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The Startup Game ?? Then and Now!

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Tuesday, September 20, 2011 -- The Startup Game  Then and Now! Join SDVG for the September keynote breakfast with Bill Draper and Tim Draper. The father-son duo of Bill Draper and Tim Draper will share their inter-generational viewpoints on the venture capital business. The Startup Game  Then and Now!

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Local Startups Draw Far And Wide For Funding In Q4

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Among the top investors, some of the most active (500 Startups, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Oak Investment Partners) don't have local investment coverage. raised in Q4 of 2011, against the backdrop of an overall lull in venture capital activity for the year nationally. READ MORE>>.

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Genomatica Drops IPO Plans, Raises $41.5M

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The firm, which had filed for a $100M IPO in August of 2011, said in a withdrawal of its registration, that it has determined not to proceed with its IPO, "in light of current market conditions." The firm announced that instead, the company has raised $41.5M READ MORE>>.

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2011 May be the Year of the IPO for Social Media

Startup Professionals Musings

But before you jump on the bandwagon, you should consider the advice I saw recently from the maven of venture capital, William H. Draper III, in his new book titled “ The Startup Game.” Being thinly capitalized doesn’t necessarily mean you need a big cash infusion. Is the money going to be enough?

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CapLinked Announces New Investors, Signs Up New Clients & Builds New Features

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Jackson added that the firm was proud of its product, and even uses its own software to manage their capital raised from investors. CapLinked’s new investors include Conversion Capital , Inflection Ventures,The Artesian Group, Chris Harris (software engineering manager at Google), and Lee Essener (founder of AccessDNA).

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Zuma Ventures: Creating A New Technology Startup Model

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What they do, is accelerate that team or company to get them to the next level, and then go through and put in some investment money, help them build out the management team, and help with vendor relationships, help with overall strategy, and then help those companies riase their next round of capital.

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Tech Titans Peter Thiel, Matt Jacobson, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Mich Mathews, Elon Musk Buy Homes in Los Angeles

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PERSON Timothy Draper PERSON|Timothy Draper. NAME Timothy Draper. Last summer, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss—twins best known for suing Mark Zuckerberg over the origins of Facebook, and who recently formed a venture-capital firm—bought an 8,000-square-foot bachelor pad in the Hollywood Hills for $18 million.