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I’m Excited to Welcome Aaron Batalion to Lightspeed!

Lightspeed Venture Partners

He said yes, so I found myself in Los Angeles during the first internet boom. It was 1996, so within 6 months anyone working in the internet was a relative expert, and I’ve been working in consumer tech ever since. We worked together through good times and bad.

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I’m Exited to Welcome Aaron Batalion to Lightspeed!

Lightspeed Venture Partners

He said yes, so I found myself in Los Angeles during the first internet boom. It was 1996, so within 6 months anyone working in the internet was a relative expert, and I’ve been working in consumer tech ever since. We worked together through good times and bad.

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What Jonah @Peretti, CEO of BuzzFeed, Sees in the Future of Digital Media

Both Sides of the Table

https://medium.com/media/cc969482e7abf6b75d3c0958c8ee409d/href I moved to Los Angeles in 2007 and as a VC who had built his career as a programmer, database designer, program manager, CEO then VP Products at Salesforce, I wanted to build a portfolio of software investments. Back then there were “email forwards.”

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The REAL Story Behind Growthink

Growthink Blog

When I first moved to California from New York in 1996 I saw the success of juice bars. And the second set was to the Los Angeles Times. Within 24 hours, the Los Angeles Times had gotten back to me. Let me give you some more facts and insights regarding my mention in the Los Angeles Times: 1.