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Aaron Fyke, Thin Line Capital: The Second Wave Of Cleantech Investing

socalTECH

There's a new opportunity in clean technology investments, according to venture capitalist Aaron Fyke , the head of a new, Pasadena-based venture capital investment fund, Thin Line Capital (www.thinlinecapital.com). This is not a typical, venture capital investment. Those $60M rounds really don't fit the venture capital model.

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Why Did I Invest in the Company Pose?

Both Sides of the Table

I first met the founder of Pose, Dustin Rosen , when he was a junior person with an LA-based venture capital firm called The Mail Room Fund. He quit the MRF and quietly amassed nearly $100,000 in angel investment to build a company. I am on record as saying that my opinion is that Web 2.0 “And importantly Web 2.0

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A Tale of Two Tech Cities – Silicon Valley vs. Los Angeles

Jason Nazar

Is there a difference between tech startups in Silicon Valley vs. Los Angeles? At parties in Los Angeles people talk about a media deal they’re “closing”, what TV star is at the party, and some “gray hat” spam-like technique that made them an extra 100K last month. Peter Pham – best networker / connector in web 2.0.

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Jason Calacanis & John Suh at VentureNet 2008

Technology Council

Jason Calacanis, CEO of Mahalo.com will be presenting &# New Challenges and Innovative Solutions for Publishers in a Web 2.0 John Suh, CEO of Legalzoom.com will present &# Successful Launch Strategies for Online Businesses&#. Following Jason’s presentation he will [.]

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Should You Bother Targeting the Tech Blogs for Your PR Campaigns?

Both Sides of the Table

” If your company was featured there (in the early days of what people called Web 2.0) I just want to know if they’ve raised a bunch of capital and from whom. Or if I know one of the angels I can reach out and ask for an intro. It’s the Wikipedia of tech startups.

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CHNL – Social Network For All | Interview With John Wander, Co-founder & CEO

Tech Zulu Event

It’s a web app that pulls all the content from across your social networks and puts it in one place – your channel. John Wander – Co founder & CEO – angel investor, team member, advisor, and board member to several start ups. In addition, Web 2.0 We love Web 3.0. What is CHNL?

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Scientist.com Raises $24M for “Pharma Markets” that Outsource R&D

Xconomy

In particular, he wants to sign up more pharmaceutical companies to use the Web-based platform, which enables CROs to bid on pharma research projects and automates the contracting process. Founding CEO Kevin Lustig said Scientist.com will use the additional cash to expand its operations. Lustig argued.