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Understanding Changes in the Software & Venture Capital Industries

Both Sides of the Table

In this three-part series I will explore the ways that the Venture Capital industry has changed over the past 5 years that I would argue are a direct result of changes in the software industry, not the other way around. So it’s unsurprising that typical “A rounds&# of venture capital were $5-10 million.

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Interview with Michael Witz, Mob Science

socalTECH

As a result of that, we decided to raise capital from strategic angels, to really accelerate the opportunity there to develop our partnership with Zynga. Beyond that, for a really social game, you have to have a whole underlying economy and data structure, which needs to be really well designed. That's a really critical piece.

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5 things Silicon Valley gets wrong about Southern California

SoCal Delicious

Huge news: Millions of PHP developers can now build mobile apps for iOS and Android — in PHP. Venture capital. Matthew Jenusaitis is the CEO of OCTANe , an Orange County startup accelerator whose mission is to connect people and ideas with capital and resources. Live at the Apple Event: iPad Mini (and more?).

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How to Block Unwanted Bots from Your Website with.htaccess

SoCal Delicious

This article is a practical guide designed to help webmasters who already know what they want to block. Note that the word "SpammerRobot"can be in any mixture of capital (uppercase) or small (lowercase) letters. Get more free tips and articles like this ,on web design, promotion, revenue and scripting, from [link].

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: So, you need to develop a product?

Frank Addante

► August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush? StrongMail Systems (Digital Messsaging Infrastructure Software) Status: VC-backed (Sequoia Capital, Globespan and Evercore) Lesson: Trust your gut. ► July (1) ► June (3) ► May (5) the Rubicon Project The Journey Startup 6.0: Visit StrongMail Website Startup 4.0: