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What Angel Investing & Florida Condos Have in Common

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And so it happened that between 2000-2008 I was the biggest buzz kill at dinner parties. They have marked-up paper gains propped up by an over excited venture capital market that has validated their investments. Logic tells me the following: It is hard to make money angel investing. It was an investment management class.

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Map of VC Investments

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skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Friday, March 9, 2007 Map of VC Investments Found this Map of 2006 VC Investments post. ► January (5) Los Angeles Web Developer Startup CTO or Developer When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Goo. in Computer Science.

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Internet Brands Sees Quarterly Boost, Buys Three Websites

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Los Angeles-based Internet Brands announced its fourth quarter and fiscal 2008 results, reporting that--despite the recession--the firm saw an increase in its fourth quarter revenues of 8%, or $27.0M for 29 website related acquisitions during 2008. for 29 website related acquisitions during 2008. versus $24.9M a year ago.

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eGuardian Partners With Education Firm

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Irvine-based eGuardian , a provider of service aimed at protecting children on the web, has partnered with safety education firm i-SAFE, according to investor the Tech Coast Angels. eGuardian develops technology for verifying the age, gender, and location of children on web sites. The TCA invested in eGuardian in August of 2008.

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VC Confessions: We Passed On Twilio’s Seed Round

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In the startup world, the former happens when a VC makes a bad investment, and the latter occurs when they miss a great opportunity. In contrast, low-volume, high-conviction investors like Rincon only invests in a handful new companies each year, making it much more costly (in dollars and effort expended) to invest in a loser.

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This Week in VC with Om Malik & Paul Jozefak

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Venture Capital funds: the different between “closed funds&# (which typically have a 10-year time horizon) and “evergreen funds&# which re-invest profits back into the fund. An investment doesn’t guarantee your product will suddenly be on the investor’s price sheet. DST invested $180mm last fall.

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This Week in VC with Jim Armstrong of Clearstone

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Clearstone currently invests out of a $200 million fund based in LA with offices in Menlo Park and in India. Segment One: Jim’s background and Clearstone’s investment strategy. We also talked about Elevation Partners who invested in Palm and how this deal really salvaged their investment, which was a VERY big bet on Palm.