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Livefyre, Backed by Paige Craig, Scores More Funding

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San Francisco-based Livefyre , one of the many companies backed by prolific Los Angeles angel investor Paige Craig , has scored a new round of funding, the firm said today. LiveFyre had been seeded by Paige Craig , Zelkova Ventures , Travis Kalanick , and Jarl Mohn back in July of 2010. LiveFyre said it raised $4.5M

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Revisiting Paul Graham’s “High Resolution” Financing

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When I first read Paul Graham’s blog post on “High Resolution&# Financing I read it as a treatise arguing that convertible notes are better than equity. As I’m generally a believer in ‘pricing rounds’ I initially didn’t agree with the premise of the post. Photo credit: D. Blanchard/O’Reilly Media.

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The Challenges (& Opportunities) of Starting a Tech Company in LA

Jason Nazar

In the bay area it’s quite common for the entrepreneurs starting a company to be developers or technologists who can build the first versions of their products. In fact Paige Craig has coined it Silicon Beach. I’ve been leading the charge here with Mark Suster (read his blog BothSidesofTheTable ).

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63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of

SoCal Delicious

Charlie Capen is co-founder of HowToBeADad.com , an entertainment site and dad blog for “parents, soon-to-be parents and people who have no desire to procreate, whatsoever.” He previously led business development for Affiliate Fuel, leading to its acquisition by Experian in 2005. Charlie Capen – Co-founder of HowToBeADad.com.

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On Leadership, Teams, Success & Happiness

Both Sides of the Table

You want somebody who can raise $15 million to build out your R&D, business development and sales organizations. I am a strong believer that leadership and team development comes from these daily interactions. You have a part-time lead architect, a part-time developer and a part-time community manager. It was magic.

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