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This Week in VC with Farb Nivi, Founder of Grockit

Both Sides of the Table

He’s also candid, humble and helpful. Total raised: $120.3mm; $43.5mm raised prior to 2006 recap; post-recap, raised $7.7mm; Series B in 2009 for $15mm; – Read more: VentureWire (requires subscription). We had Farb Nivi , who is the founder & CEO of Grockit , a website that enables online group learning. MetaMarkets.

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Interview: Thorsten von Eicken of RightScale

InfoChachkie

I thought the analogy was preposterous back in 2006-2007 but it has become obvious. In the summer of 2006 over a cup of Peet’s Coffee, you told me about this new thing called “cloud computing” and that you were trying to come up with a creative way to incorporate it into the curriculum of your upcoming UCSB Computer Science class.

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Don’t drink your own Kool-Aid (surviving TC50)

Both Sides of the Table

2001-2004 were very humbling but we built a real company. We launched out second company, Koral, at DEMO in 2006. This is only the first chapter in my story. That story for another day. Don’t Believe the Hype – take your lesson from Public Enemy (video worth a 4 minute diversion ). I did get to have a second act.

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LA Tech Startup Innovators and Fun Facts

Tech Zulu Event

Founded in London in 2006, the Hub is a global network of social enterprises with each individual chapter acting as a gathering place for innovation, technology, creativity, and positive change. Fun Fact: One of the most prominent figures from their firm, Mark Suster t, runs a blog startups follow religiously. Social Enterprise: Hub LA.

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Interview with Jim Carol, DonateGames.org

socalTECH

However, in 2006, my own son got cancer, and I was thrown into the sad state of affairs that goes into that. I'm humbled by the goodness of strangers and the kidness of people. I retired from there in 2003, but I've always been an entrepreneur and run lots of businesses, and have always been in technology. People want to help.

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Retro: My Favorite Blog Post on Raising VC

Both Sides of the Table

On December 2nd, 2006 I wrote the blog post published later in this post when I was CEO of startup Koral about my experiences in pitching VCs. The Original Post (after the jump): Venture Capital, By Mark Suster (December 2nd, 2006). I was a bit humbled by some of the companies that were funded by the people that I had met.

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Bio Roundup: Clinical Shirkers, AMD Worriers, ASH Fallers & More

Xconomy

The next time you open a beer, a bottle of wine, or break bread, salute the humble yeast that helped make it, and give a thought to Lindquist, who saw a world of possibility in that yeast. Since 2006, 45 percent of all trials registered on the U.S. Our condolences go out to Lindquist’s friends and family.