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MAY 7, 2013

Los Angeles-based venture capital investment firm DFJ Frontier has significantly bolstered the company''s team, saying Tuesday that it has added Merrill Brown --former founder of MSNBC--as a Venture Partner. msnbc media executive capital venture frontier' READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 11, 2022

Something happened in the past 7 years in the startup and venture capital world that I hadn’t experienced since the late 90’s — we all began praying to the God of Valuation. How might our next phase of the journey seem brighter, even with more uncertain days for startups and capital markets? They were a way to gather cheap capital.

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MAY 8, 2013

Forbes Magazine has released its latest Midas List , its listing of the top venture capitalists, and--once again--Southern California''s venture capitalists have been shut out of the list. forbes midas list venture capital investment investors technology finance gdot greendot cornerstoneondemand csod' READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 23, 2014

a Boston-based software developer which develops self-service, publishing tools aimed at magazine publishers, catalog publishers, and others. The Gores Group said it acquired Zmags through its Small Capitalization Partners investment fund. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. As part of the buy, Gores Group has named Brian T.

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DECEMBER 4, 2013

3D Robotics--headed by former editor-in-chief of Wired magazine, Chris Anderson, and co-founded by Jordi Munoz, is developing a platform for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)/drones. robot robotarmy group foundry flying aerial robotics capital venture diydrones 3drobotics' 3D Robotics'' big funding roudn was announced in September.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

Anderson is the former Editor-in-Chief of Wired magazine. robotics 3drobotics diydrones venture capital robot aerial flying' The San Diego company aid the funding round was led by Foundry Group and True VEntures, and also included O''Reilly AlphaTech Ventures and SK Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

What we are creating is less of a consumer magazine. million in seed funding from Crosscut, a Los Angeles-based venture capital firm, and Female Founders Fund. “We’re the antithesis of Goop,” Berlincourt, a fintech veteran who previously led marketing and product at Simple Finance, tells TechCrunch.

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OCTOBER 14, 2009

Los Angeles-based GOOD , a media firm which operates Reason Pictures, GOOD Magazine, and GOOD Digital, announced this week that it has raised a Series A funding round. magazine founder Bernie Goldhirsch. Tags: good content media magazine movie venture capital angel nicholas negroponte. Goldhirsh is the son of Inc.

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MAY 3, 2012

Forbes Magazine has just published its annual Midas List , its annual ranking of the top 100 venture capitalists, and -- despite a record number of IPOs and exits last year from southern California technology companies -- Southern California's venture capital community was shut out of the list entirely.

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DECEMBER 30, 2021

In aviation circles, we read in our pilot magazines about “Never again!” Asa result, the entrepreneur could avoid a fundraising effort, reduce working capital, make friends with the salespersons of multiple companies that could supply leads and references, and become instantly profitable. We ask ourselves “what if?”.

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AUGUST 23, 2012

They are best known for their magazine titles such as The New Yorker, Wired, Vanity Fair and Vogue. Key moments: 16 minutes in: Transitioning magazine readers to e-formats. 15:30 How do you view the transition of your magazines to the iPad, to e-readers? But did you also know that they are a large cable operator? Watch: [link].

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FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Power, Billboard, Electrolux, Entrepreneur Magazine, Hamilton Beach, University of Utah, and tohers already have signed up to use its platform. Brainbase says it has created a new tool, called Brainbase Assist, which it is offering up to brands to manage and automate the licensing of those brands for use in products.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2011

He has also served at SocialMedia.com, Business.com, Advertising.com, and Petersen Publishing, publisher of Motor Trend and Teen magazines. Gumgum recently raised $7M in a funding from New Enterprise Associates, GRP Partners, and First Round Capital. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

The firm--which is fresh off a $30M funding from Sequoia Capital--said the new software allows users to view "magazine-style" reports and publications on the iPad. San Diego-based MeLLmo , the developer of the Roambi mobile business apps, said today that it has launched a new iPad App, Roambi Flow.

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Xconomy

APRIL 2, 2019

It was the first company in the world to reach a $1 trillion market capitalization, and it is the most valuable company in the world today. PC magazine recently released its 2019 Readers’ Choice Awards and Apple finished #1 for Laptops, Desktop PCs, and Tablets.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2011

By John Williams Fast Company magazine recently reported that PayPal founder Paul Thiel is giving away $100,000 to twenty-four young men and women to finance startup businesses. Thiel is providing his mentees with capital to make their startups a reality. Your mortgage and grocery bill depend on it. You can keep overhead low.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2013

The magazine turned its attention this month towards the Los Angeles innovation and technology economy in a section guest edited by StartEngine co-founder Howard Marks , including a reception held Wednesday evening at the Viceroy in Santa Monica.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2010

The firm counts Us Magazine, Bloomberg Sports, Sports Illustrated, NASCAR, The Los Angeles Times, hi5, LG, and the NBA, as customers.Fastpoint Games is venture backed by Allen & Co, Mission Ventures, DFJ Dragon and Sports Capital Partners Worldwide. The move broadens the firm's prior focus on fantasy sports and related games.

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JUNE 7, 2012

Wednesday, June 13, 2012 -- Successful Medical Device Company Commercialization Without Venture Capital.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2012

The funding came from First Round Capital, Crosslink Capital, InterWest, and SK Telecom.

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Xconomy

JUNE 2, 2016

After a painful restructuring earlier this year, Berkeley, CA-based 3D Robotics appears to be raising additional capital. CEO Chris Anderson, the author and former Wired magazine editor who co-founded 3D Robotics in 2009, did not respond to an e-mail query about the financing yesterday afternoon. Reprints | Share:

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JULY 6, 2016

In London when founders failed they were ostracized in the press and culturally I believe it became harder to raise capital. I was interviewed recently by Inc Magazine and they have been publishing snippets of this interview online. Perhaps that’s changed in the decade since I left but that was my experience when I lived there.

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JULY 16, 2015

Readz tools offer up a drag-and-drop driven tools which format content into responsive designs for mobile and other platforms, including PowerPoint-like slideshows, scrolling web magazines, and embedded video. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 24, 2016

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Newscom is an aggregator of editorial and creative photos, graphics, and illustrations, used in newspapers, magazines, and other publications. GumGum is backed by First Round Capital and Crosscut Ventures; the firm counts publishers Gawker Media and MTV as customers, and says it now is tracking over 1 billion views of its assets per month.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2009

He was about to be featured in a major US news magazine as one of their “hot&# picks. I’ll close this story down with the one I started – the entrepreneur who called me to tell me he was about to be profiled in a major news magazine. He started the call by telling me he had exciting news. Is that why you called?

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JUNE 23, 2009

DeadlineHollywoodDaily.com was founded by Nikki Finke, a former Newsweek, Los Angeles Times, and New York Magazine writer and reporter. The company is backed by Quadrangle Capital Partners, which invested $35M in the firm back in October of last year.

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Frank Addante

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

(my first article of a weekly column that I'm writing for Inc Magazine) A five-time entrepreneur makes the case for launching a company in Silicon Beach. He's not the only fan.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2012

Both now lead with the same processors, but Dell offers custom system configuration at ship, while HP capitalizes on more impressive display and battery technology. For example, if you're selling a travel magazine, you could add a free travel video when someone buys a subscription. Up-sell related products after the initial sale.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

Dear Friends, We have no income and no venture capital funding. Our inventory is being financed by companies with names like Chase, Citibank, First USA and Capital One. Magazine ended up doing a cover story on Kyle and I called, An American Start-Up. At this point) the Mouse Driver Insider Newsletter was really inspiring folks.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

The firm is backed by Quadrangle Capital Partners. ContentNext. www.contentnext.com). Since its acquisition in July of 2008 by The Guardian, and departure of founder Rafat Ali, ContentNext has continued to operate out of Santa Monica, and runs paidContent.org, mocoNews, contentSutra, and paidContent:UK.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

I’m not going to cover in this post the obvious post-show marketing tasks such as following up on all those business cards you grabbed, communicating with all those people who registered at your site and leveraging your new found fame to score venture capital. Once the cycle has passed it’s harder to capitalize.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2011

There is also an amazing group of VC & Individual advisors who will help participate and steer the direction of Launchpad LA including: VCs: 500 Startups , First Round Capital , Foundry Group , Menlo Ventures (Shervin Pishevar), MK Capital. TechForward – Raises $7 million from NEA & First Round Capital.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2011

Both now lead with the same processors, but Dell offers custom system configuration at ship, while HP capitalizes on more impressive display and battery technology. For example, if you're selling a travel magazine, you could add a free travel video when someone buys a subscription. Up-sell related products after the initial sale.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 27, 2015

He has written numerous books and articles for entrepreneurs and investors, and was the publisher and editor-in-chief of Venture Magazine. They financed their companies, to the extent possible, in a manner minimizing the cost of capital, planning for organic growth in the number of customers served and in associated revenues.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2016

At the Upfront Summit this past week there was an electric interview of Fred Wilson led by well-researched and artful Dan Primack of Fortune Magazine that ended up making news. And there was a great discussion about generational change at Venture Capital firms handled so well by Benchmark & Sequoia and how Fred is thinking about it.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2011

As automotive web sites go, there are lots of review and information sites giving you information about new and used cars, magazines and information sites for auto enthusiasts, and discussion sites and groups for all kinds of cars. I thought, my photos would be photos of women, and be more of a fashion magazine about cars.

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