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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

The patents Overture held became known in small circles as Google’s ’361 problem as outlined here. Of course that’s not disputable. To some extent – of course they are. Around $400 billion of imports & exports pass through the LA ports each year, which set the national high-water mark in 2012.

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10 Top Reasons For First-time Entrepreneur Failure

Startup Professionals Musings

Based on my experience as a mentor and an entrepreneur, if you fail on your first startup, you are about average. Of course, a real entrepreneur always takes a failure as a milestone on the road to success. Marty Zwilling First published on Young Entrepreneur on 9/14/2012. That’s not bad, but who wants to be average?

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Dealing With Generational Change at VC Firms

Both Sides of the Table

The founding partner of Upfront, Yves Sisteron, has been a mentor for me since 1999 and was on the board of my first company. And Yves and I decided to share the Managing Partner responsibilities and to manage generational change over the course of two funds. ” I told everybody I wasn’t going to and I meant it.