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What Mattered in 2012: Howard Marks, StartEngine

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As the founder of an accelerator, I'm constantly being approached by ambitious people with big ideas, and generally we invest in 1/100th of what comes to us. This year, we were lucky enough to find 40 great startups to invest in, growing StartEngine immensely. 12 major acquisitions this year putting it over 100 since 05.

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ServiceTitan Eyes IPO

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It's not uncommon for companies looking for an acquisition to leak rumors of an IPO, typically through their investment bankers or investors. ServiceTitan was founded in 2012, and offers up its software to the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning; plumbing; and other home services businesses. billion earlier this year.

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TechZulu Presents 2012 Startup Forecast | Featuring Science, Tech Coast Angels, Amplify, StartEngine, upStart.LA

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TechZulu is excited to invite you to the 2012 Startup and Entrepreneurial Forecast taking place on Tuesday Jan. We have a line up of amazing speakers who will share their insights and forecast for startup trends in 2012. After its acquisition by Playdom, he was most recently head of the Acclaim studio and Sr.

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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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TechZulu Presents: The Annual Startup Forecast

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Topics of discussion will be Wearables Technology, Bitcoin, SaaS, Cloud, Mobile, Gaming, Social Markets, what surprises are coming for 2014, creating value with your company, hiring problem solvers, and building a sensible businesses. We will also have some of the top companies present that each of the panelist has invested in.

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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?

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by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014. otherwise I prefer to invest less and risk less). (it is also the title of a fabulous book from Internet 1.0

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Chrome River: Building An Enterprise Software Leader In LA, with Dave Terry

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With this acquisition, that has put Concur into SAP. Dave Terry: We originally were self funded until 2012, when we took a very low investment. That got us the attention of Bain Capital Ventures for our next round, which, combined with our prior investors, gave us another $17M, for about a total of $20M in investment.

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