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So when Sam Rosen came to me with the idea of disrupting storage with a product that is priced cheaper than existing incumbents and he could build a product that is a better service I was intrigued. The metrics were good but we wondered how much better they would be when we expanded our product.

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Cody Simms: Obviously, I live here in LA, and I have been since 2005. Sometimes entrepreneurs ask if we need certain metrics and traction�you don't. Finally, the last thing, is what is the idea and product you are trying to build. I have witnessed first hand the amazing growth of the LA startup ecosystem.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

I think the incubators have a lot to do with it. an incubator in Singapore, and we do a dozen or so investments a year. For a similar company, with the same metrics and stage, valuations had been tiny. If you go back to 2005 and 2006 and look at a company which would have a $5M pre- then, it''s now $8 to $10M, all else equal.

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MAY 23, 2012

This has led to the creation of incubators, accelerators and seed funds. In an over-funding environment companies are encouraged to eschew revenues in a land grab to acquire eyeballs, clicks, page views or whatever other vanity metrics give VCs the false comfort that they’re sitting on a gold mine. The Exit Problem.

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