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Los Angeles Startup Weekend August 2011 | The Complete Breakdown

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We also had awesome group of mentors that included: David Waxman (Co-founder of PeoplePC, Spot Runner and Firefly Network), Paige Craig (CEO of BetterWorks ), Josh MacAdam (Co-founder/CTO at Ming.ly Feel free to email or drop a tweet with any questions about the journey, no matter what stage you’re in. Rob Maigret. Scott Sangster.

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How to Avoid Being Disrupted as a VC

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I joined Upfront Ventures in 2007 and took over as co-Managing Partner in 2011 along with the founder, Yves Sisteron. I created an accelerator & mentor network (Launchpad LA). I also noticed that inbound emails were no longer directed at just me. He’s even challenged some of our sacred cows on investment philosophy.

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Putting the Pedal to the Metal at Amplify

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Amplify Mentor Panel in full swing. Amplify’s close mentoring is by design. Like good mentors Paul, Jeff, Richard, Oded and David as well as Chris and Kris create an atmosphere in which the motivated founders can take advantage of the knowledge base to which they are exposed. Setting up for Eric Garcetti.

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Interview with Scott Ferreira, MySocialCloud

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By the end of my sophomore year, I decided to go after this full time, and that's when I officially brought on a CTO, Shiv Prakash, and we went at it in the summer of 2011, and the rest is kind of history. Both have been great mentors ever since. We understand this whole effort was actually backed by Sir Richard Branson?

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Master of Customer Acquisition, Matt Coffin, On Startups …

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Get connected to the right mentors and your business may catapult to the next level. Matt was one of my inspirations behind Launchpad LA (yes, we’re going to have a program in 2011 – news very, very soon). Something so simple. Since selling Matt has gone on to become one of the smartest angels I have seen operate.

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Gabi Sorts & Ranks What’s Important to You | Interview With CEO Stefanie Hoffmann

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We started thinking about new ways of interacting with social networks in November 2011. Any mentors or VC’s? No mentors and no investors so far, we are open to discussion. We also have feedback from some of our users, we receive emails like, “Gabi makes me fall in love with Facebook again.”

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Go West Young Men: Winklevoss Twins Buy $18M L.A. Mansion To Dive Into SoCal Tech Scene

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Feel free to directly email us at tips@techcrunch.com. 2011 Holiday. Your guide for the best gadget gifts of 2011. Dial-A-Mentor Service Clarity Talks Stats: 12K Calls Across Nearly 50 Countries [TCTV]. Have a Tip, Pitch or Guest Column? Guest Column. So youve got the inside scoop on a story or topic that weve covered?

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