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ChowNow Names IPO Investment Banker As CFO

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Los Angeles-based ChowNow, which develops software to manage online ordering and marketing for restaurants, has named a new CFO. Mancl was previously an investment banker, having previously been at Credit Suisse, where he served as the Global co-head of Internet Investment Banking.

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Early-stage investment firm Defy updates the venture partner model

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Defy , the early-stage venture investment firm founded by Neil Sequeira and Trae Vassallo, is putting a new twist on the venture partner model as it brings Brian Lee and Sujal Patel on board to help out with investing and guiding companies in the firm’s portfolio. Just don’t call them venture partners. million round.

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Interview with Bryan Burkhart, H.Bloom

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H.Bloom is one of the companies backed by Los Angeles technology entrepreneur and investor Brian Lee (Shoedazzle, Legalzoom). Finally, my background, and the background of my co-founder is software. We''ve invested tremendously in technology, which allows us to run the operations for a perishable product, in a real high service way.

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Interview with Carey Ransom, RealPractice

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For today's interview, we thought it would be worth visiting with Carey Ransom , CEO of Irvine-based RealPractice (www.realpractice.com), a firm which develops legal-based software products. I see us compared with a LegalZoom, which has done phenomenally well. Didn't the software start out as a traditional, enterprise package?

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Venture Capital Q&A Session

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tevye2009 , Q: “can you briefly explain why it’s best to get a small valuation when getting investment.&# Mike Stern (wasn’t sure which one so leave a comment if it’s you): Q: “is it possible to sell your startup without venture investment if the company has big traction and a large user base?&#

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What Makes a Successful Startup Community? Is it Possible to Build One Where You Live?

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Think USV is only invested around Union Square in NYC? And in many communities that are new to building tech startups I’ve found that a lot of angel money is not very sophisticated at investing in startup companies. Think the next big startup can’t come from Dallas, TX? Think again. Angry Birds? Local press matters.

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Interview with Jeff Zwelling, Convertro

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That's important, because it allows marketers to re-invest and give credit to that marketing event, so they can buy more of it and get more customers. Locally, those are companies like LegalZoom, GameFly, TrueCar, and ShoeDazzle. It's a significant problem in online marketing today. What kind of customers are using the tool?

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