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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

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Many observers of the venture capital industry have questioned whether its best days are behind it. Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. This article originally ran on PEHub.

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Southern California's Top 10 Most Popular Tech Stories Of The Year

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What was Southern California's technology community most interested in 2012? venture capital exits in. numbers should be released in the next week for 2012. BetterWorks--headed by prolific angel investor Paige Craig--apparently was not able to sustain a large enough market, relative to its high costs of customer acquisition.

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Meet Launchpad LA’s Graduating Startups

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Meet the Graduates: · Connectifier, which connects recruiters to potential job candidates, consists of 4 ex-Google employees and local angel investor, Terrence Yang, has dubbed Connectifier one of the best startups of 2012. Less Neglect helps companies reduce churn, upsell users, and increase customer acquisition rates.

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Surveying SoCal's M&A Landscape, with David Siemer

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How about mergers and acquisitions? In 2012, half of all the M&A transactions were cross border, for the first time. I think the incubators have a lot to do with it. an incubator in Singapore, and we do a dozen or so investments a year. That''s why the IPO markets coming back is so critical. READ MORE>>.

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Spotlight: LA Tech Judges and SuperDemo Bill Gross of Idealab!

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Bill founded Idealab to create and build successful businesses that capitalize on innovations in areas with significant growth opportunities, including the Internet. After its acquisition by Playdom, he was most recently head of the Acclaim studio and Sr. Entries will be closed for company submissions at midnight of January 22, 2012.

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Spotlight: LA Tech | One Year, Recap, and Thank You!

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In addition, Howard Marks unveiled Start Engine , a new LA incubator focused on helping entrepreneurs become successful in 90 days. After its acquisition by Playdom, he was most recently head of the Acclaim studio and Sr. Applications are now open for the January 2012 program. Community Sponsors.

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Spotlight: LA Tech | One Year, Recap, and Thank You!

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In addition, Howard Marks unveiled Start Engine , a new LA incubator focused on helping entrepreneurs become successful in 90 days. After its acquisition by Playdom, he was most recently head of the Acclaim studio and Sr. Applications are now open for the January 2012 program. Community Sponsors.

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