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My guest today is Bruce Hallett, Managing Partner, Miramar Venture Partners in Newport Beach. You'll recall that Miramar funded last week's guest Gannon Giguiere, CEO of getlower.com.

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I met Gannon at OCVG's October event; he was on a panel with his favorite venture capital firm: Miramar Venture Partners. His getlower.com sounded interesting so I approached.

He's a serial entrepreneur with a solid perspective on the direction of Web 2.0. And he's funded.

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Suzanne Patrick is visiting the Southland this week, she took time out to describe the contacts she's making in the business community to connect startup businesses to major defense companies. She's able to make those connections due to her previous role as Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Industrial Policy. In that position she focused on the government's process for global and domestic M&A. Listen to her describe her career from the U.S. Navy through Wall Street and eventually the Bush administration and now her own consulting services company.

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While the world gasps over the money paid for YouTube, a little company in Huntington Beach, Epic Camera, makes water-oriented action sports videos possible. Lary Stucker and Dave Johnson are making underwater housings for video cameras; not heavy dive units, but light weight housings for action sports like surfing and water skiing. They approached Tech Coast Angels last year, but interest was cool. The verdict: they're in the hardware business, but the big bucks are in the content, the videos that their customers create. Can they reinvent themselves and leverage the hardware to become the portal for water sports videos? If they can will investors get back in the water? Check out their new site where their customers can post their videos: EpicUnderground.com.

Subscribe with iTunes and download 4 short videos made with Epic's underwater housing - Fabulous footage!