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Rustic Canyon Speaks out on GaiKai Exit, Changing Nature of VC, LA Tech & More

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We sat down for an hour to talk about why what GaiKai built was able to overcome its much better funded rival and to dispel the myth that great engineering teams don’t exist in Southern California. GaiKai had 50 such engineers, which was a large part of its success. Everyone follow him @scottedwalker.

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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

With science and engineering breakthroughs ingrained in the fabric of Houston’s economy, the region has become a thriving hub of digital technology talent. Frisco has become a hot spot in North Texas for venture capitalists, angel investors, startups, universities, pitch competitions and seed accelerators,” said Frisco Mayor Jeff Cheney. “In

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Strategy Roundtable: Professional Investors Do Not Invest In $20 Million Markets

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But you have, perhaps, heard less specific discussions on what angel investors are looking for. Well, some angel investors are looking for exactly the same thing as what VCs are looking for. In other words, these are angels looking for billion dollar opportunities as well.

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Strategy Roundtable: Professional Investors Do Not Invest In $20 Million Markets

www.readwriteweb.com

But you have, perhaps, heard less specific discussions on what angel investors are looking for. Well, some angel investors are looking for exactly the same thing as what VCs are looking for. In other words, these are angels looking for billion dollar opportunities as well.

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California Startup Gold – bring it here to scale it

Scalable Startup

Houses were cheaper, you couldn’t get good engineers, etc. In 2003 Electronic Arts actually moved their headquarters from Silicon Valley to Playa Vista, an crazy move at the time, and accelerated their growth as a result. Great PR and finance firms, but not many startups. That has all changed.

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The Guy Who Took on Google (and now LinkedIn): Mike Yavonditte

Both Sides of the Table

He is also an active angel investor in companies like Klout and Meetup. As an angel investor, Mike stays away from uncapped convertible notes – says whoever invented them “ should be spanked ” and that he prefers to buy stock. Now, he ‘outsources’ his investments through John Frankel of Frankel Asset Management.

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

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The best composition is probably one engineer whose passion lies in the pixels on the screen and another engineer whose passion is making bits fly really fast through servers. is it really that the only people who can build great startups are engineers? Engineers don’t always have the best business ideas.