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Launchpad LA – 10 Startup Companies to Watch

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The VC’s & executives were then asked to make “commitments&# (in writing) to 3-5 of the companies that they felt they could make some sort of contribution to. We had software executives from Google, Yahoo!, Walk into any Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf in Southern California and you can’t miss their digital screens.

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Embrace Losing – It Will Make You Stronger

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They had a prominent NorCal investor already so I thought a SoCal lead would make sense – that I could help them in a more hands-on way. There are other great VC’s in SoCal and there is always the allure of the NorCal guys flying down and talking about how they invested in Google, Facebook, Yahoo! Write things down.

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Embrace Losing – It Will Make You Stronger

Both Sides of the Table

They had a prominent NorCal investor already so I thought a SoCal lead would make sense – that I could help them in a more hands-on way. There are other great VC’s in SoCal and there is always the allure of the NorCal guys flying down and talking about how they invested in Google, Facebook, Yahoo! Write things down.

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Embrace Losing

Both Sides of the Table

We helped the write out their requirements for a system. Something happened and it was clear to me that this IE issues was just a smoke screen. You are most vulnerable right after it has been announced that you won (I will write a separate post on this). Write things down. We met everybody in the organization.

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63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of

SoCal Delicious

There are hundreds of entrepreneurs here in Los Angeles who are building awesome companies, writing awesome books, making awesome movies and are trying to solve important problems to help make this world a better place. Here are 62 63 Los Angeles entrepreneurs we can be proud of. ” Court also likes the Red Sox. MUST be on this list!!