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What Most People Don’t Understand About How Startup Companies are Valued

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Brad was openly writing about this and it felt like he was giving the VC playbook away for free! We write about $40 million of first-checks into new deals / year and about $40 million of follow-on investments. As you can see below, investments have skyrocketed – up 300% since 2009. The Laws of Supply & Demand.

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On Leadership, Teams, Success & Happiness

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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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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

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” 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.