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Why We’re Looking to Fund Stuff With More Meaning

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Many questioned whether it could survive under the fail whale, inevitable competition from Facebook, founder fighting, fights with 3rd-party developers let alone become a revolutionary business that could make money. We look at stage, geography and of course sector. Far from it. Lots of it.

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Interview with Scott Sangster, Tech Coast Angels

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I was most recently in corporate development at Walt Disney Internet Group. Is every deal we see going to be the next Google? Of course not. But, we want to make sure that if the next Google is going to be starting Los Angeles, we're talking to the founder and finding a way to help them with their business.

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Why Hulu is the OPEC of Online Video

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The philosophy of OPEC has been that if they can limit the amount of oil supplied to the world they can maintain high prices in a world where demand and competition should naturally have downward pressure on oil prices. Because they are anti-competitive most countries ban cartels.

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