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Some Reflections on VC Investment Decisions

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Seed investors are aplenty and of course they need downstream money to fuel their early-stage bets. Of course these are great places to network with other investors, meet great entrepreneurs and keep your connections strong with senior execs at larger companies like Yahoo!, Oh, the conferences. Web Summit. Fortune Brainstorm.

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Learning The Ropes Of Internet Video With Michael Tringe and CreatorUp

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We teach through video tutorials, with courses around specific sites, like how to make content for FunnyorDie, taught by one of the staff writers from FunnyOrDie. An example is Melissa Rundle, who was been writing for the industry doing FunnyOrDie type comedies. He's been working Hollywood, too, and is a real Cinderella story.

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The Corrosive Downside of Acquihires

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And to keep up with the Jones’s it seems that Yahoo! You have been at Google, Salesforce.com, Yahoo! Does Yahoo! And of course many small acquisitions work for the buyers when there is a clear strategy for owning the asset or a clear alignment with the team you’re acquiring. has now employed the same strategy.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

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Of course that’s not disputable. To some extent – of course they are. Of course most of you know SnapChat, Tinder & Whisper and many people immediately associate the success of Los Angeles under the SoLoMo banner (Social, Local, Mobile) and you wouldn’t be wrong. acquired Overture for $1.63 Structural.

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Why Reed Hastings Should be Applauded for Netflix Split

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If you haven’t read Reed’s explanation of this split make sure you read it (of course, after you’re done with this post ) —> here. In my opinion it’s the most natural fit and it would give Netflix a very strong presence in Los Angeles and in TV (obviously subject to getting the right writes from the studios).

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Launchpad LA – 10 Startup Companies to Watch

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The VC’s & executives were then asked to make “commitments&# (in writing) to 3-5 of the companies that they felt they could make some sort of contribution to. We had software executives from Google, Yahoo!, And of course we had, TheMan. DataPop : DataPop was founded by performance marketing veterans from Yahoo!,

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Some Thoughts on Leadership Going into 2016

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But of course all of these things are intertwined. Obviously you need to be mentally flexible enough to spot if your instincts were wrong and a change of course is necessary. Of course it’s great to bring in outside experience to complement your team but it must be done judiciously. Know what you believe is important.

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