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Venture investors and startup execs say they don’t need Elizabeth Warren to defend them from big tech

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Warren’s plan called for regulators to be appointed to oversee the unwinding of several acquisitions that were critical to the development of the core technology that make Alphabet’s Google and the social media giant Facebook so profitable… and Zappos. This too shall pass.” — Balaji S.

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Glossier just laid off one-third of its corporate employees, mostly in tech

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The company built its own point-of-sale system and commerce APIs in-house, allowing them to deliver a “seamless” customer experience, former Glossier CTO Bryan Mahoney said in 2018. billion valuation from Lone Pine Capital, Sequoia, Forerunner Ventures and others.

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Pragma is a back-end toolkit for gaming companies, so game developers can focus on games

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million in funding from a clutch of high-quality firms and individual investors, led by the Los Angeles-based Upfront Ventures with participation from Advancit Capital and angel investors Jarl Mohn, president emeritus at NPR and former Riot Games board member; Dan Dinh, founder of TSM; and William Hockey, founder of Plaid. . “In

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Realistic Entrprenuers Guide to Venture Capital

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Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO?

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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 4

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Investors: Matrix (Dana Stadler, who was the CTO of PayPal). This is all placed in a social stream where other Blippy users can comment on and “like” the various items. Investors: August Capital (David Hornik) (lead) with existing investors Charles River Ventures. 15mm in Series A. Read more: TechCrunch. 7mm in Series B.

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Map of VC Investments

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skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Friday, March 9, 2007 Map of VC Investments Found this Map of 2006 VC Investments post. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO?

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Playing the Long Game in Venture Capital

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innovated in social media advertising and for a variety of reasons wasn’t ultimately successful and went to zero. The abundance of late-stage capital is good for us all. And the third founder, Colin Kelley , remains an important contributor & CTO of the company. The second “exit”?—?Adly?—?innovated