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5 Questions To Consider When Contemplating Advisors

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Yet I suggest a small one has value for every startup, starting at inception, prior to a major investor or key business scaling initiative. I suggest a few simple considerations will clarify the alternatives. By definition, Advisory Boards are voluntary and have no fiduciary responsibility. Insiders will tell you what you want to hear.

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5 Key Drivers For Creating A Board For Your Startup

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Yet I suggest a small one has value for every startup, starting at inception, prior to a major investor or key business scaling initiative. I suggest a few simple considerations will clarify the alternatives. By definition, Advisory Boards are voluntary and have no fiduciary responsibility. Insiders will tell you what you want to hear.

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March Capital Partners Backs E8 Security

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Santa Monica-based March Capital Partners , the venture capital investment firm led by Jim Armstrong, Sumant Mandal, Gregory Milkin, and Jamie Montgomery, is the lead investor in a new cyber security startup, E8 Security. March Capital Partners led the investment, which also included Allegis Capital and The Hive.

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eBay Sells Rent.com

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One of Southern California's big startup successes-- Rent.com --which was sold to eBay back in 2004, has just been sold. The sale to eBay had been a big win for Allegis Capital, Bank of America Venture Partners, Insignia Financial, Kline Hawkes, Rosewood Capital, and Thomas Weisel Partners. READ MORE>>.

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PR Is A Passion Play That Cannot Be Outsourced

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This is the approach many startups take when they communicate their story to the market. In addition to passion, any function at your startup that involves iterative learning and/or close proximity to your customers should be performed in house. You Are Not Really The Client - A PR agency’s true allegiance is not to you.

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Insights and Opinions: Returns from Southern California IT IPO's 1995-2009

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column, we have the second part of Jon Funk 's analysis of the return on Southern California IT startups, and how they have created value for investors. Funk has been an early stage venture capitalist at Allegis Capital, and was an investor in Sandpiper Networks, Rent.com and Shopzilla. For our latest Insights and Opinions.

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Southern California Investments On Uptick, Totals $686.5M For Q1

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for the quarter, up from both Q4 of last year as well as the comparable Q1 quarter in 2009, according to the latest numbers from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the NVCA. in Q1, up from $588.033M tallied by the report in Q4 of 2009, and up significantly from the $320.2M Southern California venture capital investments totaled $686.5M