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Get to Know Richard de Silva of Highland Capital

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He then worked in consulting which gave him a broad base of business experience working with the newspaper, cable, and advertising industries. Initially it was a UGC site that competed with sites like YouTube and Veoh. Why do you think Veoh didn’t succeed? (40:30 They had a great team and interesting technologies.

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Interview with Richard Yen, Saban Ventures

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What kinds of companies are you looking to invest in, when you say digital media--content, technology, or both? But we're also technology focused, looking primarily at consumer facing software and services firms in digital media. Richard Yen: We're fairly broad in respect to digital media. What's your ideal investment opportunity?

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Interview with Richard Yen, Saban Capital

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What kinds of companies are you looking to invest in, when you say digital media--content, technology, or both? But we're also technology focused, looking primarily at consumer facing software and services firms in digital media. Richard Yen: We're fairly broad in respect to digital media. What's your ideal investment opportunity?

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