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CapLinked Raise $1.6m Series A Round & Appoint Adam Sroka As VP Technology

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James (chairman of the Althea Foundation) and appointed Adam Sroka as Senior Vice President of Technology in a move to make business transactions simple and secure. . Jackson , “This financing round, coupled with hiring Adam Sroka as our head of technology, puts CapLinked in a position to further enhance our enterprise product offerings.”.

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Is Silicon Valley Really Coming to an End?

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By now you probably know that David Sacks , co-founder of PayPal and founder of both Geni & Yammer made some observations on Facebook that Silicon Valley “as we know it” was coming to an end. We once thought Microsoft was a monopoly on the Internet due to IE. Where David is Totally Right. As I point out in my video.

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The Perfect Pithy And Productive Investor Pitch

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In The Art of One-line Pitching: A Study of AngelList , Chris Eleftheriadis reviewed 1,700AngelList postings and identified the nine most common categories of positioning pitches (Chris'' list is edited here for brevity): 1. Google x Facebook x Amazon) + (Universal Reviews). Yammer for Education) & explanatory (e.g.,

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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It’s always fun debating companies with Dana because she’s always so knowledgeable on deals – particularly those in the digital media, ad-tech and eCommerce spaces. million users making it considerably larger than some of its peers that have historically received more tech press inches. Yammer, Salesforce Chatter. File sharing?

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What Makes an Entrepreneur (3/11) – Ability to Pivot

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It was originally called Twttr and didn’t initially get rave reviews from TechCrunch or GigaOm. Geni.com beget Yammer. They are some of the most talented young technology entrepreneurs in LA. Twitter was an offshoot of Odeo, a website focused on sound and podcasting. I could go on and on. Great entrepreneurs pivot.

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Venture Capital Q&A Session

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People buy companies for 3 primary reasons: 1) they want the management team / talent 2) they want the technology or 3) they want the market traction (revenue, customer base, profits, etc). We told the horror story of the company that originally owned the URL groupon.com and lost it due to not having a trademark. &# A: Yes.

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6 Tips for Building Relationships with Journalists

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If you’re Yammer , Mint or RedBeacon (all winners) you’re knighted with wonderful coverage. But more broadly it got me thinking to one of the biggest mistakes tech executives get into in the first place. But you’d be surprised how much tech folks either hold journalists too much on a pedestal or disdain them.

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