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Understanding Changes in the Software & Venture Capital Industries

Both Sides of the Table

In this three-part series I will explore the ways that the Venture Capital industry has changed over the past 5 years that I would argue are a direct result of changes in the software industry, not the other way around. million in team costs to code, launch, manage, market & sell our software.

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Software Development Companies in Southern California

SoCal CTO

This is a private group of CTOs who are responsible for software development within their companies. They are generally the senior most person responsible for custom software development, database design, database administration, web development, etc. But where do the software development companies in Southern California congregate?

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Interview with Mark Sylvester, Likeabilitee

socalTECH

How do you sort through all that social media activity you are driving, and figure out who really cares about what you're posting? But, they were an HTML app on a LAMP stack. I was a chef before I was in software, and for the last two years I've been into raw food. I thought, what are we going to do?

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5 Apps To Get The Most Out Of Your Philips Hue Lights 

Tech Zulu Event

Part of the success of Hue lies in Philips’ early decision to provide a Software Development Kit (SDK), meaning there are now over 200 third-party iOS , Android , and even a few Windows Phone, apps that control your lighting in ways you never dreamed possible. Set a lamp color to indicate today’s temperature. Get set to party.

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Guide to the LA Startup Community

SoCal Delicious

Codeita lets you design, code, and publish all from a cloud-based LAMP development environment. Previously, Ian co-founded personal music sharing software provider Mediacode with Rob Lord. Los Angeles is a hotbed of creative activity, and not always in the traditional sense. Full Disclosure: Matt works for CitizenNet.)

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VC Seed Funding is Dead, Long Live VC Seed Funding!

Both Sides of the Table

With open source software (LAMP stack) and cloud computing infrastructure it just wasn’t that expensive to get your company going and founders just wanted to raise less money. But I’m no longer an entrepreneur – I’m a VC at a $200 million fund called GRP Ventures , the largest active fund in Southern California.

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Get Inside the Mind of an Angel Investor

Both Sides of the Table

Thomas and his partner lived off of credit cards, and used crappy data centers and open source software (LAMP). There are personal factors that come into play like real estate value, stock market activity, etc. Looking back, what did you learn and what would you have done differently? (0:14:15).

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