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Meet Launchpad LA’s Graduating Startups

Tech Zulu Event

Meet the Graduates: · Connectifier, which connects recruiters to potential job candidates, consists of 4 ex-Google employees and local angel investor, Terrence Yang, has dubbed Connectifier one of the best startups of 2012. YieldMetrics has already raised $1.7 YieldMetrics has already raised $1.7

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Equity Compensation: A 6 Point Primer on Creative Service Fees

From the Venture Trenches

Investment banks on the other hand are keen to accept an “equity kicker” as an added incentive to make sure a deal “gets done”. Other service providers who accept equity as part of their service fee structure include web designers and developers, executive recruiters, business brokers and sometimes even caterers.

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Equity Compensation: A 6 Point Primer on Creative Service Fees

From the Venture Trenches

Investment banks on the other hand are keen to accept an “equity kicker” as an added incentive to make sure a deal “gets done”. Other service providers who accept equity as part of their service fee structure include web designers and developers, executive recruiters, business brokers and sometimes even caterers.

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Go West Young Men: Winklevoss Twins Buy $18M L.A. Mansion To Dive Into SoCal Tech Scene

SoCal Delicious

I love to rib the Winklevoss twins as much as anyone , but focusing more on California does seem like a smart move to show that they are serious about tech investing. Download the TechCrunch App for Android in Google Play. Smartphones. Digital Cameras. Headphones. CrunchBase. Hot topics. Zuckerberg Interview. Colleen Taylor.

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5 things Silicon Valley gets wrong about Southern California

SoCal Delicious

Clash of the Titans: Google joins Apple, Microsoft in announcing new tablets (and more). Google Plus. Just this year, Q2 investments in SoCal and New England were virtually the same, with $838 million and $843 million invested respectively, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers MoneyTree Report. Web Design Software.

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How to Work with Lawyers at a Startup

Both Sides of the Table

But I’m sure he’ll never remember your company when Google buys you for $500 million and he’s still eating Ramen – right? When we invest they are often the company counsel so we see them at board meetings. He represented us at one firm I invested in and did a great job. Our lives are intertwined.

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Creating the Next Generation of US Employees. My Investment in Treehouse

Both Sides of the Table

I’ve just completed an investment in Ryan Carson’s new company, TreeHouse. I’m investing heavily in Internet video. So I invested in Maker Studios , which is now the 3rd largest producer of Internet video on the web. But its objective is to teach the world web design or to program computers.

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