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Launchpad LA – 10 Startup Companies to Watch

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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. DataPop : DataPop was founded by performance marketing veterans from Yahoo!, Tags: SoCal Stuff.

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Reflections on 2016: Cody Simms, Techstars

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This holiday season, we are again sharing the reflections on the year from Southern California's technology community. Earlier in his career, Cody held roles including Chief Product Officer of StumbleUpon, Vice President of Product Management at Yahoo, and Product Manager at The New York Times, Sprint, and NBC Internet.

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Twiistup 6 Highlights

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In SoCal we are also leaders in affiliate marketing (Commission Junction), Internet video (Hulu) and bringing local businesses online (ReachLocal). Jason’s cutting wit and insightful commentary made for entertaining listening on topics ranging from the Microsoft / Yahoo! Tags: SoCal Stuff LA SoCal startup technology.

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Can You Really Build a Great Tech Firm Outside Silicon Valley?

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In my LA I often see computer screens open with entrepreneurs talking about digital media. My fund – at $200 million – is the largest in Southern California. You don’t have the founders of eBay, LinkedIn, Salesforce.com and Yahoo! I live in the city of Santa Monica. LA investors are more pragmatic.

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Find Egg-breakers: People With Influence & Authority and Are Unafraid to Use Them

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My friend and fellow SoCal venture capitalist Peter Lee wrote a post about the different roles within a VC and spent much time on the role of an associate. Let’s face it – you can’t always start at the top. Don’t view this as a slight.

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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. I had lost a previous deal where the team said they liked me but didn’t know my partners well enough so I promised myself never to let that happen again. They had agreed!

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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. I had lost a previous deal where the team said they liked me but didn’t know my partners well enough so I promised myself never to let that happen again. They had agreed!