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Why Was Winter in Venture Capital Funding so Short?

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It was only a year ago that many in the Venture Capital industry were predicting that “winter was coming” and to be fair the author of this post was chief amongst them. Yet as we enter February 2017 the VC funding markets are booming, Snap, Inc has filed for its IPO, AppDynamics was just purchased for $3.7 Baidu alone raised $3.2

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Here are 10 Tips from BuzzFeed to Make Your Content Go Viral

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I recently had the pleasure of spending an hour with Jon Steinberg, president of Buzzfeed , a company who focuses on helping media companies make their content go viral. That’s why people turn up to Buzzfeed. We also talked about why Jon decided to leave Google to become an EIR at a VC firm (Polaris) – minute 33.

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N3XT CON

SoCal Tech Calendar

Talks and panels on: AI, VR, IoT, Digital Media, Startups, Venture Capital, Machine Learning, Women in Tech, Company Culture Reps from companies like: Cisco System, Intel, Digital Domain, Vizio, Disney Interactive, Buzzfeed, NBC Universal, the Port of LA, Enplug, Kind Traveler, SoGal, Spokeo and more See [link] (more)

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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Our guest this week on #TWiVC was Dana Settle , partner at Greycroft Partners , a venture capital firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles. It’s always fun debating companies with Dana because she’s always so knowledgeable on deals – particularly those in the digital media, ad-tech and eCommerce spaces.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

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billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. Over the past 4 years LA’s tech fundings have growing at a 30% compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) which is > 4 times the US average VC CAGR (7%). He built & IPOd Demand Media. for $565 million to Excite.

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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

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Changes in the Software World & in Venture Capital. But notably you had the following changes: Horizontally scalable computing & storage systems, which meant you required less capital up front for hardware. Venture Capital. And then the world changed. Changes in the Startup Ecosystem. KickStarter?

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Assignmint: Freelance Work Available | Founder Interview, The Future of Journalism & The LA Startup Scene

Tech Zulu Event

For all those who want to talk about the fragmentation of media and the models for journalism is in trouble; it’s actually not. Design, photography, tech, any sort of media broadcast, any kind of contracted workforce, we expect to be there and help. Where do you think printed media is heading? Digital media?

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