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Ryan Blair, HashtagOne: From Gang Member, To Entrepreneur, To Anti-VC

socalTECH

He eventually founded and sold consumer health firm ViSalus to a public company and is now back making investments, in technology companies, as a venture capitalist here at Los Angeles-based HashtagOne (www.hashtagone.com). I'm a bit of an anti-VC, as you know. My CIO had been ex-CIO at Herbalife, and was an EVP of Software for Disney.

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IntraStage Raises Angel Funding

socalTECH

The company said the funding will go towards sales, support, and R&D infrastructure. The firm is headed by Patrick Kelly, and the Tec Coast Angels investment was led by Bob Fried, the former CIo of Staples. Tags: intrastage venture capital quality management testing electronics manufacturing angel. READ MORE>>.

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Can You Really Build a Great Tech Firm Outside Silicon Valley?

Both Sides of the Table

Last year I was on Sand Hill Road in Silicon Valley meeting with one of the most prominent venture capital firms in the country. The VC partner, somebody I greatly respect said, “Yeah, we like Gil and what they’re doing. That’s convenience when your VC is hoping to write the next $20 million check.

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Who Should you Hire at a Startup?

Both Sides of the Table

Please don’t also confuse this with whether a VC should invest in a CEO who’s done it before – that’s a given. Weight Class : Let’s take sales. At your stage of development do you really think a shit-hot VP Sales is going to join you to head up sales? I’ll explain both below.

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Above the Cloud with Dave Linthicum | Shifting Perspectives on SaaS and Enterprise IT

Tech Zulu Event

Featuring panelists from SOA Software , Edgecast and Bitium , we’ll discuss: Top priorities and challenges for today’s CIO. The rise of the social enterprise and Chief Digital Officer – what it means for the CIO. Contact us at sales@bitium.com. The opportunities cloud computing and SaaS afford management.

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New Bootstrap Fund Pulls Itself Up in World of Health IT Deals

Xconomy

They came to San Diego in 1996, when Scripps Health hired Balgrosky as CIO and senior vice president. She was previously the CIO for Holy Cross Health System in South Bend, IN, a 13-hospital chain where she was responsible for strategic IT planning from Maryland to California. “We

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Want to Start a Technology Company in LA?

Both Sides of the Table

Funding is different – In Silicon Valley you have mega venture capital funds and many of them. You can hire a talented head of marketing, business development, technology and sales. You need to for conferences, business development and often for sales. But we have a great city for building technology companies.

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