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Surveying SoCal's M&A Landscape, with David Siemer

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I think the incubators have a lot to do with it. an incubator in Singapore, and we do a dozen or so investments a year. For a similar company, with the same metrics and stage, valuations had been tiny. What''s your perspective on where fundraising is for startups here? I do think the community has made huge strides.

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Innovation and Geography

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skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, February 20, 2007 Innovation and Geography I ran across a post in Read/Write Web - Does Location Matter in Web Innovation? Of course, thats probably even more true in Silicon Valley. that talked about a recent NY Times article When It Comes to Innovation, Geography Is Destiny.

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Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller

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In some ways it is similar to early stage incubators such as Y Combinator, although FI is even earlier stage, focusing on developing the founders themselves as entrepreneurs as opposed to actual companies. I'm working quite a bit with startups who are leveraging social media, but I'm finding it hard to predict success and metrics.

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