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Interview with Sam Rogoway, Near Networks

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We caught up with Sam Rogoway , the firm's CEO--and the former founder of TripUp, which is now part of Kayak--to hear about how the firm is hoping to revolutionize the local business video market with its services, which just launched last month. What is Near Networks? It doesn't matter where you are located. For us, it's a volume business.

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20 Best Free and Paid Tools for Startups in 2023

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Launching and growing a startup is one of the biggest missions an entrepreneur can undertake. monday.com is extremely usable and it's easy to adapt to the needs of your startup – offering a number of customizable functions like drag-and-drop functionality, and editable columns.

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The Importance of Proprietary Deal Flow in Early-Stage VC

Both Sides of the Table

When I was new at Venture Capital I was trying to figure out the business. The sheer number of relationships I’ve built through being public, transparent and being willing to engage in comments and through social media has enabled me to get to know entrepreneurs even before they launch their next company. What stage? What price?

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Interview with Brian Nilles, Evolver

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It looks like you've just launched the tool part so far? We'll have an actual consumer launch in June, when we will be unveiling the destinations that people can transport their avatars to. There's a broad set of categories, and even others we hadn't anticipated. Brian Nilles: Yes, we're funded by a VC, Rho Ventures.

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Tech Titans Peter Thiel, Matt Jacobson, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Mich Mathews, Elon Musk Buy Homes in Los Angeles

SoCal Delicious

Venture capitalist and hedge-fund manager Peter Thiel—PayPals co-founder and Facebook s. From her new perch in Los Angeles, shes helping to launch a company that she says lies "at the intersection of marketing and digital entertainment, philanthropy and lifetime experiences." More venture capitalists also are putting down roots.

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63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of

SoCal Delicious

Goodreads raised a Series A round of funding from True Ventures in the summer of 2009. Rebecca Pontius is co-founder of the Do Good Bus — a transportable community service venture based in Los Angeles, CA. The site has since grown to nearly 7.5 million members who have added over 270 million books, completely by word of mouth.

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This Week in VC with Mo Koyfman of Spark Capital

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We had a special edition of This Week in Venture Capital this week shooting out of the Next New Networks offices in New York. And what we think about Sequoia’s website , First Round Capital’s and True Ventures (we both like to copy stuff from True). Launched in 2007 in Los Angeles by Adam Bernhard and Konstantin Glasmacher.