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This Week in VC with Jim Armstrong of Clearstone

Both Sides of the Table

Had a great chat with Jim Armstrong who is a General Partner at Clearstone Venture Partners today on TWiVC. It was especially fun for me because we got the chance to talk about the VC industry and how entrepreneurs should think about the VC industry in addition to discussing deals. Segment Two: “Deal of the Week”. Read more: peHUB.

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It's the source for keeping a pulse on the dynamic world of technology, reaching venture capitalists, angel investors, entrepreneurs, CEOs, social media. Thanks this week to our sponsors and advertisers, which include Clearstone. Clearstone Ventures (www.clearstone.com). Funding great entrepreneurs. learn more.

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Interview with Rahul Sonnad, Geodelic

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A few weeks ago, Rahul Sonnad --a serial entrepreneur who is best known for founding and selling thePlatform to Comcast--alternately confused and dazzled attendees at Twiistup, the Los Angeles tech conference, with a fake-stilted-Indian-immigrant and ukulele-singing-and-dancing studded pitch for his firm, Geodelic (www.geodelic.com).

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Web 1.0 Entrepreneurs: we are roadkill unless we learn to run as fast as today’s founders.

Steve Reich

One of the founders wrote a Python script that sent out custom emails to a list they had developed. One of my friends, an Overture veteran and successful entrepreneur, raised the objection that these are all little “lightweight” apps and sites. No wonder they just raised $1mm. There are 3 people on their team.

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Value of *Certain* Angel Investors

The Quigley Report

Most of the companies Clearstone invests in have angel money. When a company comes to Clearstone with some money in the bank from smart in-the-know angels, we get interested quickly. Accordingly, they can help the entrepreneur get the best deal warranted given the progress of the business.

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