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Closing on $103M, MaC VC is changing the face of venture capital

TechCrunch LA

“There’s a long history and a lot of relationships here,” said King, one of Hollywood’s premier power players and the founder of the global media company, Macro. Mayor Adrian Fenty To Be Its Newest Special Advisor. “Adrian and I go back to 93 [when] we were in law school. “We look at all verticals.

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LA's Innovators Get Spotlight, But Investors Cautious

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All schmoozing and networking aside, what are investors, entrepreneurs, and others in the industry thinking about? and who, as Sky Dayton aptly states --know that the one trait that all entrepreneurs must have: perseverance. Big disclaimer: the author and editor was one of the honorees at the event). READ MORE>>.

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Reflections on 2018: Clinton Foy, CrossCut Ventures

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Editor's note: All this week, and into the start of next year, we'll be featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. Prior to CrossCut, Clinton served as the COO at Square Enix, a $3 billion video game and media publisher.

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5 Strategies For Business Growth Many People Forget

Startup Professionals Musings

For example, Facebook added WhatsApp as a cross-platform messaging and Voice over IP (VoIP) service to enhance the self-sustaining growth their social media platform before any downturn. Rather than rely only on linear thinking, the best entrepreneurs are always looking to offer in parallel a more dramatic new alternative.

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Ten Tech Entrepreneurs Who Are Putting LA on the Map

SoCal Delicious

Ten Tech Entrepreneurs Who Are Putting LA on the Map. Tech startup accelerators dot the landscape, feeding investments into the waiting arms of the nation’s most intelligent and driven entrepreneurs. Miller was even honored as an Ernst & Young “Entrepreneur of the Year” for 2011. Follow PandoDaily: Search.

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Milken’s Global Conference | Inspiring, Surreal and Transformative

Tech Zulu Event

Left to Right: Joichi Ito, Director, MIT Media Lab; Mitch Kapor, Partner, Kapor Capital; Trabian Shorters, Founder and CEO, BMe Community; Van Jones, Co-Founder and President, Rebuild the Dream; Former Special Advisor to The White House; Chris Tucker, Actor and Comedian; Founder, Chris Tucker Foundation; Laura Weidman Powers, ?Co-Founder