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This Week in VC with Jim Armstrong of Clearstone

Both Sides of the Table

Had a great chat with Jim Armstrong who is a General Partner at Clearstone Venture Partners today on TWiVC. It was especially fun for me because we got the chance to talk about the VC industry and how entrepreneurs should think about the VC industry in addition to discussing deals. Segment Three: “VC Deals Funded this Week”.

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How I Use Visualization to Drive Creativity

Both Sides of the Table

As a VC it’s how I think through which markets will be attractive in the future, which ones I want to be in now and how the technology & business world will likely evolve. I have a high fear of failure that acts as my safety net. Creativity is what helps us think of our ideas in the first place. Will this hold in the future?

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Tech Titans Peter Thiel, Matt Jacobson, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Mich Mathews, Elon Musk Buy Homes in Los Angeles

SoCal Delicious

Last summer, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss—twins best known for suing Mark Zuckerberg over the origins of Facebook, and who recently formed a venture-capital firm—bought an 8,000-square-foot bachelor pad in the Hollywood Hills for $18 million. It isnt just Silicon Valley-based techies who are buying.

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The Case For & Against Cryptocurrencies (for those tired of all the noise)

Both Sides of the Table

Distribution of media is tightly controlled by YouTube, Netflix, Facebook, Amazon and a handful of others. Breakout companies become much harder and this isn’t likely to improve unless we give new companies the tools and capital they need to flourish. So Where Do I Personally Net Out? We’ll have to see how it all plays out.

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