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Introducing Snapstorms.com. Why, oh, why Snapchat?

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For the past few months I’ve been doing nearly daily “Snapstorms” or short videos with startup advice released on Snapchat. Not since the initial popularity of Twitter in 2007 has a product so befuddled people. If you’re not on Snapchat — but still want video advice — Snapstorms.com is for you. Why would a VC do that?

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This 28 Year Old Woman Co-Founded One Of The Most Successful YouTube Networks

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In 2007, Sarah joined Current TV. in 2007 (and) 2008 (and I realized) there is all this online video being consumed and it''s not being consumed on Current. these guys, even in 2007, had tens of millions of views. Originally, my company was called ''The Cloud Media.'' Sarah then discussed five areas of advice.

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How to Avoid Being Disrupted as a VC

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In a world that is hyper competitive – even amongst VCs – I can honestly say that not only is the media recognition accurate but it is amongst the proudest days I’ve had in developing Upfront Ventures and our future. From 2007-2012 I scoured LA constantly. He’s pushed us to be out in the community more.

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Aaron Fyke, Thin Line Capital: The Second Wave Of Cleantech Investing

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After that, I had the opportunity to move to Australia in 2007, and joined a venture capital firm called Starfish Ventures. In 2007, the cleantech excitement was in full swing. social media, and everything else. Back when I was doing energy investing in 2007, there were only 7 gigawatts of solar power world wide.

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Domain Experience Gives Entrepreneurs an Unfair Advantage

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I have a good friend who spent years building relationships with senior executives at media companies. Their first company was called Traffic.com, which they sold in March 2007 to Navteq for $180 million (not too shabby). Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Start-up Advice Startup Advice. He’s a star.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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It’s always fun debating companies with Dana because she’s always so knowledgeable on deals – particularly those in the digital media, ad-tech and eCommerce spaces. Current round: $8mm in Series B from RRE Ventures (Will Porteous)(lead), SoftBank, Hearst Interactive Media, SV Angel (Ron Conway), Founder Collective.Total raised: $11.5mm.

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Advice for CTO Founders: Don't Let Business Kill the Business

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Home About Press IA Capital Partners Archives After 17 years in M&A, Derivatives and Trading, Im spending my time with young entrepreneurs in and around financial technology and digital media. Main February 23, 2010 Advice for CTO Founders: Dont Let Business Kill the Business Founding a technology company is an amazing thing.