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Please Help Me Congratulate Jordan Hudson as @UpfrontVC’s Newest Investment Principal

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Deal screening. Alumni activities. Most associates need some entrepreneurial experience before actually making investments. Jordan joined us a couple of years ago from Fox Filmed Entertainment where he worked in corporate strategy and he previously had worked for GCA Savvian in investment banking. Industry reviews.

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

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I invested in LA-based Gogii , one of the fastest growing, most exciting mobile social networking companies you’ve never heard of and maker of a product called textPlus. I only recently invested and I only got here through persistence. The opportunity came up to invest in this one and I pounced. But I never gave up.

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Meet the 2017 Startups from the Disney Accelerator

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. “This year, more than ever, we are working with companies with the potential to help define the future of media and entertainment together with Disney.” Brit + Co is a digital media company that inspires, educates and entertains real women with a creative spirit.

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Interview with Patrick Kennedy, Sidebar

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Patrick Kennedy: Our customers are very active using our technology and analytics as a solution to increase the content sales from all kinds of customers. What happened with smart phones, is consumers are buying more and more applications, but a screen can only fit a dozen icons. We're really headed for three screens.

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Web Second, Mobile First

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The power of large screen real estate. Therefore if your app is geared toward leisure activities (games, communications with friends, etc.) I think many recent companies make the mistake of not investing enough in web products, if they invest anything at all. The power of a keyboard. Fred’s post was right.

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Startup Fundraising: The Right Mindset

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This means trying to understand what makes them tick and being really up to speed on which kinds of investments they like, in which sectors, their typical deal size, and stage. The key to a successful raise is to make sure you stay on investors’ radar screen, but not to appear desperate. Startup Fundraising: Pacing.

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MuckerLab Unveils Second Graduating Class to Investors

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Okuno has been investing in Los Angeles startups for the past three years after selling his own company E-Z Data. Okuno said, “I have invested in over 40 startups almost always in the six-figure range.” He is looking to find more. Forget the second screen, play and interact with video content today. Or maybe a goldmine.

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