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Understanding What’s Going on in #LATech

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Not just Tinder, Dollar Shave Club, Riot Games, CornerStone OnDemand and the companies you’ve heard of but there are large successes that are less well known but now very large startups businesses like Ring, Zip Recruiter, GumGum, Laurel & Wolf and too many other great companies to mention. Don’t we know it. We love LA!

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The Changing Venture Landscape

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We have global opportunities from these trends but of course also big challenges. Of course we can’t. There are of course many Seed VCs who take board seats, don’t over-commit to too many deals and try to help with “company building” activities to help at a company’s vulnerable foundations. Hot, Flat & Crowded.”

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Clinton Foy: Why We Bought Our Own E-Sports Team, the Immortals

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It's super interesting, in particular, for Southern California, where Blizzard and Riot Games have been really helping to lead that charge, both locally and internationally. Blizzard has been one of the founders of e-sports, an created many of the early e-sports games, and Riot Games is well known for League of Legends.

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Why I’m Now Long NPR

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And of course there are virulent debates about whether publicly funded media should exist at all. Unbiased of course doesn’t exist since we all have biases. EVP of MTV, President of Liberty Digital and on the boards of CNET, Scripps, comScore, Riot Games and Rubicon Project to name a few. He was CEO of E!,

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How Do I Feel About the Snap IPO Given I Didn’t Invest?

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Of course that was a wrong narrative for both companies. But of course we all need the space to be young, to experiment, to do stupid things and not to have it define our entire future. I had a narrative in my head that I didn’t want to fund apps that would help husbands cheat on their wives or help kids send naked photos.

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Twiistup 007: Date, Speakers, Early Bird Special

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Rick has led and sits on the board of 4 FirstMark portfolio companies, including Clickable, Weplay, Live Gamer and Riot Games. Rick led Pequot’s investments in StubHub (Acquired by eBay), First Advantage (NASDAQ: FADV) and US Search. The early bird special of $197 is only avialable from now til Friday November 20th 2009.

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Twiistup 007: Final Showoff's Additional Speakers and TZ Discount

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Rick has led and sits on the board of 4 FirstMark portfolio companies, including Clickable, Weplay, Live Gamer and Riot Games. . . Additionally, you can chose to post cool stuff from here, reply to things you find on other services, and of course forward groovy stuff that you find to your friends. . .