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Why Did I Invest in the Company Pose?

Both Sides of the Table

What a sweet feeling it was last week to see the launch of the photo sharing site Pose , whose application targets shoppers of apparel. What I’d like to do is tell you the story of how the investment came to be, what my thesis is / was and share some thoughts on macro trends. He wanted to be an entrepreneur. I still do.

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Interview with Edward Park, Insteegram

socalTECH

One of the things we really wanted to do was address that, and make our platform more flexible and versatile to help artists and others monetize this without having to invest hundreds or thousands of dollars up front. Edward Park: When we first launched, we were a business to consumer service site.

Startup 174
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Interview with Greg Brogger, SharesPost

socalTECH

If you look at the site, it's comprised principally of individual bulletin boards for private companies. Companies we've selected are those that are the most exciting, and high profile, that people will want to invest in. Given the advances in communications technology, and the Web 2.0 Greg Brogger: We have 150 companies.

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Where LinkedIn Works for Me

SoCal CTO

When I was looking for speakers for an event last fall on Web 2.0 , LinkedIn was a great way to reach out. User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta. in Computer Science. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh.

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

SoCal CTO

Through advertising or direct sales, these sites harvest intent. friend of mine asked me to chat with a startup he’d invested in. My angel investing strategy vs Joshua Schachter - Gabriel Weinberg , May 18, 2010 Joshua Schacter has a great AMA thread on HN about angel investing. they released a new 2.0 Here’s why.

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Interview with Jason Kiesel and Kurt Daradics, FreedomSpeaks

socalTECH

When I was listening, I made a point to try to do that, but when I did, I found I had to go to twenty sites to find the information I needed--whether that was to write a letter, send an email, or whatever. We currently have data on 3900 counties, 1900 cities, including emails, web forms, web sites, telephones, faxes, you name it.

Startup 100
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Interview with Raph Koster, Metaplace

socalTECH

We spoke with Raph Koster, the firm's CEO and founder, about the site and the new investment round. There are lots of slick entertainment platforms, but there are none that feel like Web 2.0, The virtual worlds haven't really kept pace on how end user content has driven the growth of the web. He's been great.

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