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Interview with Jerome Chang, BlankSpaces

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You can never get a table, you may not get one with power, and of course it's not conductive to business. Mike's latest claim to fame was selling Userplane to AOL. Many of those people have been stuck at home, because there were no other choices. You could go to Starbucks, but there are challenges at working at a cafe.

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Rustic Canyon Speaks out on GaiKai Exit, Changing Nature of VC, LA Tech & More

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Nate followed through on his views by investing in LA accelerator Science , run by the venerable Mike Jones , who is a former founder (UserPlane, sold to AOL), tech exec (at AOL and later at MySpace) and one of LA’s most prolific (and well liked) angels. Or of course you could watch it live – we take questions for the audience.