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Why Early-Stage VCs Should Be Careful About Intros from Bankers

Both Sides of the Table

The sheer number of relationships I’ve built through being public, transparent and being willing to engage in comments and through social media has enabled me to get to know entrepreneurs even before they launch their next company. So I stand by my well-read Quora post of why I don’t attend demo days.

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The Importance of Proprietary Deal Flow in Early-Stage VC

Both Sides of the Table

The sheer number of relationships I’ve built through being public, transparent and being willing to engage in comments and through social media has enabled me to get to know entrepreneurs even before they launch their next company. So I stand by my well-read Quora post of why I don’t attend demo days.

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Don’t drink your own Kool-Aid (surviving TC50)

Both Sides of the Table

It kind of reminds me a bit of how “social media experts&# are talking to customers today). Use social media to be sure people are aware of it. Just don’t believe what they write about you. Write a blog post or a journal about how you feel while you’re there. Mistakes we made?

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Taylor Freeman of UploadVR on Building a Passionate Culture for Good

Tech.Co

We started traveling to Sundance and SXSW and these shows with awesome companies, but no one was writing about it,” Taylor said. Taylor started pushing out content through social media and share what was happening in the industry. We’d try to go bigger and show more people VR. And UploadVR was born.

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Coincident.TV Is “CREATE”-ing Second Screen Transmedia Producers Out Of Everyone [Beta Invites]

Tech Zulu Event

Hours after the panelists debated the future of content distribution at the Silicon Beach @ USC conference, across campus at the Annenberg Innovation Lab a remarkable product demo was taking place by Coincident.TV. If you get a chance to see their demo, take it. People are not simply watching the TV anymore. Currently, Coincident.TV

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Silicon Beach Fest Celebrates Tech Startups and Hollywood in LA | Pics, Highlights and What’s Next!

Tech Zulu Event

. “Let us come together and celebrate…” The mashup theme was reflected in the SBF programming, which included panels highlighting accelerators, VCs, startups, developers, movies, TV, music, web content, art, fashion, social good, surf & skate, and more. Demo Day / Angel Pitch. Tons of info and tons of fun!”

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Hacking Hacker News – How Wily Startups Leverage Social News Sites

InfoChachkie

to actionable user feedback, "Just went through the demo. Although social media news sites can be effective market validation tools, they are not without their downsides. The feedback was largely positive and instructive, ranging from the efficacy of the company's name, "Change the name.The double negative is confusing."

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