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Remind Me Why I Love You? (Why “In Person” is Everything)

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Your product demo crushed. You race back to the office to tell everybody how well it went and you wait for the follow-up call to have a partners’ meeting or talk about term sheets or at least dip into due diligence. You had an amazing meeting with an investor. The dialog was great. They told you how much they loved your space.

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Do Less. More.

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There are so many events to attend that one could become a full time conference attendee and you could easily feel like you’re missing out with each event that happens without you and of course there is Twitter and Instagram and Snapchat to remind you just how fun it was for everybody else. For investors life is no different.

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Augmented Reality Event (ARE), May 17-18, 2011.

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Last year’s ARE event was the largest event ever focused on advancing the Augmented Reality industry, with 520 attendees, 90 speakers, 30 hours of sessions, and one of a kind activities such as the ARt Gala, The Auggies Best AR Demo Award, and AR Startup Launchpads. Conference details –. Interview coming soon ). Dates: May 17-18, 2011.

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Interview with Jonathan Zweig, AppOnboard

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Our interview this morning is with Jonathan Zweig , the CEO of Los Angeles-based AppOnboard (www.apponboard.com), which has created software which allows mobile app developers--and in particular, mobile game developers--to create demos of those games which can be played without having to download and install those apps.

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Creating the Next Generation of US Employees. My Investment in Treehouse

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I know readers of this post aren’t in that demo but that’s what the data says. I’ve talked before about problems I see with the US education system in both my post about Peter Thiel’s 20-under-20 initiative and also my review of Waiting for Superman. I’m investing heavily in Internet video. Full stop.

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Retro: My Favorite Blog Post on Raising VC

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Well … I have had many late nights and I really didn’t contemplate writing many blog postings this month because I spent November in this interesting venture capital / fund raising dance involving lots of late night sessions reviewing legal documents, rewriting business plans and preparing for pitches. After Office 2.0 Folksonomy.

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How to Talk to a Journalist When You Only Have 30 Seconds

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In order to prepare for TechCrunch Disrupt 2012 I reviewed company bios via the official site and read taglines that said “cool” rather than what the company does. I needed to have a plan to be efficient with my time during the 3 day conference. I first reviewed the “Alleys and Pavilions” company list provided by the TechCrunch site.

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