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Why Entrepreneurs & VCs Should Focus on Basecamp, Not the Summit

Both Sides of the Table

A few months ago I wrote a post called “ Invest in Lines, Not Dots.&# It was my investment philosophy that observing teams’ performance over time was far more insightful than reacting to how good of a product demo they do, how good they present Powerpoint slides or how great tech blogs say they are. Let me explain.

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Why Startup Entrepreneurs Need to Communicate More Like George Bush Than Al Gore

Both Sides of the Table

I use George Bush vs. Al Gore as allegory and I’ve been using it with entrepreneurs for years to sink in a simple point about how to communicate with the market. Most Silicon Valley tech entrepreneurs I know are more like Al Gore. It is election season. He has a message he wanted to get across and he did so in a folksy manner.

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What Mattered in 2010: Greg Martin, Archer Venture Capital

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We asked the same five questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next two weeks. At Archer we are focused on working with southern California's best entrepreneurs at the earliest stages to build disruptive new businesses.

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Interview with Peter Csathy, CREATV Media

SoCal Tech Calendar

We are an innovation, investment, and advisory firm. Peter Csathy: I'm an entrepreneur, a builder of companies. Does this include investments or an investment fund? The word firm is not even a word we like. What we are doing, is we are taking a holistic approach to business and projects in the digital media space.

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LA Startup Report 2013 | A Rising Forecast

Tech Zulu Event

The wide range of startups is great and creates more opportunities for new talent and entrepreneurs to join the Los Angeles area. Google, Hulu, Riot Games, Demand Media, and many other big name players residing in Silicon Beach, it is no small wonder why many tech startups flock towards the sunny beach-side view. With Yahoo!,

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Interview with Richard Yen, Saban Ventures

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In what looks to be a challenging funding climate for entrepreneurs, we thought it would be interesting to talk to one fund which is still making investments--Saban Ventures (www.saban.com)--a new, digital media focused venture capital fund located in Los Angeles. We're looking to build out our investment portfolio.

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Interview with Richard Yen, Saban Capital

socalTECH

In what looks to be a challenging funding climate for entrepreneurs, we thought it would be interesting to talk to one fund which is still making investments--Saban Ventures (www.saban.com)--a new, digital media focused venture capital fund located in Los Angeles. We're looking to build out our investment portfolio.

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