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Palomar Ventures Teams With Soros On Wireless Investment

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Los Angeles-based Palomar Ventures is in a new funding with Soros Fund Management, in a deal worth $128.4M ExteNet designs, builds and operates distributed wireless networks. to Illinois wireless firm ExteNet Systems. Palomar is represented on ExteNet's board by Kevin Jacques.

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Finding Developers is Tough Again

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I’m seeing and hearing that it’s becoming tough finding good developers again, at least here in Los Angeles. And it’s not just me, Ben Kuo just posted - Good news for developers (and jobs) We’ve been talking with a lot (and I mean a LOT) of people who are looking for developers in Southern California (Los Angeles and beyond).

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Entrepreneurs Due Diligence on Investors Is Smart

Startup Professionals Musings

Of course, you need to listen for biases, but local angel group leaders can quickly tell you who the bad angels and good angels are, and what kind of terms they typically demand. Network with other entrepreneurs. Contact peers you have met through networking, both ones who have used this investor, and ones who haven’t.

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Interview with Adi Jaffe, All About Addiction

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To understand how one local company is making that transition, we talked with Los Angeles-based All About Addiction (www.allaboutaddiction.com), a company that grew out of Adi Jaffe's work at UCLA as a trained psychologist. Adi Jaffe: Our next step is really trying to get some angel level funding. We have three or four now.

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Five Easy Steps to Investor Reverse Due Diligence

Startup Professionals Musings

Of course, you need to listen for biases, but local angel group leaders can quickly tell you who the bad angels and good angels are, and what kind of terms they typically demand. Network with other entrepreneurs. Contact peers you have met through networking, both ones who have used this investor, and ones who haven’t.

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How to Protect Yourself From Bernie Madoff

Startup Professionals Musings

Any mention of “offshore”. Watch out if someone has a complex plan involving offshore bank financing or gemstones or oil leases in Iran to make you rich. Unfortunately, in the startup and investment business, we are trained to rely on networking, connections, and professional integrity for many decisions. Another method?