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How Chinese Startup Tradesparq Is Looking To Grow In SoCal

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In what is a fairly unusual move, last week, Tradesparq (www.tradesparq.com), a Chinese startup in the area of B2B trade information, said it was planning on setting up its operations here in Southern California, as part of an expansion and scaling of the company. How long has company been around? What is Tradesparq?

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Pharma’s Productivity Problem: Finding More Blockbuster Drugs

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A recent Wall Street Journal article that raised the possibility of Biogen as the target of another huge pharma buyout cited the lack of productivity as a major driver of M&A in the pharmaceutical industry. The authors made the point that, given the size of companies today, a single garden-variety blockbuster hardly moves the needle.

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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. The new funding brings the company’s aggregate amount of capital raised to over $3 million. Based in LA, and launched in 2011 by Eric M. Over $3M Raised. million in the Series A round.

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Mimiboard Replacing Noticeboards in Africa | Interview with Johan Nel Founder

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The Mimiboard beat ten other apps from Africa to be the best at the App demo competition held at the Nairobi Open Innovation Summit in May. For example, goods for sale – people add items that are for sale, their contact details, images of the product. Using our quick export function – he can embed this on a website or facebook page.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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It’s always fun debating companies with Dana because she’s always so knowledgeable on deals – particularly those in the digital media, ad-tech and eCommerce spaces. But having different funds available for different stages of one’s company is actually a really good thing. DEAL OF THE WEEK: Gilt Groupe – We both admired this company.

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Bevy is Emerging as a Leader in Software for Building Virtual Communities???with $15 million to?

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The best businesses understand the difference and that communities are the single best advocates for others to buy your products. the customer on stage showing your product turns into an advocate or evangelist while the prospect is far more likely to be persuaded by a customer presentation than a salesperson’s pitch.

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Going to Raise VC? Here’s a Primer on Process, People, Deck

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If they did they would be in constant violation because VCs often see 3-4+ companies in every market that they operation. Give everybody pages of the deck they’re to cover or parts of the demo for which they are to talk. Do you really still need a Powerpoint deck in 2011? Bio of top 3 people in the company.