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This Week in VC with Farb Nivi, Founder of Grockit

Both Sides of the Table

Brought in new CEO, Russ Reeder in 2008. Current round: $8.1mm in Series C by S3 Ventures (lead), Adams Capital Mgmt, Triangle Peak Partners. Founded in 2009 in San Francisco by David Soloff (ex-Lead Architect of Rapt, which was sold to MSFT in 2008). Competition: Pingg, MyPunchbowl, TinyPrints , PaperlessPost.

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INNOVATION - A Scientist's Perspective

AeA Los Angeles Council

One, the Executive Office of the President (EOP) has an office called the Office of Science and Technology Policy, or OSTP, which heads up the American Competitiveness Initiative (ACI) ( [link] ). Innovation is the heart of national competitiveness. There are numerous other examples.) But you have to be involved as well.