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Tale of Two Valleys: LA and the Bay Area from an Investor’s Perspective

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Over time, though, military spending wound down and many large aerospace and military companies left Southern California. It’s probably not too controversial to say that the median level of sophistication of early stage entrepreneurs in Los Angeles is lower than that of Bay Area.

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How to Work with Lawyers at a Startup

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They want to lock in future clients at an early stage. For a very small fee they can get your Delaware C corp registration, make sure that you have IP protection and ensure you didn’t make an early bumbling mistakes that you’ll pay for dearly in the next 7-10 years of hard work. He mostly covers Southern California.

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Some Thoughts on Branding Startups and Communities

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You could argue that choosing the name “first round” paints them into a corner in case they want to ever do a late stage fund, but I suspect they named it FRC precisely because they wanted to excel at early-stage investing. And for me. ” So I thought about what was unique about me.

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VC Seed Funding is Dead, Long Live VC Seed Funding!

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But I’m no longer an entrepreneur – I’m a VC at a $200 million fund called GRP Ventures , the largest active fund in Southern California. If a VC term sheet comes in they begin their due diligence process. Many VCs who do lots of seed stage deals are very supportive and active. What gives?

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How to Develop Your Fund Raising Strategy

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And trust me, if you’re early stage you DO want to meet Bryce. He’s awesome for early-stage entrepreneurs. Meet early. ” All VCs want early access. We’re the largest fund in Southern California. Not so much. There is much controversy on this topic.

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