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The Venture Capital Industry: The Current State of Affairs

Jason Nazar

Erick Schonfeld writes about the current state of affairs in his TechCrunch post: “ The End of Venture Capital as We Know It &#. There is a fantastic community post on The Funded that provides an impressively helpful overview of how Venture Capital the relationship limited parters: “ The Limited Partner Shuffle &#.

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

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If u see an article or write a blog post, email us or leave a comment below with a link to your story and we’ll add it in. Thank you all for helping make SBF happen, including engaging attendees, smart panelists , amazing volunteers, up-til-3a organizers , supportive partners and sponsors , and gorgeous hotels Erwin and Viceroy.

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

Jason Nazar

When he had the idea for his company, he didn’t write a long business plan or try to raise money to hire an agency to build a website for him. And Mark Suster has been fostering an environment to help find and grow the best and brightest new LA tech companies with LAunchpad.

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Interview with Mark Suster, GRP Partners

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We'll even write a half a million check. The objective is to provide more mentoring for startups, and actually getting in and helping them. My competition is not Rustic Canyon, it's not Clearstone, or the other venture firms in town. An A-round investment in the late 90's, or even in 2005/2006, or 2007, was a $5-8M check.