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Kara Nortman Was Just Promoted to Co-Managing Partner at Upfront Ventures. Here’s What it All Means

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She took an operating role helping run Citysearch and Urbanspoon. The core of the investing job of course is investing dollars into startup companies and helping as a mentor, advisor and board member on the companies in which you’ve invested. My literal response was, “She went to Princeton undergrad and has a Stanford MBA. I’m only 52!

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Female Founders and CEOs | Valerie Brennan of Three Day Rule

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I’m an event planner turned lawyer turned entrepreneur. Back in college, I started throwing large events for charities and such. Soon after launching, we started doing crazy monthly singles events and match making and I began to realize that what I had enjoyed as a hobby could now be a full business.

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Guide to the LA Startup Community

SoCal Delicious

Citysearch is an online guide that offers information and recommendations regarding local businesses including restaurants, shops, bars, hotels, and others. What are the best startup events in LA? Mark founded Launchpad LA, a program designed to help mentor LA’s most promising first-time startup CEO’s. LowerMyBills, Inc.

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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

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I like to boil down the overwhelming majority of what we do on the web to just three primary activities, which I call the three C’s: Content, Commerce & Communications. You can hold great events that attract people to a city on an annual basis. The Components of any Great startup community.

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