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Can You Really Build a Great Tech Firm Outside Silicon Valley?

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Last year I was on Sand Hill Road in Silicon Valley meeting with one of the most prominent venture capital firms in the country. In my LA I often see computer screens open with entrepreneurs talking about digital media. I meet with Bay Area entrepreneurs all the time and am actively looking to make investments there.

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Explaining FNAC: Feature, Not a Company

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I first heard the term from Chris Fralic at First Round Capital. It’s intended in a discussion with an entrepreneur to get them to question whether there is really amazing underlying value in the product or service they’re offering. Awesome for these talented young entrepreneurs and awesome for their investors.

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When the Good Guys in Venture Change Roles

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In this capacity I can tell any entrepreneurs raising early-stage capital that I would have Matt on my short list if I were raising. Gogii [the original company name] was an early leader in the free text messaging space and we had tens of millions of downloads of our product. He’s with you in good times & bad.

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Interview with Matthew Graczyk, Zubican

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Matthew spoke to us to give us a better idea of what the company offers and why it was started. Personally, I've been an entrepreneur for 15 years, running companies with P and L responsibility for divisions, and watched with frustration as the Internet has grown up around us. What's the idea behind Zubican?

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