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Changes in Software & Venture Capital – Part 2 of 3

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With new micro VC entrants into to early-stage investing plus increased competition from angels, incubators and the like – traditional VCs have taken notice. In a bull market many players see drift in their activities. This will continue while we’re in a tech bull market and I predict will wane when we’re not.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

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This has led to the creation of incubators, accelerators and seed funds. In an over-funding environment companies are encouraged to eschew revenues in a land grab to acquire eyeballs, clicks, page views or whatever other vanity metrics give VCs the false comfort that they’re sitting on a gold mine. The Exit Problem.

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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 4

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It has proven a very successful strategy to get consumers to activate the payment on their mobile phone bill. Remember the whole controversy over Facebook’s Beacon product where a guy bought an engagement ring for his wife and it was published to a stream and ruined the surprise ? My own view on these services is nuanced.

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Miigle Revisited | A SoCal Startup With a Global Mission

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Entrepreneurs who have a startup upload their company’s information and create a startup page. You can create your startup page in two clicks. You can keep yourself updated on the activities of the startup. How much has the product changed from where it was in 2012 and where it is today? Again, we’ve made this very easy.

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Crowdfunding an HIV Vaccine: Dr. Rubsamen of Immunity Project

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It’s been a short, but action packed few months since we were introduced to The Immunity Project ‘s goal to “develop a free vaccine for HIV/AIDS” The organization’s aptly named Twitter handle is @hackHIV and they’re the second nonprofit organization ever to be backed by Bay Area Incubator, Y-Combinator (YC).

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The Startup Guide To SXSW Panel Picking

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Simply click on the title of the panel you like and you will be taken to their SXSWi panel picker page. Bootstrapping process, product development, Prototyping. . Have you ever had an idea for a great product, but thought any of the following: "I don't have en. Bootstrapping development, minimum viable product, startups. .

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Tech Titans Peter Thiel, Matt Jacobson, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Mich Mathews, Elon Musk Buy Homes in Los Angeles

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In February, Googles YouTube signed a lease for about 40,000 square feet of production space in Playa Vista. Talent agencies CAA and WME are incubating start-ups. I thought, Why leave all the activity here to compete with everyone else in NorCal? A version of this article appeared October 5, 2012, on page M1 in the U.S.