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Putting the Pedal to the Metal at Amplify

From the Venture Trenches

As a fourteen-year veteran of the venture industry I have often heard the phrase, “value added investors”, which is usually touted by certain VC’s as their biggest differentiating quality. Jeff Solomon and Chris Olson are often the last guys to turn out the lights and the first ones in the door on any given morning.

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Putting the Pedal to the Metal at Amplify

From the Venture Trenches

As a fourteen-year veteran of the venture industry I have often heard the phrase, “value added investors”, which is usually touted by certain VC’s as their biggest differentiating quality. Jeff Solomon and Chris Olson are often the last guys to turn out the lights and the first ones in the door on any given morning.

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Meet Launchpad LA’s Graduating Startups

Tech Zulu Event

. · Milk & Honey has had shoes designed by Rachael Ray, Ginnifer Goodwin, Malin Akerman, and Kate Mara amongst others and has appeared in People, Redbook, Inked, Lucky, Bridal Guide, InStyle, Marie Claire, and numerous other publications. YieldMetrics has already raised $1.7

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The Startup Guide To SXSW Panel Picking

Tech Zulu Event

SXSWi is five days of presentations and panel discussions from some of the biggest thought leaders in Interactive digital media space. Post-Launch: Marketing Web Apps on a Budget. Building a web app is the easy part. Bootstrapping Marketing Strategy, social media marketing, web applications. . But, with the.

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How to Work with Lawyers at a Startup

Both Sides of the Table

Founded it as a California LLC but your potential VC wants a Delaware C-Corp? I recently wrote a post on how to get access to VCs and angels where I outlined why lawyers are such an important tool for VC introductions. Shame about that pesky FAS 157 ruling. When we want to sell or IPO companies they’re there again.

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5 things Silicon Valley gets wrong about Southern California

SoCal Delicious

Venture capital. Streaming media. Social media. Web Design Software. Web Hosting Software. It covers a range of technology trends, from social media to mobile, clean technology, games and chips. Acquisition. Developers. Entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs. Infographics. Management. Electric cars.

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Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010

SoCal CTO

Welcome to the Lost Decade (for Entrepreneurs, IPO’s and VC’s) - Steve Blank , July 15, 2010 If you take funding from a venture capital firm or angel investor and want to build a large, enduring company (rather than sell it to the highest bidder), this isn’t the decade to do it. Angel vs VC? - Here’s why. Not so bad.

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