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Want to Work in VC? Here’s How

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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. Plus, show my you can write!

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A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference

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I need to take some VC meetings. But it did take Brad as a public spokesman, consummate networker and successful VC to help create legitimacy to let David’s ideas flourish. Chris Devore & Andy Sack have created Founder’s Coop with the goal of funding, incubating & launching more early-stage ventures in Seattle.

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Your Product Needs to be 10x Better than the Competition to Win. Here’s Why:

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All of that are in this week’s episode of This Week in VC. It was a pleasure to write them myself. GoTo.com went on to ink huge distribution deals with Microsoft, AOL & Yahoo! Overture was sold to Yahoo! His impact has even helped a small country gain admission to the United Nations. Overture (Goto.com).

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TYLT Labs' New Seed Fund And The Promise Of Silicon Beach

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There seems to a perpetual shortage of local venture capital investors in the region, despite the huge growth in startup activity here, particularly along Silicon Beach. We''ve also had a pretty wide range of check writing in terms of amount. Plus, there are companies like Yahoo, Google, and others who have set up shop here.

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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. Bruce Brown: I was working in 1985 writing keyboard and mouse drivers for Windows version 1. There are lots of incubators here-- practically every school or municipality has some kind of incubator--but they don't have an accelerator.

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