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Want to Work in VC? Here’s How

Both Sides of the Table

I’m often asked by people, “how do I get into VC?&# Well, I know 3-4 VC jobs that are publicly available. Every time I do recruiting I get somebody who says, “I’m willing to take a step back in my career to work in VC.&# This isn’t likely to appeal to us. Where do you think things are heading?

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Interview Dan Dato and Bruce Brown, Upstart.LA

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which became Softbank Marketing, selling ads for Yahoo before Yahoo had its own salesforce. There are lots of incubators here-- practically every school or municipality has some kind of incubator--but they don't have an accelerator. So I got started in the tech and internet world very early stage.

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Tilofy: Making Sense Of The World Around You Using Location Data

socalTECH

Prior to Tilofy, I had technical positions at Yahoo, Microsoft, and Samsung, ranging from development, to program management, to senior technology person on Samsung''s smart TV platform. Those three organizations have very strong networks inventure capital, entertainment, and academia, and put together the incubator.

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Interview with Matt Kozlov, Techstars Space Accelerator

socalTECH

I have worked as an entrepreneur in mobile gaming and an executive in the entertainment industry, and worked at Yahoo and also as a management consulting. It's transforming industries like entertainment, healthcare, and aerospace. Before that, I was an executive at a cybersecurity company, which sold for $200M.

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The Startup Guide To SXSW Panel Picking

Tech Zulu Event

Jason Glaspey, PIE (Portland Incubator Experiment). Entrepreneurism / Monetization Funding, psychology , vc. . Meg Garlinghouse, Yahoo! Entrepreneurism / Monetization Pitch Session, Startups / Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital (VC) / Angels / Investors. . Funding / VC. Easy as 1 + 2-->3.

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Twiistup 007: Final Showoff's Additional Speakers and TZ Discount

Tech Zulu Event

Founder and CEO of Mandalay Entertainment, the visionary multimedia venture spanning movies, TV, sports, and new media, Peter Guber is among the most successful executives in the entertainment and communications industries. He is also a Venture Partner at True Ventures. Twiistup 007 Speaker List: Peter Guber.

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

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NAME Yahoo. In growing numbers, Silicon Valley executives—long based in tech strongholds like Santa Clara and Palo Alto—are buying homes in Los Angeles, as the lines between the technology and entertainment businesses grow blurrier. the entertainment industry. COMPANY FB COMPANY|FB. NAME Facebook. NAME Google.