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Retro: My Favorite Blog Post on Raising VC

Both Sides of the Table

On December 2nd, 2006 I wrote the blog post published later in this post when I was CEO of startup Koral about my experiences in pitching VCs. After my company was acquired by Salesforce.com I was asked to stop blogging and they took over my blog as an asset in the sale of the company. My blog was wiped out.

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Ostendo Raising Funds to Advance Virtual Reality Display Technology

Xconomy

Adding to the confusion, the most-recent MoneyTree Report on San Diego venture capital activity shows that Ostendo raised almost $10 million in VC funding during the second quarter. Razi, Bussel, and Dull are also on the board of Ingenu, the San Diego wireless technology company known previously as On-Ramp Wireless.

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This Week in VC with Farb Nivi, Founder of Grockit

Both Sides of the Table

This was really a fun week at TWiVC because we decided to have an entrepreneur come and talk about raising capital rather than having a VC come on. Raised angel money from Rob Lord, Reid Hoffman, Benchmark Capital and others. Discussion: Had a long chat about PicClick , a company founded by Ryan Sit in San Diego.

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Pharma’s Productivity Problem: Finding More Blockbuster Drugs

Xconomy

A recent Wall Street Journal article that raised the possibility of Biogen as the target of another huge pharma buyout cited the lack of productivity as a major driver of M&A in the pharmaceutical industry. Losses in over-capitalized “vintage years” over the last two decades have left institutional investors (e.g.

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Some of the Best Reads for Casual Friday: Artificial Intelligence

Xconomy

Or, maybe instead, it’s a day filled with long lunches and listless Internet surfing, as you seek out all the interesting articles you missed during the week. Fridays can be the most productive work day, as you look to shore up everything before the weekend starts.

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Level Playing Field? How Big Company Dominance May Hinder Innovation

Xconomy

At least that’s the assertion of New York Times columnist Farhad Manjoo in an article Wednesday. Instead, the Bay Area—while, yes, still home to thirsty young entrepreneurs—is increasingly the stomping grounds of a few major tech companies that have come to dominate how we live, work, and play.

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5 things Silicon Valley gets wrong about Southern California

SoCal Delicious

Venture capital. In a recent Forbes.com article , contributor Tara Brown wrote of her own misapprehension moving from San Francisco to Southern California, saying, “I’m a technologist and moving away from the tech hub of the world to the land of Botox seemed like a really bad career move. blog comments powered by Disqus.