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If you Can’t Make Time, MakeSpace

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His message was that he realized he needed to move his girlfriend’s stuff into a storage facility due to apartment flooding. When I was in college ( UCSD, go Tritons !) One VC firm who decided to invest – High Peaks – liked the deal so much that one of their team members, Rahul Gandhi left to join MakeSpace!

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Creating the Next Generation of US Employees. My Investment in Treehouse

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I’ve just completed an investment in Ryan Carson’s new company, TreeHouse. I’m investing heavily in Internet video. So I invested in Maker Studios , which is now the 3rd largest producer of Internet video on the web. I’m investing in businesses that reinvent education. Americans watch 5.3

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On Leadership, Teams, Success & Happiness

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I’m in the team centric sphere so every investment decision I make first & foremost centers on this plane. I made an investment in a company with deep domain knowledge. “Imagine you were a Phd wireless chip designer out of UCSD and then Qualcomm. How come you guys only invest when you have proof of success?&#

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