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A Seriously Great Story and Why We Funded Them

Both Sides of the Table

I first met Andrew Stalbow , the founder & CEO of Seriously in August of 2013. On August 23rd, 2013 I had an email intro from my good friend and trusted source Jeff Berman who only sends me stuff when it is somebody he respects (ie a strong filter vs. those who send casual intros). He hit me from two very trusted sources.

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Reflections on 2018: Clinton Foy, CrossCut Ventures

socalTECH

This year, we focused on diversifying and strengthening our team by recruiting Maureen Klewicki as an investor and senior associate, and Nick Kim as our head of platform. Now, we're investing in our own team, firm, and platform so we can further support those founders.

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Can Startups Surf The Huge Information Tidal Wave?

Startup Professionals Musings

In a recent study by networking giant Cisco , the world’s yearly mobile data traffic grew 81% in 2013 and will reach 1.3 Online entertainment: millions of channels, billions of actors. With the adoption of the Internet, digital entertainment has rocketed across the world, changing how people entertain themselves.

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Social Search – What Entrepreneur Needs To Know

InfoChachkie

These sites (so far) have managed to balance facilitating product discovery and purchase capabilities with users'' desires to entertain and educate themselves without feeling like they are in a marketplace. It is no secret that Pinterest and other social commerce sites have begun to dial in the commerce equation.

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REACH | Disruptive Technologies Impacting the Future of Gaming [Live]

Tech Zulu Event

Date : Thursday, October 24, 2013. Scot has been an entrepreneur and executive responsible for the launch of several interactive entertainment ventures. Scot has 15+ years experience developing product integration and interactive campaigns for major sports, entertainment and consumer brands. Time : 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM.

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A Look at the Future: The Connected Car Expo

Tech Zulu Event

Compound that by the exponential growth of smart devices from 2011-2013 , we’re looking at a need for rapid development in the next few years. And as much as we can deny it, most of us will text, answer emails and calls, and navigate with our phones. In a 2011 CDC report , nearly 67% of U.S

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How DinnerDate.com Takes Online Dating Offline, with Andrew Connell

socalTECH

It was taking people an incredible amount of time to get out and just have a cup of coffee with someone, and lots of emails and phone calls. What I also like, is I'm a massive foodie, and love to cook and entertain, and this was the perfect combination. where we'd like to roll out to in 2013, under the DinnerDate.com brand.

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