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How TVC Aims At Acquisitions, Not IPOs, with Jeb Spencer

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Southern California's technology community--despite all of the recent excitement around Silicon Beach--continues to be underserved in terms of capital, with a lack of venture capital funds (with money), and other private technology investors. Jeb Spencer: We consider ourselves a private equity firm.

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Decoding the Secret of iPhone Game Popularity, With William Volk, Playscreen

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We had the chance to speak with William Volk , Chief Creative Officer of Playscreen (www.playscreen.com), who talked how his company is looking to crack the code with Crickler 2: Daily Word Puzzle , which is among the most popular puzzle games on iTunes, and recently number one in free educational games. stars, mostly five star reviews.

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Does the Size of a VC Fund Matter?

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Some wait 5-7 years but usually this is because it’s proving more difficult to raise a new fund due to market conditions or the lack of returns in their current fund. If you imagine that they did most of their initial investments between 2002-2007 then it’s been 3 years of mostly doing follow-on investments in those old deals.

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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

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I know that most people who are close to them tend to deny their existence, as we saw in the great housing bubble of 2002-2007 and the dot com bubble of 1997-2000. Responses ranged from, “hey, they’re in a HUGE market&# to “it is an amazing company and their technology rocks.&# But everything has intrinsic value.

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E-commerce’s Changing Landscape | Customization

Tech Zulu Event

Up 33% this year, according to the Washington Post, online commerce is trending upwards from $175 billion in 2007 to a projection of $335 billion in 2012 (Forrester Research). Personalized customizable online shopping is a rising trend in technology’s hot hand. This is certainly something online software could approach.

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E-commerce’s changing Landscape: Customization

Tech Zulu Event

Up 33% this year, according to the Washington Post, online commerce is trending upwards from $175 billion in 2007 to a projection of $335 billion in 2012 (Forrester Research). Personalized customizable online shopping is a rising trend in technology’s hot hand. This is certainly something online software could approach.

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

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Was it massively better software, better companies, better markets? It had grown stratospherically from 2004-2007 to 100 million users, which actually was slightly smaller in December 2007 then MySpace was. No prizes for guessing … there’s ALWAYS a second act in technology. It was mostly timing.