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How to Avoid Being Disrupted as a VC

Both Sides of the Table

Invest more heavily in platform services. I created an accelerator & mentor network (Launchpad LA). 7 times out of 10 he knows what’s going on before I do and is either slipping a paper on my desk, texting me or emailing me something about to go down. Rebrand with a name that would authentically lay out our values.

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Interview with Alex Benzer, SocialEngine

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SocialEngine is a white-label, community platform. However Gmail is only private email conversations. We have some great mentors now. Thanks to TechStars, we've got an awesome mentor who's co-habitating with us now, and we're learning something daily from him. Alex Benzer: I'm actually building two startups.

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Putting the Pedal to the Metal at Amplify

From the Venture Trenches

Amplify Mentor Panel in full swing. Amplify’s close mentoring is by design. Like good mentors Paul, Jeff, Richard, Oded and David as well as Chris and Kris create an atmosphere in which the motivated founders can take advantage of the knowledge base to which they are exposed. Unwinding at an Amplify party.

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How the Hell do I Prioritize Work, Blog & Find Balance?

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I do it every morning and many school days I get email and/or blogging out of the way in the early morning so I can cuddle up with them before school. When I was done I had to send an email to Adam Lezack that was urgent and due by the morning. I will call, email, text or see each one whenever they have something urgent going on.

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Announcing a Deal I’ve Wanted to Talk About for a Year

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I acted as the occasional mentor, advisor and coach to Ethan. MyTime aims to be the first industry-wide platform to help create consistency across the SKUs in services businesses. The company was called Red Beacon. I was standing with him when he won the TechCrunch 50 award.

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Congrats To The Spotlight: LA Tech Fall Presenting Companies at UCLA

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Earbits is an online radio platform where artists, labels and concert promoters bid for airtime on a per-song-played basis, and use the exposure to sell their music, event tickets and more. It’s the first performance-based marketing platform specifically designed for the music industry.

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Miigle Revisited | A SoCal Startup With a Global Mission

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LB: Currently, we are about 75% and that’s really because in this phase we have developed what I think is the most critical aspect of our platform, which is the technology that allows us to truly build our community. We’ve made it very easy for people to access the Miigle platform. Personas in Miigle are very important.

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