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Twiistup 6 Highlights

Both Sides of the Table

We are also home to DemandMedia (Richard Rosenblatt) and Mahalo (Jason Calacanis). We had an excellent opening panel on early-stage investing with Dave McClure (Founders Fund – NorCal), Brad Feld (Foundry Group, Boulder) and Andy Sack (Founders Co-Op, Seattle). We have accomplished much yet have much work to do.

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The Challenges (& Opportunities) of Starting a Tech Company in LA

Jason Nazar

Here it seems that entrepreneurs are coming out of business school, transitioning from corporate life, or hail from the entertainment industry. Whereas in Silicon Valley, you can have a V.1 Loosing talent is a HUGE problem and the reason why Google will give big bonuses and cash to keep their teams in tact.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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Interesting that Booyah is led by a former game producer, Keith Lee, who formerly launched very large products for Blizzard Entertainment. Read more: VentureWire (requires login) , Mahalo Profile Page. Jelli - I went on record saying that I wanted to invest and that I think this company will create a big success. File sharing?