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Kara Nortman Was Just Promoted to Co-Managing Partner at Upfront Ventures. Here’s What it All Means

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She took an operating role helping run Citysearch and Urbanspoon. Kara will now be really involved with what goes on to successfully create and run a firm but while still handling her core duties of funding great entrepreneurs. My literal response was, “She went to Princeton undergrad and has a Stanford MBA. And all the platform stuff.

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Catalyzing Innovation In Pasadena, with Innovate Pasadena

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As much as the idea of "Silicon Beach" wants to represent the whole of the local technology industry in Los Angeles, there are -- as one would expect in such a large metropolitan area -- many different neighborhoods and communities spread across the region, all with their own individual identities, companies, and technology focuses.

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Interview with Michael Barton, Startup Exchange

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I came out of Boston Consulting, doing technology and new media consulting, then I went to Citysearch, where I was one of the early executives running bizdev and international. We've got some very, very strong companies across different industry sectors, including defense, technology, hardware development, consumer goods, and retail.

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Interview: Ian Siegel of ZipRecruiter

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Messenger : Ian Siegel , Co-Founder |CEO ZipRecruiter , Former Executive Product and Technology roles at: MyLife, CitySearch, Stamps.com, Rent.com and Pictage. 9) In Competing From The Fringe , I caution entrepreneurs to not alert their competitors when they are making mistakes. free weekly Infochachkie articles!

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Interview: Ian Siegel of ZipRecruiter

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Messenger : Ian Siegel , Co-Founder |CEO ZipRecruiter , Former Executive Product and Technology roles at: MyLife, CitySearch, Stamps.com, Rent.com and Pictage. 9) In Competing From The Fringe , I caution entrepreneurs to not alert their competitors when they are making mistakes. free weekly Infochachkie articles!

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Do you Suffer from the Urgency Addiction? It’s More Common Than you Think

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So things that have to be done early get done early, but only at the last possible moment that the early task is due. I wrote out 3 pages of bullet point notes on paper and delivered a 20-minute speech to a crowd of entrepreneurs (which included the Minister of Technology for China). Get some seasoned entrepreneurs to come.

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A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference

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I’m an entrepreneur at heart so I’m always inspired when I hear stories about innovation. Seattle should be the envy of any non Silicon Valley tech community in the country. It really wouldn’t take much to turn a great technology ecosystem into a truly electric one. This article originally ran on TechCrunch.