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AUGUST 23, 2010

If you find the right community it’s a great way to learn, contribute and get to know other people with similar interest. Basically, it’s a topic community discussion board and that’s why people go to AVC.com every day. AVC: I’ve always loved Q&A websites and discussion boards. Engagement. Game mechanics.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2015

The first step we took was to choose a brand name that we felt represented our shared values and that we felt helped force us to live our values. We also believe it’s important to be strong pillars of our community. In short: We want to be pillars of our community. That’s what we’re trying to do at Upfront.

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APRIL 15, 2010

Finally, I HATE the name. Golden rule of branding for me: 1) name your company or product your URL and 2) don’t paint yourself into a corner. &# Tweet&# = corner. My bet: within 18 months they will change the name and go multi-stream. Sounds like somebody didn’t do their homework on this name. uh, hello!

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JANUARY 16, 2013

I became aware of Sam several years ago as I started noticing his name repeated in the comments section of my blog. I’m ecstatic to have in the LA community. Sam in the perfect example. So I had a sense that I knew who he was. They loved him. They loved the concept. Sure, let’s have Sam Rosen by our first EIR.

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JULY 7, 2015

After they see a name they trust, everybody wants to invest” It’s called “ social proof ” and it’s a good thing for entrepreneurs. But we’ve gotten the point where ENIFA and they will invest with no information based solely on the name of who else has invested. million from more than 30 investors.

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APRIL 6, 2014

Another strategy I have used is to go to LinkedIn and search through people who used to work for the company as a way of surfacing up old names of people either to be references or to suggest references. Finally, if the person has some degree of seniority you should definitely make off-list references from general people in the community.

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JANUARY 11, 2014

His early experience was at LogMeIn and then he went on to help Xobni, DropBox, LookOut and EventBrite to name a few companies I’m sure you’ve heard of. ” Sean later went on to found the community GrowthHackers.com amongst other businesses. Why do I Like the term Growth Hacking?

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

As a person who spends much time thinking about the venture capital & startup community and who has seen good times & bad times across many economic cycles the article is well written. I worry that many people will read this post and get the wrong message. It’s ok to raise venture capital and try to build a monster business.

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JANUARY 4, 2014

In my mom’s case she lost a friend permanently that made it awkward in our social interactions in the small Jewish community in Sacramento. He felt that any time there were tech events, tech conferences or press it was always the CEO who got to attend and got his name in the press when it was supposed to a partnership.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Community Amongst the strongest indicators of whether large groups of people will continue to support a brand and buy its product when there are alternatives is the feeling that one belongs to a community of like-minded purchasers. This is true of nearly even fashion category for people who buy handbags, watches or expensive sneakers.

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JANUARY 25, 2014

He just had his Mitt Romney moment and his name will forever be etched in the collective consciousness of the tech community for this terribly insensitive and tone deaf letter to the Wall Street Journal. The venture capital firm that bears his name. “Maybe it’s time for KP to shorten its name to K?

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APRIL 10, 2016

My partner Greg Bettinelli (worth following on Twitter) was recently named by The LA Business Journal as the “ Top deal maker in Los Angeles in Venture Capital.” Rebrand with a name that would authentically lay out our values. He’s pushed us to be out in the community more. ” Numero uno.

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APRIL 27, 2013

And I am often approached by entrepreneurs in cities which don’t have a vibrant VC community. Where do you want to build your community, your relationships, your family?” If their commitment to staying local is weak I normally say, “Well, it certainly would be easier on you to be in a larger community.

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MARCH 8, 2018

CEOs of big companies Guys named John: 5% Women (all names): 4% [link] #InternationalWomensDay  —  @conradhackett So if we inserted this language last year why publish it now? Thank you to Hamet Watt for being such a positive leader in the African American community?—?I

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APRIL 19, 2011

I figured if Matt was on the verge of bankruptcy and one mentor changed his trajectory, what if we had a formalized, community-wide program? Consumers responded to name and concept well, solves real problem, o Took 4 months to build initial prototype. He typed lowermybills.com was not registered and available so he bought it.

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OCTOBER 11, 2011

I played Rage Against the Maching “ Killing in the Name Of.” ” I loved the IM’ing with the crowd and the sense of community. So I played Lenny and … I got boo’ed. Eff you guys! OK, I’ll come up with something more conventional that EVERYBODY with taste loves. ” [go on.]

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NOVEMBER 11, 2013

It’s something you must earn over time by living up to the name you define. If you choose your name well and it represents what your customers value in you then it will be memorable, differentiated and meaningful. We felt nothing embodied these attributes more than the name Upfront Ventures.

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OCTOBER 22, 2010

He created his own domain and gave out email address with the name@chamillionaire.com nomenclature. The future of the world is in the palm of the tech community.&#. He would do anything he could to capture people’s email addresses because he knew that they served as a valuable tool for future marketing purposes.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2014

If you attract names like these you’re bound to attract some media attention and then Chad Hurley dropped the bomb that he was leaving YouTube while he was at the f.ounders event. I had no idea who Paddy was but I kept hearing his name from different people so I’m guessing he was politely persistent at scale.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

It is such a small community that it is hard to raise money by stealth. Here’s what he said (name withheld but if wants to be public he can put it in the comments and I’ll give him attribution: “To put it really really simply and roughly: 2 separate issues for antitrust claims: (1) abuse of (2) market power.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

He reached out to younger founders and offered to help via his network at AT&T, Google, media agencies … you name it. Our founder, Yves Sisteron, himself was an entrepreneur earlier in his career and has been a mentor to us all at VC having backed too many billion dollar exits to name. And he followed through. Los Angeles'

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MAY 19, 2020

Bevy is Emerging as a Leader in Software for Building Virtual Communities?—?with It’s clear things have changed for good and the need for managing remote communities of employees, customers and partners has become ever more important. they are communities and tribes. this is classic community management.

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JANUARY 24, 2015

But over time I’ve seen the same names through the years and I know all of these people by name if not by face. If somebody like Cookie Marenco or Phil Sugar ever pulled me aside at an event I wouldn’t know what they looked like but by name I’d immediately chat with them. I like engaging with people on Twitter.

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MARCH 7, 2011

Many of the people who post use real names, real pictures and have links back to a website. I see their faces all the time and their names. But I will say them under my personal name and stand publicly behind anything I do say. Disqus communities are highly engaged. I’ve written about this topic before.

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MAY 5, 2011

Seattle should be the envy of any non Silicon Valley tech community in the country. And that is precisely my thoughts for Seattle and what I plan to deliver on Thursday night: Which few key community leaders are going to step up and get those neurons properly firing and connected? My recipe for Seattle or your community: 1.

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JULY 13, 2013

You’re two guys in a garage, two guys across campus trying to make a name for yourself. But the current company he’s created, which I won’t name – he just knows it’s not going to be a $1 billion company. You can give them 5%, 3%, 12%, 25%, 40%, 46%, I could name more numbers, but you could offer anything.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2016

The “what” is well known in LA circles – Troy discovered a little known young singer named Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta aka Lady Gaga and helped her launch her career. They hired a consultant in the LGBT community who had relationships with all of the most popular gay clubs (who you know) and they built from there. .”

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OCTOBER 5, 2010

We have tons of entrepreneurs but our technology community has historically been splintered across town and across industries. Of course nobody really knows what the future of social networking is and anybody who claimed to know would be a shyster (yes, a little bit too close to my last name for comfort.).

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JANUARY 21, 2010

He’s totally tapped into the startup communities in Silicon Valley and a bit in LA. In Silicon Valley the name I hear mentioned most often for very early stage deals is Joey Tran from Fortis. I’ve met several people from Cooley Godward who have stellar reputations in this category.

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MARCH 3, 2018

It is not sufficient for well-meaning people in the administration to stand by and allow racism to emanate from the White House in the name of getting tax cuts or lower regulations. So the current race-baiting by this administration hits me directly on both fronts. We have an obligation to speak up or eventually they will come for you.

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MARCH 17, 2010

They not only have gotten bigger but they have an amazing track record of funding the biggest names in the sector: Cisco, Apple, Google, Facebook. The community has matured – The LA / Southern California market has many people who are now on their second and third companies. As a result many funds are OK with big bets.

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Silicon Valley Technology Los Angeles Semantic 290

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FEBRUARY 24, 2011

They can either be texted by name (this is brilliant if you don’t want to give people your mobile number but want to text with them) or you can give them a number to text. This means that a whole youth generation of “would be&# texters suddenly had a way to text message and drive their parents crazy. Sorry, moms.

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Later Stage South America Mobile Silicon Valley 310

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AUGUST 2, 2009

If you’re not capturing the names of people who are talking about you on the real-time web you’re missing out on CRM opportunities (direct marketing, customer support, 2-way conversations, monitoring future conversations). The currency of the real-time web is, for now, your Twitter address.

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Conversion Management Social Network Philadelphia 235

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JUNE 8, 2014

I have never been more optimistic about the impact that the tech startup community is having on cities in America or about the role that cities outside of San Francisco / Silicon Valley can play in our future. It really only needs a few community leaders to kick things off and land a community on a map. Co-Working Space.

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Silicon Valley Kansas City Startup Venture Capital 390

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APRIL 12, 2018

When Jamie told us he was going to build “Doorbot” (the name prior to Ring) and he explained to us that it was a video security doorbell sold at mass-market prices to bring security to homes that have never been able to afford them?—? They could have owned 10% for $700k. If you want to see the original episode it’s here ).

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FEBRUARY 18, 2013

For those who still don’t know the origins, the Harlem Shake started as a small skit from a YouTuber named Filthy Frank (10 million views as of this writing) on January 30, 2013. Aren’t all online communities like this?). Harlem Shake. million views). check your Twitter stream. It’s filled with people like this.

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DECEMBER 5, 2010

Other people were in the online community called “ The Well &# (founded in 1985). We were looking for what I call the “6 C’s of Social Networking&# – Communications, connectedness, common experiences, content, commerce & cool experiences (fun!). And so it goes with social networking. And then came AOL.

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