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TechStar Co-Founder @BFeld: Are We Experiencing A Startup Accelerator Bubble?

InfoChachkie

In 2009 Jed created a Google doc to track the seed accelerators. By mid-2011 he noted, “As seed accelerators have exploded in number world-wide, it’s become nearly impossible to keep this (Google Doc) working.” “The goal of an accelerator is to get companies funded with seed financing.

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Interview with Fariborz Maseeh, Maseeh Entrepreneurship Prize Competition

socalTECH

Fariborz Masseh: The idea of funding a business plan competition is not a new idea. In 2003 or 2004, I moved to California, and decided to change from running an engineering company into running a hedge fund. Now, I run a hedge fund and finance firm in Southern California. It has been done before, at a number of schools.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

Both Sides of the Table

Their first fund was a $75 million fund raised in 2006 and they very recently announced a brand new $130 million fund. Closing a VC fund in 2009/10 is a major achievement in and of itself. In the intro section of the show we talked a lot about why VC funds are becoming smaller again and where Greycroft fits.

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INNOVATION - A Scientist's Perspective

AeA Los Angeles Council

Approximately 50 executives from the worlds of technology & venture capital piled into the dining hall on June 30th to listen to Dr. Mark Drapeau speak about "innovation" and its sister topic, "STEM education." Innovation – and its sister topic, STEM education, is a topic that easily falls through the cracks. government.

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Guide to the LA Startup Community

SoCal Delicious

He runs the Southern California Venture Capital Alliance (VCA) and is on the board of advisors for the venture capital fund of the UCSD Rady School of Business. We dont want to miss anything, but cant subscribe to everything." - @bhalliburton The Best Startup Events | Events News & Education | Startup Classifieds | Conference Deals.

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How to Know if You Have ADD and What to Do About It

Both Sides of the Table

I think online education is going to crush it for people with ADD. If I’ve said I’ll review your legal doc or Excel spreadsheet I will – even if you have to chase me. I’m sure all the doctors are cringing much like I would if I read your fund-raising advice. I wasn’t. Many people aren’t.

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Is WebEx “Dead Man Walking?”

Both Sides of the Table

One of the companies that just announced $10 million in funding was a company I had never heard of called Huddle. We were doing an educational session on term sheets. This week I was preparing for my weekly This Week in Venture Capital web show and was researching some of the deals that were announced for the week.

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