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Kevin O'Connor, ScOp Venture Capital, On Startup Success and Investments

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Kevin sold his last company, Santa Barbara-based Graphiq, in July of 2017 to Amazon, but has a long history of successful companies, including founding DoubleClick. We're looking for companies that have already brought a product to market, with $500,000 to a million dollars in revenues in ARR. It's so obvious and so simple.

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How to Raise Money When You’re Not in a Major VC Market

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” Most VCs view it as their responsibility to mentor, debate, cajole and generally assist with investments they make. And then there are smatterings (Dallas 2x, DC 3x, Philly 3x, Austin, Boulder, Seattle not to mention San Diego 8x, Santa Barbara 8x – where I invested in RingRevenue). I’m in NY 6-8 times.

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UCSB Tops Harvard & Wharton In Startup Wars

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Instead, grab your surfboard and head to UC Santa Barbara. Although UCSB has room to grow with regard to the total number of VC-backed startups it generates, the Santa Barbara region fares well when its relative size is taken into account. This allowed the curriculum to efficiently find its product / market fit.

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Susan Cooney

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Susan was a co-founder of remote service pioneer PlumChoice, again turning a start-up into a market leader. She’s also an advisor, mentor and investor in several startups. Susan graduated from the University of California at Santa Barbara and is the author of ‘The e-Auction Insider’ by McGraw-Hill.

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Citrix’s CEO Mark Templeton: Personal And Professional Success Secrets

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Mark began his career at Citrix as a middle manager in its Marketing Department, eventually rising to the ranks of CEO. Family & Mentors - "A family is the people who believe in you. Mentors are the people you are copying. Mentors and role models are a shortcut to become something you believe in.".

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Interview with Mark Suster, GRP Partners

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Mark has also been quite active mentoring entrepreneurs, We caught up with Mark to hear about what kinds of investments GRP is looking at nowadays, his view on the software-as-a-service market, and how best to approach him with a pitch. So we think we're the right size for the market in 2009.