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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

I started my first company in 1999 and was admittedly swept up in all of this: Magazine covers, fancy conferences, artificial valuations and easy money. Between 2006–2008 I sold both companies that I had started and became a VC. It was a way to make it hard for your competition to compete.

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13 Ecosystem Builders That Are Boosting Startup Growth

Tech.Co

The barriers to entry when it comes to launching a company require less tension and a lot less capital. In 2006, a passion to help startups grew into Tech Cocktail , a company whose mission was to showcased burgeoning companies in bars around the country. Indiegogo has brought more than 800,000 ideas to fruition since 2008.

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Interview with Jonathan Simkin, SwoopThat

socalTECH

In 2008, the Federal government passed an act which said that school have to show the course and required books for those courses. Jonathan Simkin: I was actually in high school when I decided I'd either start a company when I graduated, or go into patent law. They act as mentors and help companies grow.

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Plug and Play San Diego Finds Home in New Downtown Works Space

Xconomy

The program provided each company with $25,000 in financing, and a spot for three months in the startup camp program at the Plug and Play Tech Center in Sunnyvale. Companies that participated in the program include Airbitz, Rock My Run, TipNetwork, Vioozer, Raynforest, Stretchr, and Ahorro Libre. billion under management.

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Interview with Scott Sangster, Tech Coast Angels

socalTECH

As the markets went down, just like any other investor, they were very conscious of investing more carefully--but, that said, it also meant that there seemed to be more entrepreneurs, for various reasons, were newly interested in starting companies. We actually saw lots of startup activity in Los Angeles last year.

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Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010

SoCal CTO

Many of our job postings for Engineering positions describe the company as a place “where the word ‘millions’ is used frequently and in many contexts&#. SaaS 101: 7 Simple Lessons From Inside HubSpot - OnStartups , July 19, 2010 It’s been a little over 4 years since I officially launched my internet marketing software company , HubSpot.

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Ted Dhanik | Engage:BDR, LA Tech & the Marketing Scene

Tech Zulu Event

The successes Engage:BDR has right now, helps highlight LA as a city for tech companies to develop and grow. We talked to Ted Dhanik, the founder of Engage:BDR, about his company and the future of marketing. I left MySpace in 2008 to help MySpace to monetize its inventory better. How much did Engage:BDR grow?