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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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Netflix employees stage a trans solidarity walkout, pose list of demands

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But Sarandos doubled down on his defense of the special, writing an internal email that “content on screen doesn’t directly translate to real-world harm.” After receiving backlash, he later told the Hollywood Reporter, “I 100% believe that content on screen can have impact in the real world, positive and negative.”

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Steve Blank Discusses The Origin And Future Of The Lean Startup Movement

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No matter how much you think you know about Steve’s lean startup philosophy, Eric Ries’ contributions to the movement, or the methodologies by which companies have put lean startup tenets into practice, I am confident you will be enlightened and entertained by Steve’s frank and insightful remarks. . free weekly Infochachkie articles!

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Augmented Reality is Here, Thanks Disney!

Tech Zulu Event

If someone writes a note to you in the margin of your book or draws an arrow for you on a map, they are annotating a document for you. While this is certainly entertaining, the applications of this technology in fields like education and the arts are as exciting as emerging technologies get. What Can Augmented Reality Do?

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Interview with Marlon Nichols, Cross Culture Ventures

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It was through that experience, that I sat up in my chair when working at Intel Capital, thinking that, this is cool, I've got a pretty big checkbook to write from, and to do deals from, but there are so many more companies I could be investing in that I am not. It's a real issue, and one, frankly, that doesn't make a lot of sense.

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Interview with Youtuber Adorian Deck, On Making A Living On YouTube

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It's a fascinating new world out there in entertainment and media, where YouTube stars are now as popular--or maybe, more popular--than traditional celebrities. An example of that, is I do a lot of running, and I did a video where I ran 100 miles over the month, and documented the process, and that inspired other people to do the same thing.

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How to Work with Lawyers at a Startup

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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. Many people start companies arse backwards.

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