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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

Between 2006–2008 I sold both companies that I had started and became a VC. 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). In a market doing this it becomes very hard to do otherwise.

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LAMPsig

SoCal Tech Calendar

Saturday, September 20, 2008 -- "LAMP developers guide to subversion" LAMPsig. Speaker: David Rolston has a long history of web development that dates back to the earliest days of the WWW. He is currently working for a startup company in the multiplayer social network gaming space.

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Mark Suster: New, $200M Fund, and GRP's New Name, Upfront Ventures

socalTECH

Our 2008 fund is also performing incredibly strong. Outdoor, we have 4,000 square feet, where we''ll have canopies, umbrellas, heating lamps, so people can just come out and hang out at our offices. What''s enabled the firm to raise this fund, at the same size of your last fund? Mark Suster: One thing: track record. READ MORE>>.

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Guide to the LA Startup Community

SoCal Delicious

Codeita lets you design, code, and publish all from a cloud-based LAMP development environment. Ian Rogers – Topspin Media Ian Rogers was the GM of Yahoo Music before heading to Topspin Media in April 2008 as CEO. As of June 2008 Jason is now CEO and Founder of Mahalo, Inc. , Full Disclosure: Matt works for CitizenNet.)

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