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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 2

Both Sides of the Table

I was on This Week in Venture Capital (TWiVC) again this week with Jason Calacanis. Golden rule of branding for me: 1) name your company or product your URL and 2) don’t paint yourself into a corner. &# Tweet&# = corner. 2.6mm in Series A : Canaan , Anthem. In my mind, not a typical VC investment.

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This Week in VC with Om Malik & Paul Jozefak

Both Sides of the Table

To see the video of This Week in VC click on this link. What a pleasure that I got to spend an hour talking with both Om Malik (whom I’ve always respected his views) and Paul Jozefak , a venture capital partner at Neuhaus Partners in Germany (and formerly the head of Europe for SAP Ventures). Total raised: $5.0mm.

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This Week in VC with Farb Nivi, Founder of Grockit

Both Sides of the Table

This was really a fun week at TWiVC because we decided to have an entrepreneur come and talk about raising capital rather than having a VC come on. He’s also candid, humble and helpful. It’s a very product that allows you to do visual search of eBay, ETSY, Match.com, AllRecipes and several others sites.

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Last Exit Wall Street: 7 Considerations When Raising Venture Capital

From the Venture Trenches

The fact is most start-ups that generate a positive return for their investors are acquired by corporations or financial institutions and the average time it takes a VC to make a return on their investment is more than eight years. So, whether an entrepreneur raises money or not, they have to have a long-term vision.

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What Startups Can Learn From The Pizza Business: Samit Varma

socalTECH

However, for today''s interview, we''ve decided to venture a bit farther afield--talking to Samit Varma , founder of Los Angeles-based pizza franchise Pizza Studio (www.pizzastudio.com). How did you go from venture capital to running a franchise restaurant chain? Samit Varma: I was an entrepreneur before going to the VC world.

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Interview with Todd Jerry, Marmol Radziner

socalTECH

Many local entrepreneurs might know Todd Jerry , formerly a venture capitalist at Anthem Venture Partners. Todd has a unique view, having worked both on the venture and high technology investing side at Anthem, as well as the architecture and construction industry now. It's a truly interesting product.

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The Challenges (& Opportunities) of Starting a Tech Company in LA

Jason Nazar

In the bay area it’s quite common for the entrepreneurs starting a company to be developers or technologists who can build the first versions of their products. He just pounded out design and code for a few weeks and got Plancast up on the web and users adopting his product right away. Whereas in Silicon Valley, you can have a V.1

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