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Timing and why we’re all VCs

TechCrunch LA

Start writing down predictions about people, companies, and markets. We get at least a dozen at the TC offices every week, which is why we write about books so often around here these days. Startups either get three dozen term sheets or none at all, since every firm is walking around with the same frameworks and metrics in their head.

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Congrats To The Spotlight: LA Tech Winter Presenting Companies at Caltech

Tech Zulu Event

We write and create our own content for the game. We make it trivial to quickly aggregate and monitor your key metrics in real-time! When: Thursday, February 2, 2012 – 7:00 p.m. Directions to the Spotlight: LA Tech Winter 2012. Rapid Fire Trivia is a game owned and operated by Danger Room Gaming. Event Details.

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Twitter, Jobs, Democracy & The US Elections

Both Sides of the Table

I know it’s easier to write “horse race&# stories about who’s signing up more users, raising more funding or who’s “hot&# lately. In a world where it’s easier to judge the immediate value of a business, I know that metrics like “time on site&# matter. That’s what AOL was.