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SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

When I was in college ( UCSD, go Tritons !) Inventory your items with photos, store it in physical storage, demand back items when you wanted them and only what you wanted. One VC firm who decided to invest – High Peaks – liked the deal so much that one of their team members, Rahul Gandhi left to join MakeSpace!

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UCSD Startup Ideas Course 340

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OCTOBER 8, 2014

” I hear it when I visit LPs (the people who invest in VCs) all across the country, “Yeah, I haven’t been out there for a few years but I keep hearing that something is going on there.” He built & IPOd Demand Media. ” Or if you ask the venerable Greg Bettinelli, he’s #LongLA.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2016

We write about $40 million of first-checks into new deals / year and about $40 million of follow-on investments. “Safe” investments have no yield so they have allocated more money to private markets including the tech markets chasing returns. As you can see below, investments have skyrocketed – up 300% since 2009.

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JANUARY 28, 2011

I’m in the team centric sphere so every investment decision I make first & foremost centers on this plane. I made an investment in a company with deep domain knowledge. “Imagine you were a Phd wireless chip designer out of UCSD and then Qualcomm. ON LEADERSHIP. What I learned was how to work with teams.

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