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TYLT Labs' New Seed Fund And The Promise Of Silicon Beach

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There seems to a perpetual shortage of local venture capital investors in the region, despite the huge growth in startup activity here, particularly along Silicon Beach. For example, our friends at the LMU incubator are doing a great job helping companies to mature. We don''t have the large investors that they have in Silicon Valley.

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Backing the Jockey and Not the Horse

From the Venture Trenches

The question was posed by Nolan Simons, an LMU student from Professor David Choi’s Business Incubation class. Filed under: Entrepreneurs , Founders , Fund Raising , Startup , Venture Capital Tagged: David Choi , Pivot , Ron Conway , Venture capital , Warren Buffett. “So are there any other tips you can give when pitching VC’s?”

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