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Upfront Ventures Raised New $280 Million Fund

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Our last fund we raised was in 2012 and we began investing it in April of 2012. Our 3rd fund began investing in March 2009 (raised in 2008) and our 4th fund started in April 2012 so this fund will naturally begin investing around March / April 2015. That’s why the best firms tend to raise every three years.

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Kyocera Wireless Sells Indian Operations

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The deal is worth $6M in upfront payments, plus payments linked to revenue in 2010/2011, and 2011/2012. MindTree said it expects an increase of approximately $9M in revenues between October 2009 to March 2010 related to the deal. Kyocera Wireless explained the move would improve its cost structure and competitiveness.

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How Tuition.IO Is Helping To Tame Student Debt, One Employee At A Time

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Brendon McQueen: I graduated from Columbia in 2009, and was a first generation college graduate. I eventually ended up here in 2012, where the company came out of an incubator here called Launchpad LA. This program helps them support their hires, and helps them hire competitive. I came out of school with twelve loans.

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Meet Launchpad LA’s Graduating Startups

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Meet the Graduates: · Connectifier, which connects recruiters to potential job candidates, consists of 4 ex-Google employees and local angel investor, Terrence Yang, has dubbed Connectifier one of the best startups of 2012. YieldMetrics has already raised $1.7

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Do Less. More.

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Success often comes from doing a few things extraordinarily well and noticeably better than the competition and is measured in customer feedback, product engagement, growth in usage and ultimately in revenue growth. You don’t need to be hot. You need to be successful and those are two different things.

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In 2013, Foursquare Wants To Know You More

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The team says it has had a great year this 2012. “As always, if you’d prefer not to permit businesses to see when you check into their locations going forward, you can uncheck the box under ‘Location Information ’” Competition From Facebook’s Nearby. However, it is not without competition.

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Journey Platform To Build Data Gathering Mobile Apps | Co-founder Interview Conrad Hofmeyr

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While Journey has launched now in mid-2012, it is the result of technology that we have been building and deploying in production since 2009, when Embark Mobile was founded. Embark Mobile has been building and delivering mobile implementations to businesses since 2009. Any competition? When was it launched?

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