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Interview with Fouad ElNaggar, Redpoint Ventures

socalTECH

Redpoint Ventures is one of the venture capital firms which has straddled both Northern California and Southern California, with offices in both locations. We've created over a billion dollars in public market capital created by our investments here. We can also write checks as large as $35M out of the Omega Fund.

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The Challenges (& Opportunities) of Starting a Tech Company in LA

Jason Nazar

I recently hosted a panel at the Twiistup Conference about LA tech companies. When he had the idea for his company, he didn’t write a long business plan or try to raise money to hire an agency to build a website for him. Challenge #3 – There Needs to Be More Institutional Capital in Los Angeles.

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How to Not Suck at a Group Presentation

Both Sides of the Table

It’s a shame because the ability to nail these presentations at key conferences can be once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to influence journalists, business partners, potential employees, customers and VCs. This was evident at the Twiistup pre-event company pitch last week at UCLA. I was the judge. It was mostly painful.

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