socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Los Angeles-based Internet Brands , which operates a suite of online, advertising driven websites across a wide range of verticals, said Monday that it would go private in a $640M, private equity deal, bucking the trend of Southern California companies filing to get to the public markets. Internet Brands had gone public just three years ago.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

The other 29 pitches consistent of many smart people who “think they have an angle on making a buck” which I know is an unfair over-characterization of the situation but you can genuinely tell when somebody isn’t “all in.” Whenever somebody has a car startup I send it straight his way.

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Venture Capital Startup Course Entrepreneur 373

socalTECH

JANUARY 19, 2009

However, Southern California's IT industry actually saw an increase in investments, bucking a national downturn in IT industry investments. billion, down 8 percent from 2007, when $31.4 According to the report, Southern California's venture capital totals slipped for the first time since 2003, down more than 18 percent annually, to $3.2

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Southern California SoCal Orange County Venture Capital 100

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 20, 2015

The industry did that in 2007. Founders who took mega bucks off the table already may not want to stick around beyond today’s salad days. 10 is the new 3. And yes, I mean $10 million. My friend in the Valley said to me, “$10 on $50 is the new Silicon Valley A round.” ” Well. Until it didn’t.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

In the first instance many angels made beaucoup bucks by getting in on deals that IPO’d quickly. The lucky cards some angels are dealt with mostly have to do with the timing of their investments. Let’s call these cards 1996-99 and 2005-08. In the latter case many companies (Flickr, Delicious, Blogger, Writely, etc.)

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Of the 80 companies that have completed the program since its 2007 inception, 49 have received funding, 8 have been acquired and 8 have ceased operations. My first reaction was, ‘Forty nine bucks, what the f*ck?’ Brad is also the Co-Founder of TechStars , an acclaimed startup boot camp which has spawned a number of promising companies.

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Venture Capital Writing Entrepreneur Blogging 224

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

I am not suggesting that you become a sidewalk huckster, just that you begin to open your mind to all the legal ways you can slip your hand into peoples’ pockets and purses and pull out a few bucks. Copyright © 2007-9 by J. Three examples of mini-ventures carried out by me and my fellow Wharton classmates are described below.

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