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Interview with Fouad ElNaggar, Redpoint Ventures

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We've made over 30 investments in Southern California, and that's just in Redpoint, and doesn't include all of the investment we made as Brentwood Venture Capital since the late 70's. We're helping the entrepreneur, leveraging our network, introducing them to people, and helping them think about new products.

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Interview with Jonathan Zweig, AppOnboard

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App developers are spending a lot of money with the ad networks just to get users to download an app and go through your tutorial. I essentially build the company out of the bedroom I was renting from him in Brentwood, on Goshen. It all came back to this idea of on-boarding.

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App is Crap (why Apple is bad for your health)

Both Sides of the Table

I own an iPod Touch (not an iPhone – my house in Brentwood gets literally ZERO AT&T bars). It’s taking time to finish the product because you’re super expensive iPhone developers (they’re in high demand) are not as good as you like (they’re super high in demand). And that Palm Pre.

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