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Reflections On 2017: Peter Cowen, Sutton Capital Partners

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Our annual conferencefocused on educating our community on growing valuable tech enterprises-- set a record with over 500 attendees and our best attendee feedback to date. We are seeing SaaS companies more and more are competing against other SaaS companies and experiencing more churn, price resistance and customer demand for customization.

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Enrou: Combining Causes and Commerce To Help Improve The World

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I had worked along with some of these organization son the ground, who were employing people, providing microfinancing, education, and help. Hiptico also has a Mayan education fund, a great fund they support through purchases, to help put the children of the artisans into school with scholarships. READ MORE>>.

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TX Zhuo Talks About LA's Newest Venture Fund, Karlin Ventures

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Specifically, we look at digital media, healthcare IT, e-commerce, education technology and financial services. I then went on to work for McKinsey for a couple of years, then got involved in Eric Schmidt's seed fund, Innovation Endeavors up in Palo Alto. I have been doing seed stage stuff for a while.

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