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Venture capitalists ‘like and subscribe’ to influencers

TechCrunch LA

The second phase was the emergence of influencer marketing, or connecting those influencers to brands to leverage their audiences … Now that influencer marketing has become an established part of the marketing playbook, we are in phase three: tools to help influencers further monetize their influence, like Cameo, and then manage their lives.”.

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Is Silicon Valley Really Coming to an End?

Both Sides of the Table

By now you probably know that David Sacks , co-founder of PayPal and founder of both Geni & Yammer made some observations on Facebook that Silicon Valley “as we know it” was coming to an end. Of course not. Not just in Silicon Valley but in LA, NY, Seattle and other major tech markets. Is Facebook unstoppable?

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Why We Can’t Let Luddites Ruin Global Trade

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And of course since machinery costs money and lowers the number of people required to produce a product it pitted labor vs. capital. To try and pretend we can put the genie back in the bottle on globalization is a fantasy. Let’s all just focus on our home markets like the US”? It’s actually more complicated than that.

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Twiistup 6 Highlights

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In SoCal we are also leaders in affiliate marketing (Commission Junction), Internet video (Hulu) and bringing local businesses online (ReachLocal). And of course there was the F-bomb count that Cathy Brooks and I were keeping on Dave … by the end of the panel we had counted 8. But in this case Chamillionaire stole the show.

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On Leadership, Teams, Success & Happiness

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Some investors are team focused, others market focused, others seems to look for product / market fit. Only then can I even care about product, market or their nebulous “fit.&#. Nah, of course not. Me: “I love your market. What prepares us to become great leaders? Is it book smarts? And experience.

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