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This Week in VC with Farb Nivi, Founder of Grockit

Both Sides of the Table

This was really a fun week at TWiVC because we decided to have an entrepreneur come and talk about raising capital rather than having a VC come on. It’s always such a pleasure for me to spend time with Farb because he has all of the enthusiasm and energy you love to see in entrepreneurs. Company still in beta.

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REACH | Disruptive Technologies Impacting the Future of Gaming [Live]

Tech Zulu Event

Scot has been an entrepreneur and executive responsible for the launch of several interactive entertainment ventures. Before working in California, Chris worked for Maryland based game companies MicroProse and Games Workshop. Robin is a former advisor to Gai Kai (acquired by Sony in 2012), an on-line technology company.

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

Both Sides of the Table

AOL was controlled by one company and the Internet was distributed. AOL controlled the services, taxed companies to access users and decided what was good or bad. If you were a newly minted, venture-backed consumer Internet company you had to have a deal with AOL to reach your customers. companies versus the Web 1.0