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DECEMBER 22, 2016

Today, we have Cody Simms , Executive Director of Techstars (www.techstars.org), which has been very active this year in the startup accelerator and mentoring area. Cody Simms: Locally in LA the Snapchat IPO will have a huge impact on our local startup ecosystem. What was the biggest news from you or your firm this year?

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

Fun Fact: One of the most prominent figures from their firm, Mark Suster t, runs a blog startups follow religiously. Abrams, Jim Wiatt, and Zach James have presented at Amplify’s Wednesday evening mentor events. Social Media: Snapchat. Make sure to check out Both Sides of the Table ! Social Enterprise: Hub LA.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

I don’t feel like canceling LinkedIn just because occasionally a well-meaning but slightly not-clued-in person from a faraway place wants me to be their personal mentor, answer 3-questions for their high-school entrepreneurship project or take a sales pitch for their recruiting services. By the way, I don’t spell check my blog posts either.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

I admit that I haven’t yet read it but I’ve had numerous discussions with Brad over the years about board structure & conduct and consider him a mentor on the topic. Unless you’re SnapChat, Instagram or similar this is probably 3-5 years into your existence. In the Early Days. In the Growth Years.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2015

There’s too much PR and too many tech blogs and too many newsletters and aggregators and Twitter summarizers to even try to catch everything that’s going on and equally there’s so much noise that it becomes harder to be heard. We always look like it’s only fun in our Instagram photos, don’t we?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

I don’t need to tell you what else is LA … SnapChat, Whisper, Tinder. I’ve blogged about this before and provide a lot more details in these posts: 1. Maker Studios, the largest producer of online short-form videos (content) recently sold to Disney for nearly $1 billion. All great communication companies. KickStarter?

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