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Spotting, Nurturing and Mentoring Talent – The Power of Troy Carter

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When Troy and Lady Gaga were introduced the market had been in a free fall from the financial crisis of 2007-09 and Troy had had some setbacks professionally while Lady Gaga was sleeping on her grandmother’s couch in West Virginia, having just been dropped by Def Jam Records. Same with Gaga. “It was a series of inflection points.

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Praying to the God of Valuation

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2001–2007: THE BUILDING YEARS The dot com bubble had burst. SEEING THINGS FROM THE VC SIDE OF THE TABLE While I was a VC in 2007 & 2008 those were dead years because the market again evaporated due the the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). Until we weren’t. Nobody cared about our valuations any more.

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iChange Finds $500K More

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MacFarlane is the former CEO of InsiderPages, which he sold to Citysearch in 2007. iChange has previously raised funding from business mentoring firm and incubator Momentum Ventures.

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USC Stevens Appoints Two Directors

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Hull will manage the institute's "Ideas Empowered" effort to provide grants and mentoring to move ideas from the lab to the market. USC Stevens was established back in 2007, when Mark Stevens--a General Partner at Sequoia Capital--and his wife gave $22M to the school. READ MORE>>.

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How I Got the Monkey Off My Back – Today Was a Good Day

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I become a venture capitalist in September 2007 – exactly 6.5 Working with early-stage teams : coaching, mentoring, setting strategy, rolling up sleeves: 9/10. years ago. I spent my first year developing proprietary deal flow and learning the business and then the Sept 2008 / Lehman Bros collapse / financial meltdown happened.

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How to Avoid Being Disrupted as a VC

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I joined Upfront Ventures in 2007 and took over as co-Managing Partner in 2011 along with the founder, Yves Sisteron. From 2007-2012 I scoured LA constantly. I created an accelerator & mentor network (Launchpad LA). And Greg has had the most influence on Upfront Ventures’ strategy since he joined. I sat on panels.

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Do Less. More.

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I really don’t understand why so many first-time entrepreneurs are becoming “mentors” or “advisors” to other startups when that is a distraction to your own success. My general advice is to do less. Easier said than done. And do the things that you ARE doing better and with higher quality.