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Disney Accelerator Shows Off First Class Of Startups

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in its seed funding round. Disney offered up up to $120K in investment capital, access to entrepreneurs and executives at Disney, and other resources to its startups. disney startup accelerator walt angeles entertainment consumer funding venture capital techstars' READ MORE>>.

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The Changing Structure of the VC Industry

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Lower costs to start a business (95% reduction), many more companies created & funded by angels / seed. But it still takes VC to scale a business (thus large capital into industry winners like Uber, Airbnb, SnapChat, etc). ” The new narrative is “will my seed funds be able to fund the prorata of their winners?”

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Quick Pitch Friday: Mauhan Zonozzy of Bubbl

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For example, if you are watching the World Cup streaming from ESPN or your favorite WB show, you can grab your favorite moments and share them across any medium, whether that''s a chat platform, Snapchat, or anywhere. Mauhan Zonozzy: We''re angel funded, and were part of Media Camp at Warner Bros. Is your product available yet?

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More investors are betting on virtual influencers like Lil Miquela

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The NBA star and studio analyst also committed capital to Toonstar’s recent seed funding, a round led by Founders Fund partner Cyan Banister. We always tell stories and have characters in whatever medium are available to us [like] Instagram and Snapchat and YouTube and Twitter. Its show, the Danogs, has 4.5

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Do Less. More.

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I rarely talk to any startup entrepreneur or VC who doesn’t feel it and somehow long for simpler times despite the benefits we all enjoy from increased enthusiasm for our sector. For entrepreneurs there’s too much money sloshing around. And it’s true that I still take a whole lot of first meetings with entrepreneurs.

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More Great News for #LATech – Crosscut Ventures Raises $75 Million Fund

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Crosscut Ventures has just announced their 3rd fund and clocking in at $75 million , which will be focused heavily on Los Angeles – FTW. Like many entrepreneurs, the founders of Crosscut quit their well-paid jobs in the belief that LA’s moment was about to arrive and they spent years on low (sometimes no) salaries to prove it.

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What Most People Don’t Understand About How Startup Companies are Valued

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I’d like to explain as best I can my opinion on what is going on because most of what I hear from entrepreneurs is not only wrong but is reminiscent of what I heard in 1997-2000. ” “This will be great for VCs and bad for entrepreneurs.” Of course a group of 10 seed funds can’t fix the prices of a market.

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