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

Both Sides of the Table

He built & IPOd Demand Media. I grew up a computer programmer, a builder of computer networks and fascinated with infrastructure so in many ways I felt like I existed at the inception of many of these great technologies. He built & sold iMall in Internet 1.0 for $565 million to Excite. What Do We See From the Road Ahead?

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Guide to the LA Startup Community

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Demand Media is an online media company operating two strategically-linked businesses: an integrated content and social media platform, and registrar solutions. MySpace is one of the world’s largest social networks, with about 125 million users. Not to mention the great weather, beaches, and beautiful people.

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

Both Sides of the Table

Social networking finally came of age connected the planet and leading to enormous wealth creation for Facebook employees and investors. The Laws of Supply & Demand. The most basic chart of microeconomics is a supply & demand curve. Demand represents a buyer and supply a seller. Even Sequoia. goes into a startup.

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