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TradeYa Gets $1.1M

socalTECH

in a venture capital funding, to launch its social platform for trading goods and services. TradeYa''s platform focuses on letting users trade electronics, gift cards, sporting equipment, vacation homes, as well as services like cooking, web design, medical care, and more. The startup is led by Jared Krause.

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Putting the Pedal to the Metal at Amplify

From the Venture Trenches

Amplify provides seed stage capital to the tune of $50,000 to $150,000 in companies with a viable product that are demonstrating some degree of traction. Consequently, Jeff is a big believer in B to B opportunities or SaaS platforms, like Jeff’s own Leads 360. Unwinding at an Amplify party.

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Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010

SoCal CTO

5 Lessons from 150 startup pitches - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , July 11, 2010 I just reviewed several hundred startup pitches for Capital Factory. The collapse of the IPO market and dysfunctional math in the venture capital community has stacked the odds against you. They ignore/disrespect the platform.

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Interview with Ilya Pozin, Cofounder of Pluto TV

socalTECH

I started a web design company, and ended up going to college in Florida, but kept on running the company on the side. That was the first time I raised any kind of capital, $600,000 in capital, for a social gifting platformÂťback when Facebook was very generous with data.

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Putting the Pedal to the Metal at Amplify

From the Venture Trenches

Amplify provides seed stage capital to the tune of $50,000 to $150,000 in companies with a viable product that are demonstrating some degree of traction. Consequently, Jeff is a big believer in B to B opportunities or SaaS platforms, like Jeff’s own Leads 360. Unwinding at an Amplify party.

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5 things Silicon Valley gets wrong about Southern California

SoCal Delicious

Venture capital. With LaunchPad’s help, more than 61 Orange County companies have raised more than $97 million in startup capital, seed, and series A investments — and much of that money comes from Valley investors betting on their neighbors to the south. Web Design Software. Web Hosting Software.

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The Startup Guide To SXSW Panel Picking

Tech Zulu Event

Simply, there are thousands of agencies, design shops and communications firms across the world, all. Jason Cohen, Capital Thought. The PepsiCo10 program in 2010 saw the company team up with Mashable and Highland Capital Partners to. The web is constantly changing—ne. Joshua Baer, Capital Factory. Having the.

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