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From The Valley to The Beach | Interview with Nate Redmond of Rustic Canyon

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Today we bring amazing news for Silicon Beach entrepreneurs apart from the $10,000 prize. TechZulu caught up with Nate Redmond managing partner of Rustic Canyon and he tells us what is happening in the LA Tech Scene. Collaborative culture among entrepreneurs and amazing outdoors. This is usually a trailing indicator.

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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. We last shared the thoughts of John Babcock at Rustic Canyon Partners. As an investor and an entrepreneur you have to pick a path and go.

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Interview with Brian Garrett, Crosscut Ventures

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The fund--started by Brian Garrett and Rick Smith --has been focused on digital media investments, and so far has made investments in six companies. What do you invest in? We're describing ourselves as a micro-cap venture fund, focused on digital media opportunities in the emerging ecosystem of Southern California.

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Mark Suster, Nely Galan to Keynote Silicon Beach Fest

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This second annual fest brings together technology leaders, startup CEOs, investors, Hollywood studio executives, entrepreneurs, developers, students and more to celebrate LA’s dynamic technology industries with panels, workshops, hackathon, mixers, and a start-up showcase spotlighting 40 local startups. and launching at Silicon Beach Fest.

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The Challenges (& Opportunities) of Starting a Tech Company in LA

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In the bay area it’s quite common for the entrepreneurs starting a company to be developers or technologists who can build the first versions of their products. Entrepreneurs that start companies in LA are often focused on revenue and business models. That’s typically not the case in Los Angeles.

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Silicon Beach Fest Celebrates Tech Startups and Hollywood in LA | Pics, Highlights and What’s Next!

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TechCrunch, Forbes, PandoDaily, and other national and local media covered the fest, centered in Santa Monica and Venice at venues with views of the beach on picture-perfect sunny days. Panels were based at hubs including Leadership, Branding / Advertising, Social Media, Entrepreneurs, Community and more. Highlights.

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The Venture Capital Industry: The Current State of Affairs

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Instead of making as many new investments, VCs will use their cash for inside rounds to fund their top preforming portfolio companies that have the greatest likelihood of success. You can see the recap here on the DealMaker Media Blog and here on Nicole Jordan’s new blog KickingSand.com.