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Get to Know Richard de Silva of Highland Capital

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Richard De Silva started off as a journalist with the Washington Post after growing up in D.C. He then worked in consulting which gave him a broad base of business experience working with the newspaper, cable, and advertising industries. Startup after Iron Planet? (6:00 What gets you interested in a startup? (16:35-19:35).

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Interview with Richard Yen, Saban Ventures

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For example, our existing portfolio is content related--Next New Networks, which is in online video, creating content for super distribution on multiple sites like YouTube, Metacafe, AOL Video, Veoh, and others--happens to be a content company. I also grew up in Southern California, where I also went to business school.

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Interview with Richard Yen, Saban Capital

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For example, our existing portfolio is content related--Next New Networks, which is in online video, creating content for super distribution on multiple sites like YouTube, Metacafe, AOL Video, Veoh, and others--happens to be a content company. I also grew up in Southern California, where I also went to business school.

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