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The Big VC Thaw – Why The Market is Moving Again (part 2 of 3)

Both Sides of the Table

In my previous post, The VC Ice Age is Thawing (for now) I wrote about the reasons why the VC market came to a screeching halt in September 2008 and remained largely shut until at least April 2009. There are now signs the VC market has gathered pace meaning it’s a great time to be fund raising. This is one book-end of the cycle.

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Interview with Idris Manley, NativeTung

socalTECH

The service is for sites targeting foreign markets, who are determining how to better optimize and tune how they are engaging around the globe. We realized that's what needed in this industry, to empower those who own the content to allow them to support translation, and to globalize and expand their companies to global markets.

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The Convergence of Social Media & Traditional Radio

Eric Greenspan

What I mean by this is we do radio better by building it around the web, social media and traditional marketing strategies alongside, behind and wrapped around our radio shows. For one, we built a following by using Facebook and Twitter and other social networking sites. We built unique websites for each show.

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Retro: My Favorite Blog Post on Raising VC

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There was no viral social networking products back then like Twitter where people could easily discover your content. The first attention we started getting was after we launched the company publicly at Demo on September 25th of this year. The first VC I met with came from attending DEMO. Page 1: Market Size. $3

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How do I Really Feel About Anonymous Apps Like Secret?

Both Sides of the Table

One really great experience was a discussion I had with the camera rolling with my good friend Dmitry Shapiro who founded the major YouTube competitor of its time (Veoh) that was sued into oblivion by Universal and who also founded a social network designed to promote pseudonymity. Tech Market Analysis' But context matters.

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Congrats To The Presenting StartupDemo Companies!

Tech Zulu Event

Bring your products to your Customers, their social network and their influencers with DoTogether Hosted Facebook Applications. InVenture has created a market for "micro venture capital," whereby everyday investors can provide expansion capital to developing businesses. What: A Startup Demo event. to 11:00 p.m.

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Spotlight: LA Tech Fall Judges Include Mike Jones, CallFire, Idealab, Tech Coast Angels, Coloft

Tech Zulu Event

Mike has over 18 years of business development, marketing and management experience in businesses ranging from early stage start-ups to private equity and from mid-stage business to large turn-around operations. Prior to Idealab, Alex led sales and marketing efforts for venture-backed startups focused on enterprise software and services.