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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. In a market doing this it becomes very hard to do otherwise.

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Oversee.Net's Lawrence Ng Sets Up Startup Incubation Fund

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OnRamp Fund said it will offer up access to mentoring and advisors, funding, and cross-border support for its startups, particularly with those looking to reach across the United States, Taiwan, and China. The company said one of its first investments is bridal retailer SimplyBridal.

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Upfront Ventures Adds Hamet Watt as New Investment Partner

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He first came to see me in 2008 when we was raising money for his 1st startup – NextMedium. At every entrepreneur event I through between 2008-2012 I invite Hamet because he was a great mentor for entrepreneurs. He’s founded 3 companies and I’ll bet he has 3-5 more in him. I stayed close.

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Claiming a landmark in fusion energy, TAE Technologies sees commercialization by 2030

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In a small industrial park located nearly halfway between Los Angeles and San Diego, one company is claiming to have hit a milestone in the development of a new technology for generating power from nuclear fusion. Now, the company said, it has achieved the necessary temperatures to make its reactors commercially viable.

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6th International System-on-System (SoC) Conference

SoCal Tech Calendar

Thursday, November 6, 2008 -- The 6th International System-on-System (SoC) Conference, Exhibit and Workshops, November 5 and 6, 2008. Intel, IBM, Mentor Graphics, Toshiba, Tensilica, and over 100 other leading-edge companies will be sharing their latest technologies and products in this Southern California event.

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6th International System-on-System (SoC) Conference

SoCal Tech Calendar

Wednesday, November 5, 2008 -- The 6th International System-on-System (SoC) Conference, Exhibit and Workshops, November 5 and 6, 2008. Intel, IBM, Mentor Graphics, Toshiba, Tensilica, and over 100 other leading-edge companies will be sharing their latest technologies and products in this Southern California event.

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How I Got the Monkey Off My Back – Today Was a Good Day

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I spent my first year developing proprietary deal flow and learning the business and then the Sept 2008 / Lehman Bros collapse / financial meltdown happened. That company was Invoca, which just announced a $20 million fund raise led by Accel. Lemons ripen early, great companies take time.” 5 years ago. ” Still.