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Interview with Greg Martin, LiquidStock

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Our interview today is with Greg Martin , co-founder of LiquidStock (www.liquidstock.com), an investment fund which offers up a way for employees of private companies to exercise their stock options before an IPO or acquisition. We raised $160M, and our core limited partners are Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and Coller Capital.

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

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How about mergers and acquisitions? That''s paramount to a great exit. acquisition merger exits interview capital venture banking investment siemer david' Google and Yahoo aren''t going to buy them, AOL has already made its bet, and your only real path to an exit is an IPO for any kind of liquidity. READ MORE>>.

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What Happens When Startups Turn from Their Innovation Stage to Operational Excellence?

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As a startup in this phase you often raise capital, get press, hire staff and everything feels possible. How long does it take me to pay back my original customer acquisition costs? There is nothing more pure than building a product, putting it out in the world and seeing paying customers using your product and in some cases loving it.

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Next Gen CrowdInvesting | Chance Barnett (CEO) of Crowdfunder

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Chance was recently featured on Fox News for comments on Facebook’s high profile acquisition of wearable VR company, Oculus, for an impressive $2B – and what that meant for early adopters who initially helped the company get off the ground by funding through Kickstarter. Faster capital flows with a lot of velocity.”

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Create An Industry Alliance Entrepreneurs: Need Friends On The Startup Playground

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I knew that having friends and allies on the playground that would back up “the new kid” was of paramount importance. At Computer Motion, we created two alliances, comprised of a dozen companies with an aggregate market capitalization in excess of $28B. The same phenomenon is true for startups. John is a CPA and holds an M.B.A.