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Interview Dan Dato and Bruce Brown, Upstart.LA

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Those programs--epitomized by YCombinator in the Bay Area, and TechStars in Boulder, Colorado--attract newly minted entrepreneurs with a mixture of cash and mentoring, and a program which rapidly takes ideas and turns them into viable, executing businesses. Those mentors are not just Bruce and I, although we are full time on this.

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Interview with Alex Benzer, SocialEngine

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We have some great mentors now. People we met there were Greg Cohn, who was recently head of yahoo games. Thanks to TechStars, we've got an awesome mentor who's co-habitating with us now, and we're learning something daily from him. We started working on local web design projects, but got sick of that in six months.

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Some Reflections on VC Investment Decisions

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Web Summit. Of course these are great places to network with other investors, meet great entrepreneurs and keep your connections strong with senior execs at larger companies like Yahoo!, This is when founders need you the most – either are coach, mentor, interviewer, work off-loader or honest-mirror-reflection of reality.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

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And while none has yet had the lasting power of the much bigger NorCal successes I imagine his next moves will continue to be closely watched by those in the know and the countless younger LA entrepreneurs who count Rosenblatt as a mentor may leave an even more lasting impact. acquired Overture for $1.63 Yes, Google won.

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Spotlight: LA Tech Summer Judges Includes BetterWorks, CallFire, Idealab, and Tech Coast Angeles

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He also designed the Farmville iPhone application (top iPhone app), and worked on corporate development deals including Microsoft, Yahoo, Zynga Japan, and Zynga corporate strategy. Providing more than just money, TCA brings connections, knowledge, mentoring and operational assistance to bold early-stage entrepreneurs with game-changing ideas.

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Brad Feld Drops Knowledge. Here’s What He Said …

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This time frame – 2005/2006 – web 2.0 Was about a billion dollars on the IPO” and “was one of the first web analytics companies. And they made an early investment in Yahoo.“ “….a “Yeah, that was when I changed for me…” “…there was so much positive feedback on demystifying this one element of venture capital.

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Guide to the LA Startup Community

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Mark founded Launchpad LA, a program designed to help mentor LA’s most promising first-time startup CEO’s. Ian Rogers – Topspin Media Ian Rogers was the GM of Yahoo Music before heading to Topspin Media in April 2008 as CEO. Mediacode was sold to Yahoo. Why should a startup thinking about moving to a new place choose LA?

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