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Why I Invested in Gogii (textPlus) – My First Ever Later Stage Deal

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This is a post I’ve been dying to write for 18 months. OK, that sounds like an interesting business, but nothing to write a freakin’ blog post about? Scott was one of the first employees at Activision and was VP of their Studio Business. Mostly, I love writing. But the product is called textPlus, not textFree.

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Interview with Scott Lahman, GOGII

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Most people don't know it, but JAMDAT, and eventually EA Mobile, helped launch the iPod game channel, so we saw what was coming. Even though write once and run anywhere has been the holy grail, I think it's the false prophet. Our three founders have been working together for almost 20 years, since Activision.

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Brad Feld Drops Knowledge. Here’s What He Said …

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Huge thank you to Steve De Long for the write up. So I was on the front line of this very aggressive rollup and I got involved in helping with the technical due diligence…”. “As If you have time check out the video (or download on iTunes – Episode 27 - and listen at the gym or on your commute!). Is that when it became big? .

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Congrats To The Spotlight: LA Tech Winter Presenting Companies at Caltech

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Months of submissions and the amazing help from our judges , the Spotlight is shinning down on awesome companies that were born right out of Southern California. We write and create our own content for the game. The brand promise is to service curiosity and to help provide a sense of belonging in one of America’s iconic cities.

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Can You Really Build a Great Tech Firm Outside Silicon Valley?

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That’s convenience when your VC is hoping to write the next $20 million check. In Los Angeles you have large industries in garment industry, defense, games (both physical like Mattel and virtual like Activision) and music. In our regions? Fuggetaboutit – show me the money ! And of course you have Hollywood.