented. 

Excited to announce <a href="/nexussocal/">Nexus</a> is hosting SoCal Startup Week to change that.

Comment below if you want in
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Wrapped SoCal Startup Week by Nexus with Horizon summit — 100s of builders from UCLA, USC, UCI, UCSD, Caltech, and more 🚀 Moderated consumer talk w Lester (a16z) & Warren Shaeffer (Pear VC ) which was packed full of amazing insights. Insane talent density and very bullish on

Wrapped SoCal Startup Week by <a href="/nexussocal/">Nexus</a> with Horizon summit — 100s of builders from UCLA, USC, UCI, UCSD, Caltech, and more 🚀

Moderated consumer talk w <a href="/Chen/">Lester</a> (<a href="/a16z/">a16z</a>) &amp; <a href="/wwshaef/">Warren Shaeffer</a>  (<a href="/pearvc/">Pear VC</a> ) which was packed full of amazing insights.

Insane talent density and very bullish on
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Great time at Pear VC SF office with Nexus builders from UCI, UCLA, USC, and Caltech Thanks Khalil Fuller for letting us stop by and doing a very insightful AMA about student startups, the state of VC, and opportunities at Pear!

Great time at <a href="/pearvc/">Pear VC</a> SF office with <a href="/nexussocal/">Nexus</a> builders from UCI, UCLA, USC, and Caltech

Thanks <a href="/khalil_fuller/">Khalil Fuller</a> for letting us stop by and doing a very insightful AMA about student startups, the state of VC, and opportunities at Pear!
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Got to sit down with @MikeMorhaime, founder & former CEO of Blizzard Entertainment, for the latest Nexus fireside at UCI. From growing up on Blizzard games to interviewing the man who shaped them — hearing Mike’s story, Blizzard's key moments and vision for Dreamhaven (his latest

Got to sit down with @MikeMorhaime, founder &amp; former CEO of <a href="/Blizzard_Ent/">Blizzard Entertainment</a>,  for the latest <a href="/nexussocal/">Nexus</a> fireside at UCI.

From growing up on Blizzard games to interviewing the man who shaped them — hearing Mike’s story, Blizzard's key moments and vision for <a href="/Dreamhaven/">Dreamhaven</a> (his latest
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Got to host Dean Stoecker, founder & former CEO of Alteryx, to close off the Nexus speaker series for the year. Built a $5B company. Made Forbes’ billionaire list. Bootstrapped for 14+ years and turned down firms like Sequoia. One of the most real, no-fluff talks I’ve

Got to host Dean Stoecker, founder &amp; former CEO of Alteryx, to close off the <a href="/nexussocal/">Nexus</a> speaker series for the year.

Built a $5B company. Made Forbes’ billionaire list. Bootstrapped for 14+ years and turned down firms like Sequoia.

One of the most real, no-fluff talks I’ve