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Los Angeles-based ‘deep tech’ investment firm Riot Ventures is raising a $75M fund

TechCrunch LA

Riot Ventures , the Los Angeles-based, early-stage and deep technology investment firm is going out to market to raise a $75 million second fund to finance the development of startups in LA and beyond, according to fundraising documents viewed by TechCrunch. Oculus, Snap, Tinder and others.

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How to Work with Lawyers at a Startup

Both Sides of the Table

When to get a lawyer - If you plan to be a venture or angel backed technology company (what I mostly write about) the best time to start meeting and getting to know lawyers is long before you ever start your company. I write about some of the lessons in my post on Startup Mistakes. Consider it a sales & marketing expense for them.

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Your Startup Should Emulate The Beatles, Not A Flock Of Seagulls

InfoChachkie

A team comprised solely of engineers is greatly handicapped, as is a team exclusively made up of sales and marketing executives. Select a team from sports, entertainment, fiction, politics, etc. Write down five factors that you feel contributed the most to your dream team’s success. Dream Team Exercise.

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How to Save MySpace

Jason Nazar

It should be the next generation content/ entertainment portal that leverages millions of user profiles to more accurately provide data to advertisers on what is appealing to specific demographics. Work with the studios to have premium Hulu-ish content prominently branded and for sale. MySpace = Yahoo2.0:

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This Post Has Nothing to do with #SXSW

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With all these companies vying for attention & others just here to soak up the vibe I thought I’d write a much broader piece on how startups can make the most of their attendance at conferences & events. Write them in advance and request meetings. We didn’t have any documents due that night. We just hung.

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Get Inside the Mind of an Angel Investor

Both Sides of the Table

A very big thanks to Alexandra Harris, the founder of FanCause , a company that aims to connect entertainment brands with their fans to raise money. You can write an angry email to get your emotions out but you shouldn’t necessarily send it (or wait 1 hour and then make a decision). Sounds like a noble cause. Hope you all enjoy.

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Data is the Next Major Layer of the Cloud & A Major Victory for Startups

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I had been selling large content management systems and storing documents for industrial-scale customers. I see the same again with the entertainment industry. They have built tools to store the data but also to allow 3rd-party developers to rapidly consume or even write data to their tables. I was dead set against it.

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