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Gogii Raises $8.2M

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Marina del Rey-based Gogii , a developer of text messaging applications, said Thursday that it has raised $8.2M in a Series B investment round. Gogii is the latest startup of Scott Lahman, Austin Murray, and Zack Norman, all previously at JAMDAT Mobile. READ MORE>>.

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When the Good Guys in Venture Change Roles

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I’ve worked very closely with Matt over the past four years as we share an investment in a company in Los Angeles called NextPlus and we sat on a board together for years. 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. He’s committed.

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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. A few months ago I did a short interview with Dan Frommer who was then at Business Insider (and has since started SplatF , which is well written and worth your reading). Feature, not a company. It has always stood out in my mind. It’s about 10 minutes long.

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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? COM, and Vivendi Universal.

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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. If you are talented, of course, you can get funded in any region with enough venture capital and obviously in markets outside of the Valley it is easier to get noticed and get access. eBay and others.