Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2018

My friend Michael Broukhim, founder & co-CEO of FabFitFun and I recently had a catch-up meeting for 3-miles on the Santa Monica “Bird Trail” No company has ever elicited so many questions by friends, colleagues, entrepreneurs, fellow VCs and journalists as has Bird, the company that pioneered the electronic scooter as a service market.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Before iROKOtv, Nollywood was almost completely closed to the Diaspora – lovers of Nollywood were always dependent on getting their hands on DVDs from family coming back from Nigeria, or from local market stalls – DVDs which may or may not have been pirated. I can tell you that our most popular film to date is Fazebook Babes – a classic!

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

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. They are incredibly smart and a huge command of details of complex markets and systems. And it was oft repeated and gave Salesforce a huge marketing advantage.

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socalTECH

APRIL 26, 2011

I began looking at first at traditional benefits, like life insurance, health insurance, 401Ks, and while doing so I was reading a report and saw how much companies spend on fringe benefits. I picked up a beach house, and started throwing parties and getting to know people and the market. I found out what Nicole said was true.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

It’s a little bit of augmented reality combined with a Minority Report-esque shopping concept. ” Article 1 discussed the digital revolution and how companies like Netflix and Hulu were taking over. Think minority report.” Vidzey is a revenue share and affiliate marketing platform. I believe this.

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socalTECH

MAY 11, 2017

The company said Los Angeles is its 14th market. The company's marketplace offers inspections, valuation, title reports, and information on tenants and local property managers to its users. technology hub", and pointed at such local technology companies as Tinder, Hyperloop One, SpaceX, Hulu, and Snap.

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SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

Surprisingly, Hollywood hasnt played a major role in the formation of new companies, which have tended to be in less glamorous though more lucrative areas like lead-generation and service (with obvious exceptions like JibJab and Hulu, a joint venture of Fox and NBC). startup scene so hot. What makes L.A. a great place for startups?

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