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Twitter Link Roundup #142 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

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These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Facebook adds 500 terabytes of new data to its databased every day – [link]. Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week!

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HealthDataInsights Sells for $400 Million. Big Win for GRP Partners.

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Our investments focus heavily on the financial services industry, digital media, mobile applications & infrastructure, SaaS / Cloud and retail innovation. note: some people note that Prequin is only one of several industry databases ranking companies. Lyn Kirby ran Ulta Cosmetics from its early days through its successful IPO.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

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This method was perfected by Gil Elbaz and his team at Applied Semantics in LA and in what some have called “ the most important acquisition ever made by Google ” they acquired the company for $102 million before Google had even IPO’d. He built & IPOd Demand Media. He built & sold iMall in Internet 1.0

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This Week in VC: Michael Montgomery (President, Montgomery & Co.)

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If you don’t know Montgomery & Co it is one of the premier technology & media focused investment banks in the country (and as Michael corrected me they also have a strong Healthcare / Med tech practice). What does the market look like for IPO’s and is this likely to improve? We discussed: 1. TechCrunch.

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Angel Funding Advice

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They have an expectation that the IPO will be in 3 years and they were in at the ground floor. In LA we have www.socaltech.com but in every market there’s some sort of database. This is part of my ongoing series Pitching a VC. I don’t think that hairy dentists really expect that. Lists are available everywhere.

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How to Work with Lawyers at a Startup

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I know he’s smart but you wouldn’t hire a Javascript developer to do your database design – would you? When we want to sell or IPO companies they’re there again. of Stubbs Alderton, a firm that focused exclusively on early-stage tech, media and game companies in Southern California.

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Want to Start a Technology Company in LA?

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And we’re left with a city with idyllic weather, major commerce, the media center of the world, and a great emerging technology scene. TechCoast Angels backed GreenDot should be a major IPO this year. Los Angeles. People either love it our hate it. All the stereotypes and caricatures are overblown.