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Making the Internet Smarter at Helping Us

Both Sides of the Table

We all now visit UGC sites to learn about products & services before we use them. Whenever I’m trying out new restaurants I always feel compelled to check Zagat & Yelp and then STILL email friends to ask their POV on my top 3-4 choices. Sliced by social graph – The obvious place to start is my social graph.

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Interview with Fouad ElNaggar, Redpoint Ventures

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I'm down here probably three or four days a week on average, and we're trying to be active, and pick off what we think are going to be the best deals here, from Santa Barbara down to San Diego. We're helping the entrepreneur, leveraging our network, introducing them to people, and helping them think about new products.

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

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He holds a BA from the University of California, Santa Barbara, a JD from Southwestern University, and suffers from an addiction to cheeseburgers. Moving beyond the Internet, we have spawned companies with breakthrough technologies in robotics, renewable energy and automotive design and production among others.