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Backing the Jockey and Not the Horse

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The question was posed by Nolan Simons, an LMU student from Professor David Choi’s Business Incubation class. that were getting hammered by the competition overseas. Filed under: Entrepreneurs , Founders , Fund Raising , Startup , Venture Capital Tagged: David Choi , Pivot , Ron Conway , Venture capital , Warren Buffett.

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LawKick: A Modern Way To Find Legal Help

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Michael Chasin: We initially started with $30,000 in angel funding from an entrepreneur here in Los Angeles. We also have a couple of grad school interns from LMU, UCLA, and elsewhere. We''re talking about an industry which is very competitive, first, and two, one that people overwhelmingly try to avoid.

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