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Finding an Investor Who is in Love with You

Both Sides of the Table

I often talk about what I’m looking for when I meet with an entrepreneur. Above all else I’m looking for a genuine passion for what the entrepreneur is doing. You can sense when it is a “mission” for this entrepreneur to succeed and she will continue the journey even if success isn’t easy or immediate.

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Mark Suster: New, $200M Fund, and GRP's New Name, Upfront Ventures

socalTECH

We caught up with Mark Suster , one of Upfront''s General Partners and a well known blogger and technology personality, the new fund, and how his blogging is now driving the firm''s investment activity. Those are all categories we know well. Being so open, when entrepreneurs think about capital, we want to be top of mind.

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Build Your Brand By Embracing Your Personality

Startup Professionals Musings

Dominate the category (even if you have to create a new one). Being a brand entrepreneur, both for you personally as well as your business, requires learning, and is an ever-changing art without easy formulas. An entrepreneur these days can’t afford to hide behind an impersonal website or hole up in the corner office.

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Why Most of Your Assumptions About Phone Calls are Wrong

Both Sides of the Table

Only naive people believe that but for inexperienced entrepreneurs you can be fooled into the narrative by the press who sometimes write stories without the actual data. In a way it feels intuitive to us – the readers of this blog – because we’re the tech crowd. .” Higher education. PHONE CALLS.

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Venture capitalists ‘like and subscribe’ to influencers

TechCrunch LA

First it was street-style photography, then came the launch of her popular fashion blog WeWoreWhat. Founders and investors circling the space suspect a wave of Silicon Valley interest is coming, however, and that it will alter the category entirely. In fact, new funds have launched there with expertise in the category.

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63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of

SoCal Delicious

where entrepreneurs share their stories. 63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of By mario on May 2, 2012 in Features , grid. Free Corporations For First-Time Entrepreneurs. Right now they’re setting up 500 free corporations for first time entrepreneurs. Here are 62 63 Los Angeles entrepreneurs we can be proud of.

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American Immigration: The Invisible Wall to Innovation

Tech Zulu Event

Strict boundaries and a marathon of hoops to jump through just to submit your documentation as an immigrant, are resulting in less American educated immigrants staying to pursue the process, rather opting to return to their home countries. category E visa for investors as a prime example of the recent troubles. “The Take the U.S.