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Does a VCs Culture Really Matter? The Upfront Story

Both Sides of the Table

But as LA as a tech community grew massively the percentage of our LA deals went from 15% to 50% from 1996 to 2010 and it has remained solid since then. And we had to shift to be with our customers and prospects. Also, many of our deals were in NYC, Chicago, San Francisco or London. So Silicon Valley massively shifted to San Francisco.

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Interview with Aaron Hirschorn, DogVacay.com

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If you need a 12 acre ranch in Malibu for your Great Dane, with an animal trainer on staff, that's $75.00. It's really about providing a customized approach, and the best experience for both the dog and dog owners. What makes us different from a Craiglist with a checkout button, is we also offer protection to customers.

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Interview with Aaron Hirschhorn, DogVacay.com

socalTECH

If you need a 12 acre ranch in Malibu for your Great Dane, with an animal trainer on staff, that's $75.00. It's really about providing a customized approach, and the best experience for both the dog and dog owners. What makes us different from a Craiglist with a checkout button, is we also offer protection to customers.

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Tech Titans Peter Thiel, Matt Jacobson, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Mich Mathews, Elon Musk Buy Homes in Los Angeles

SoCal Delicious

Loading… Tech. To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com. The tech industry is going south. Prices are soaring in the beachfront communities tech types favor, and rents in these.

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Bevvy: Getting Deals On The Down Low | Interview With Founder Niall Donnelly

Tech Zulu Event

There’s no question of the monstrous boom in popularity and success of ‘Deal of the Day’ business models, and for good reason, due to a volatile world-wide economic climate. It was obvious to us but we wanted to get feedback from the customers. Our beta testing actually started out with the coupon model.

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Interview with Rob Farrow, Chi.mp

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At some point, you've got to figure out where you draw the line, due to social network fatigue when you're at the point where you are checking 8, 9, or ten different sites every day. Rob Farrow: Lots of what goes on in technology happens on the West Coast. Meebo is another powerful site. The list goes on and on.