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Putting the Pedal to the Metal at Amplify

From the Venture Trenches

As a fourteen-year veteran of the venture industry I have often heard the phrase, “value added investors”, which is usually touted by certain VC’s as their biggest differentiating quality. Amplify’s portfolio companies are schooled on every challenge they need to master in order to achieve success.

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LaunchpadLA Application Deadline Nears, As Class Graduates

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The group says that so far, from 2009 to 2011, it accepted 23 companies, of which 19 received funding worth a total of $80M; the accelerator said that the nine companies acquired exceeds $60M in proceeds. LaunchpadLA started initially as a mentoring group, but expanded into accelerating and investing in companies in the last few years.

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Putting the Pedal to the Metal at Amplify

From the Venture Trenches

As a fourteen-year veteran of the venture industry I have often heard the phrase, “value added investors”, which is usually touted by certain VC’s as their biggest differentiating quality. Amplify’s portfolio companies are schooled on every challenge they need to master in order to achieve success.

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Meet Launchpad LA’s Graduating Startups

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Milk & Honey has had shoes designed by Rachael Ray, Ginnifer Goodwin, Malin Akerman, and Kate Mara amongst others and has appeared in People, Redbook, Inked, Lucky, Bridal Guide, InStyle, Marie Claire, and numerous other publications. Less Neglect helps companies reduce churn, upsell users, and increase customer acquisition rates.

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Why I Made the Decision to Go from Home Office to Coworking Space

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The largest VC backed companies in this space have raised several hundreds of millions in funding to help expand their global footprint. While young people are definitely the dominant demographic in shared office spaces, the ecosystem of people, companies, and industries is actually becoming incredibly diverse. .

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How to Work with Lawyers at a Startup

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When to get a lawyer - If you plan to be a venture or angel backed technology company (what I mostly write about) the best time to start meeting and getting to know lawyers is long before you ever start your company. Many people start companies arse backwards. Here’s a hack for you. Our lives are intertwined.

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The Startup Guide To SXSW Panel Picking

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Simply, there are thousands of agencies, design shops and communications firms across the world, all. Jason Cohen, Capital Thought. After starting three companies, I've found that some widely accepted advice lead me to failure while. You work in (or run) a services company. Jeff Reckseidler, tuuk. Nicholas Metzgar, MITRE.

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