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Spotting, Nurturing and Mentoring Talent – The Power of Troy Carter

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And more recently he has turned that into a fund called CrossCulture VC such that many in Silicon Valley and beyond now know Troy as well. He found out to get on the radar screens of Will Smith, P Diddy, Biggie Smalls – when Troy wasn’t even 20.

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The Odd Couple: Angels and Accelerators

Steve Reich

At a recent accelerator event on the West Side, a friendly young founder told me that he had been coached by his mentor not to talk to Angel groups. The Angel funding process can be arduous. ” And the Kauffman Foundation just published a major study pointing out that all but the top 10% of VC firms fail to create value.

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Moving Analytics | Sitting Kills, Moving Heals

Tech Zulu Event

You recently conducted a pilot study. Can you share with us how the learnings of this pilot study impacted your strategy? HV: It was a research study that was conducted through USC, but the sites were at the Oasis Active Adults Community and we also worked with the Front Porch Center for Innovation and Wellbeing.

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Brad Feld Drops Knowledge. Here’s What He Said …

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Either it’s a bunch of pictures or screen shots or it’s a bunch of words. a couple of people that worked for Softbank plus me got together and with sponsorships from Softbank created a separate venture fund.”. The problem with pitch decks is pitch decks tend to have a lot of fluff in it. Aren’t pitch decks still the norm? “I