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This Week in VC with Farb Nivi, Founder of Grockit

Both Sides of the Table

This was really a fun week at TWiVC because we decided to have an entrepreneur come and talk about raising capital rather than having a VC come on. It’s always such a pleasure for me to spend time with Farb because he has all of the enthusiasm and energy you love to see in entrepreneurs. He’s also candid, humble and helpful.

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

Both Sides of the Table

It was obviously a scheme set up by young entrepreneurs to line their pockets and some big-company executives who didn’t understand innovation. Since 2006 I have been lamenting what I see as “the Facebook problem&# – they are trying to lump me into one big social network. Enter Facebook.