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The Changing Venture Landscape

Both Sides of the Table

.” * I first wrote about the changes to the Venture Capital ecosystem 10 years ago and this still serves as a good primer of how we arrived at 2011, a decade on from the Web 1.0 The market today would barely be recognizable by a time traveler from 2011. at this scale it’s easier for us to help fund a seed extension.

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ReachLocal Expands In Brazil

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ReachLocal provides help to local and small businesses to advertise their companies online. The firm said it targeted Brazil as its first country in South America, due to the rapid growth rate in that country; the firm said online advertising spend in Brazil was $804M in 2011. READ MORE>>.

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CloudCamp LA

SoCal Tech Calendar

Tuesday, January 11, 2011 -- CloudCamp Los Angeles. CloudCamp is an unconference where attendees can exchange ideas, knowledge and information in a creative and supporting environment, advancing the current state of cloud computing and related technologies.

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What Mattered in 2010: Jim Andelman, Rincon Ventures

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3) Cloud computing offerings as an enabler to lean startups. This incredible wave of capital-efficient web-based businesses launches is due in no small part to the lower cost of entry provided by cloud-based offerings. It's been really gratifying. There are lots.

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You Need to Win the Battle for Share of Mind

Both Sides of the Table

The era of cheap cloud computing plus open-source software plus digital natives unleashed upon society is creating some truly amazing products that will challenge the way we do business and the way we live our lives. Not really helping you do something better. As with the late 90′s the answer is “Yes. Then you stop.

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Interview with Kian Saneii, Independa

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Among those startups is San Diego-based Independa (www.independa.com) , which is trying to crack the code to figure out how to apply the convergence of wireless technology, cloud computing, and software to elderly care. If you're familiar with the design firm Ideo, they actually deferred their costs to help us launch our company.

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Congrats To The Spotlight: LA Tech Fall Presenting Companies at UCLA

Tech Zulu Event

After months of submissions and the amazing help from our judges , the Spotlight is shinning down on awesome companies that were born right out of Southern California. When: Thursday, October 27th, 2011 – 7:00 p.m. upStart.LA is a startup accelerator based in Los Angeles that helps tech entrepreneurs get their business up and going.

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