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Venture Outlook 2016

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There is a lot of uncertainty about the state of the private, high-growth technology markets and the venture capital markets that underpin them. Fast forward 3 years and looking out into the 2016 horizon, what do I see? Our late-stage, privately held technology market is clearly in a bubble. Boom and bust. Are LPs to blame?

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Reflections on 2016: Grant Hosford, codeSpark

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This holiday season, we are again sharing the reflections on 2016 from Southern California's technology ecosystem. Grant Hosford: codeSpark's biggest news in 2016 was closing on $4.1M What's your favorite technology gadget, device, or innovation you ran across this year? You can see all of our holiday reflections here.

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Reflections on 2016: Rob Freelen, Silicon Valley Bank

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All this holiday season, we have been sharing the reflections on 2016 from the movers and shakers in Southern California's technology ecosystem. In 2016, our Santa Monica office more than doubled market share of early-stage companies. What's your favorite technology gadget, device, or innovation you ran across this year?

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Reflections on 2016: Louise Wannier, True Roses

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All this holiday season, we have been sharing the reflections on 2016 from Southern California's technology ecosystem. She also founded CEO Circle, a confidential forum for early-stage technology CEOs. What's your favorite technology gadget, device, or innovation you ran across this year? Louise Wannier: Calendly.com.

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Reflections on 2016: Brad Brooks, TigerText

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This holiday season, we are again sharing the reflections on 2016 from Southern California's technology ecosystem. Brad Brooks: The biggest news from TigerText this year is that we're evolving from what was a pure secure messaging product to a comprehensive clinical communications platform.

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Reflections on 2016: Michael Jones, Science, Inc.

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This holiday season, we are again sharing the reflections on 2016 from Southern California's technology ecosystem. What's your favorite technology gadget, device, or innovation you ran across this year? Finally, what do you think will have the biggest impact on the technology industry in 2017?

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Reflections on 2016: Cody Simms, Techstars

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This holiday season, we are again sharing the reflections on the year from Southern California's technology community. You'll be able to see all the many 2016 reflections here as they are posted. The idea of entrepreneurship as a path and of technology as a change catalyst is taking root in cities and ecosystems all over the world.