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IVP: We Love LA, So We Invested In Snapchat

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Among the reasons given in a blog post from IVP, defending its investment in Snapchat: the firm loves LA. Los Angeles hasn''t had a huge success with highly valued companies--the last firm to be in that position was Viddy, which had to recap the firm earlier this year after failing to live up to those valuations. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

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So then when I wanted to go into venture capital, they said, “You can’t do that, you need to be in EIR.” If you want to be the marketing person or you want to be perceived as a businessperson or a VC or technical person or whatever you want to be perceived, people will always define you.

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