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How the Seed-Stage VC Trend Began, The Downsides of Unicorns & Much More

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If you want to understand the software trend that drove the creation of the seed-stage VC phenomenon I wrote about it that linked blog post but in short: cloud computing drove down the cost to create startups enabling a new category of investor. Jeff and his peer group have done an excellent job at creating a new category of seed-stage VC.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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Of course none of these funds (my own included) want to be lumped into just one category because we all move across the spectrum. An obvious example that comes to mind is Roger Ehrenberg, whose fund Information Arbitrage , is looking at companies in these categories. It will be tough for there to be many huge winners in this category.

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Want To Be A TechStar? Read Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson’s New Book: Venture Deals

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You can watch my interview with Brad below or on YouTube here: [link]. 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. It falls into three categories. There’s the category of VCs who are all for more transparency.

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How ConsumerTrack Has Created A Growing, Profitable--and Mostly Unknown Business

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We have been smart about how to make investments in our business, and when we jump into a new category or vertical. We spent time going out there and really talking to customers, doing primary research, and have our customers actually help us build our products. Brett Rossman; Yes, we haven''t taken any money as of today. READ MORE>>.

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Interview with Adam Bernhard, HauteLook

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We started in December of 2007, and my background is from the apparel business. Initially, we were just selling apparel to help brands, but we're now in eleven verticals, including women's, ready-to-wear, accessories, beauty, kids, home, kitchen, to bed and bath, and tabletop accessories. READ MORE>>.

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Interview: Seth Epstein of SocialStay

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Yeah, I have made plenty of mistakes in this category in the past. To what extent does all the “social” noise and excitement help or hurt your ability to tell SocialStay’s story to potential investors and partners? constantly looking and interviewing.”. Copyright © 2007-11 by J. John is a CPA and holds an M.B.A.

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63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of

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Our Best Interviews Via Email: Monthly. Features like this, as well as our daily interviews wouldn’t be possible without the amazing support of our sponsor eMinutes – a law firm here in Los Angeles that focuses on helping entrepreneurs structure their companies. We want to help them, and will. Idea Mensch.