socalTECH

JANUARY 5, 2015

As founder of Digital LA, I run one to two tech events every week bringing together tech, startups, investors, Hollywood, developers designers, and more. At the end of 2013, we were excited when there was an investment round of $20M to $30M. What was the most significant event for you or your company this year? I like events.

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Cornerstone OnDemand Belkin Entertainment Newsletter 100

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MAY 7, 2013

This followed an investment late last year by Time Warner in the company in a round totaling $36 million , led by Rachel Lam , head of their investment group. Dana Settle (Greycroft) & I had led the first round of investment in the company in 2010 and we were looking for smart media investors to join us as investors in the company.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

He was introduced by a senior technology executive that I really respect in the LA area and a close friend of mine told me separately that he would like to invest if they did a friends & family round. Needless to say I was positively predisposed to this individual before the meeting started. This meeting was a 10/10 for me.

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Venture Capital Startup Advertising Yahoo 288

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

I ended up taking a real job at Credit Suisse as an investment banker, where I spent time studying and finding hot new Internet companies that were in Silicon Valley at the time. It seems most venture investors have been very shy about investing in Hollywood content related ventures. more) READ MORE>>.

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Startup Los Angeles Content Hollywood 190

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AUGUST 3, 2009

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). From this crowd of 12 I believe you’ll see 4-5 companies with the potential to rise to prominence. In the afternoon we had a corker of panel.

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Twiistup SoCal Southern California Yammer 228

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FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Troy represents what I believe the best magic of Los Angeles is – the merging together of creative talent with technical talent and he brings the lessons learned from these two fields into investments nationally. ” But I thought Troy really nailed it when he talked about his investment philosophy going forward.

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Mentor Venture Capital Marketing Product 150

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APRIL 23, 2017

Very, very few founders have an easy time despite what you read in the press. Also, make sure you know several partners at the VC firms who have invested in you because in tough times it helps to have very broad support. Learn What’s Not Working VCs are the masters of the “soft no” just like Hollywood producers are.

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Funding Venture Capital Startup Course 238

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JULY 27, 2013

What I loved about the founding team from day 1 was that the founders were all people who tried to break into Hollywood and found the system closed. You got your tech press and your parents are proud. You build a team, ship your product, more tech press, more funding. I don’t know if I should keep investing in them.

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Startup Press Blogging Entrepreneur 371

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NOVEMBER 23, 2012

It’s going to get you some press buzz – sure. If your product is great and you are reasonable at marketing then customers will find you, you will get adoption, the press will build authentic buzz and celebrities will use your product. Put your money behind a fund that knows how to invest in startups. For 5 minutes.

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