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Understanding What’s Going on in #LATech

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It’s not just Snapchat, although there’s that. I wrote this overview of the LA Tech Ecosystem in December and on page 15 you’ll see a host of amazing VC firms at all stages from pre-seed through to early-B rounds. See in the end, in LA VC firms are far more collaborative than competitive. Don’t we know it. We love LA!

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The Changing Structure of the VC Industry

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There has been much discussion in the past few years of the changing structure of the venture capital industry. The rise of “micro VCs” or seed-stage funds. The rise of alternative sources of capital (crowd funding and the like). ” Stated simply – if you seed funded Uber at $4.5m

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What Most People Don’t Understand About How Startup Companies are Valued

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Valuing any company can be difficult because it requires a degree of forecasting future growth & competition and ultimately the profits of the organization. Many experienced partners are funds have 7-10 boards and most of these will need more capital. I better roll up my sleeves and help my companies get funded.”

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Do Less. More.

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There are so many events to attend that one could become a full time conference attendee and you could easily feel like you’re missing out with each event that happens without you and of course there is Twitter and Instagram and Snapchat to remind you just how fun it was for everybody else. For investors life is no different.