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Valuations Up In Q2, Says Report

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According to the Fenwick & West LLP Second Quarter 2010 Silicon Valley Venture Capital Survey, up rounds exceeded down rounds by 55 percent to 27 percent over the 126 technology and life science companies in Silicon Valley analyzed by the firm in Q2. Tags: venture capital valuation pricing finance investment.

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News Corp. In Repeat With Sale To Local Tech Firm

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spends hundreds of millions of dollars on a media property, runs it for about seven years, and then decides to unload that same property for a fraction of the price it paid to a Southern California technology--not media--company. Does this sound familiar? Well, could be. How about IGN ? in a $580M deal.

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digiday:SOCIAL LA

SoCal Tech Calendar

Tuesday, March 9, 2010 -- digiday:SOCIAL LA. The New Media Reality: Everything is Social. During this high-level event, top Publishers, Agency Executives and Brand Marketers will come together to discuss how Social Media is everywhere and is changing everything. socalTech Members Save $100 off the registration price.

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Attention Startups! Startup Demo Hits Social Media Week

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TechZulu and Schmoozd have joined forces to bring you Startup Demo during Social Media Week. We are excited to be part of Social Media Week and helping awesome startups receive their much deserved exposure. When: Wednesday, Sept 22 nd , 2010 - 5:00 p.m. Price: FREE. About Social Media Week. to 11:00 p.m.

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digiday:MOBILE LA

SoCal Tech Calendar

Monday, March 8, 2010 -- digiday:MOBILE LA. Discover the what the future holds for you and this game changing media platform at digiday:MOBILE in Los Angeles. DIGIDAY gives media leaders a chance to converge and discuss high level strategies and the future of Mobile Media and Marketing.

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What Angel Investing & Florida Condos Have in Common

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I pointed to several Economist articles I had read that mapped historical prices of real estate for 400 years and how on average property values grow at no more 1.5% above inflation yet in many markets in the US & Europe prices were rising at 10-25% per year. And it’s driving up prices beyond their inherent value.

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Angel Investing: Skill 3 – Relationships with VCs

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I know that in late 2010 it’s not as popular to say this because we’re in the era of “super angels&# and feel-good startups. Let’s call these cards 1996-99, 2005-08 and 2010+. In the latter cases many companies (Flickr, Delicious, Blogger, Writely in 05-08 and lately Invite Media, Aardvark, Dodgeball, etc.)

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