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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. the funding and market coverage. LivingSocial.

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Rubicon Project: LA's Next IPO?

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Rubicon Project , the online advertising technology firm headed by serial entrepreneur Frank Addante, looks like it may just be the next Southern California company to file for an IPO, based on a number of executive appointments made Tuesday. READ MORE>>.

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Thanks to socalTECH's sponsors!

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Binary Pulse Technology Marketing (www.binarypulse.com). Clearstone Ventures (www.clearstone.com). Funding great entrepreneurs. Helping entrepreneurs succeed. Thanks to all of our sponsors, who make our coverage of Southern California's. technology industry possible: Sponsors. Venture capital for innovators.

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Thanks to socalTECH's Sponsors and Advertisers!

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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. Marketing , Costello and Sons Insurance , Deloitte , The City of. Funding great entrepreneurs.

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TONIGHT: Brock Pierce & GoCoin Host Oakland Mayoral Candidate, Bryan Parker

Tech Zulu Event

Pierce, a 15-time entrepreneur best known for pioneering the market for digital currency, is a featured panelist on TechZulu’s Annual Startup Forecast panel next Tuesday. Events Finance Government Politics 41 Ocean bitcoin Brock Pierce Bryan Parker Clearstone Venture Partners GoCoin Oakland Mayoral Candidate'

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If the Venture Model is Broken, Who??s Funding All These Startups?

SoCal Tech Calendar

Early stage investing is booming and we are finally seeing the kind of exits that show signs of a potential IPO market in our future. What role do angel fund and incubators like Ycombinator and Techstars play in nurturing entrepreneurs to build better, bigger companies? See [link] (more)

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

Steve Reich

Three full time developers and no marketing spend. One of my friends, an Overture veteran and successful entrepreneur, raised the objection that these are all little “lightweight” apps and sites. They are nearing 1mm registered users. Oh, and did I mention that their users have mapped 35,000 courses in 127 countries?