Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

Creative – we’re a place of writers, directors, producers, musicians, costume designers, make-up artists, graphic artists, 3D modelers. They designed the next gen UI for the film The Minority Report. I thought about some Southern California angle, because this is where > 50% of my investments are.

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The Next Web

JUNE 20, 2013

Operating in Southern California does make it hard to keep up with the flow of information and connections that takes place in the Valley across dinners, parties and happy hours, but Miller said he viewed that as an advantage because it helped him step back and think long-term about the business instead of being swept up in the moment.

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Scalable Startup

MAY 1, 2013

Audacity is required to build an innovative startup, to invent something new, try to do things others say you cannot do, and Southern California needs many more audacious people in its tech and media startup ecosystem. In the history of Southern California, there has always been a large slice of creativity involved also.

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Southern California Silicon Valley Angel Investor Hawaii 20

infochachkie.com

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Other than a second-rate musician, “Cisco” is descriptive of nothing, offering no hint as to the company’s initial core competency in router design and development. The Southern California Tody car dealership in is forced to waste its mantra on explaining how to properly pronounce its name (“Not Toady… its Todey (toddy)”).

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Scalable Startup

JULY 19, 2011

Southern California, The “Silicon Basin” - - With the convergence of social media, the Internet, and digital entertainment, Southern California is now humming as a great startup region. Several smaller software groups, vfx studios and creative design labs are now benefitting from the movement south.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

And trust me, if you’re early stage you DO want to meet Bryce. He’s awesome for early-stage entrepreneurs. Meet early. When I was reading the Fab.com website I noticed that the CEO refers to Fab’s “one thing” as being design. They’re the place focused on design.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

For funding, you’ll see a loose affiliation of early stage investors, something will start slow, and then gain momentum to eventually close the deal. He looks for artists in their craft programmers, graphic designers and UI folks (tends not to do hardware). In the angel world you see soft circles a lot.

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