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The Changing Venture Landscape

Both Sides of the Table

With the enormous changes to our economies and financial markets?—?how how on Earth could the venture capital market stand still? One of the most common questions I’m asked by people intrigued by but also scared by venture capital and technology markets is some variant of, “Aren’t technology markets way overvalued?

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Transformational Marketing

SoCal Tech Calendar

Wednesday, September 14, 2011 -- Transformational Marketing. Featuring Mark Jeffery, Senior Lecturer of Executive Programs, Kellogg School of Management and Managing Partner, Agile Insights Today's marketing professionals are charged with doing more with less while driving revenues and profitability.

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Content World Turned Upside Down

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Wednesday, January 12, 2011 -- Content World Turned Upside Down: Can Traditional Media Adapt? Vice President, Global Digital Strategy and Operations, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment; Scott Brovsky, Director, Global Marketing, Disney Interactive Studios; Eric Garland, CEO, Big Champagne; Richard Neff, President, Neff Law Firm.

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Should Startups Focus on Profitability or Not?

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While Google and Facebook will buy “acquihires” (at least as of Dec 2011), many acquirers hate the idea of buying companies that aren’t profitable. As I like to say, “If you’re really on to an enormous idea then other people in the market are going to spot that and want to compete with you.

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Interview with Clark Benson, Ranker

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We grab large data sets of different things, such as movies, cars, books, or people, and then our interface adds what I call the opinion layer to that. We're not yet marketing or selling direct to advertisers, because we're really focused on growing and honing our platform. We actually source that data from Freebase and Factual.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

There are obvious reasons the industry has had less-than-desirable returns, including: massive over-funding of the sector, huge increases in inexperienced venture capitalists that took a decade to peter out, and the massive correction in the value of the public stock markets that closed many exit opportunities for half a decade.

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Twitter, Jobs, Democracy & The US Elections

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In a world where it’s easier to judge the immediate value of a business, I know that metrics like “time on site&# matter. I think this fortress company knows open will win over time and I think their instincts (or the market) will lead them in the right direction. Get people to your website and never let them leave.