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What Should You Do with Your Crappy Little Services Business?

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This thinking is largely driven by the venture capital industry (and subsequently Wall Street) who are in search of high margin, highly scalable businesses. It’s nearly impossible to get a services company financed by VCs. Why Shouldn’t Most Services Businesses Raise VC? You own the IP you create.

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Interview with Minnie Ingersoll, TenOneTen Ventures

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Minnie Ingersoll: A few things, but most recently I started by own company, in 2013. Why did you decide to move to venture capital? I started a startup called Shift.com, it's an online marketplace for buying and selling used cars. I've been going through the startup journey, and just finished our Series D investment.

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Clinton Foy: Why We Bought Our Own E-Sports Team, the Immortals

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To get some insight into the growing world and business of e-sports, we caught up with Clinton Foy , a local venture capital investor at Crosscut Ventures in Los Angeles. Foy�along with a number of partners, including, Brian Lee of Honost Co.; That's what's exciting about this.

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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

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To interconnect these computers we needed IP-based telecommunications equipment build by the likes of Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks. Changes in the Software World & in Venture Capital. Venture Capital. In 2012 Upfront Ventures raised its 4th venture capital fund – this one was $200 million.

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