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SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Recently I wrote a post arguing to make the definition of a Startup more inclusive than that to which Silicon Valley, fueled by Venture Capital return profiles, would sometimes like to attach to the word. Most of what I think about startup communities came from mentorship by Brad Feld through hours of private discussion and debate.

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OCTOBER 19, 2014

Because the hundreds of millions that it takes to greenlight a theatrical film could never be absorbed by a startup and because they way we experience media & characters has evolved dramatically over the past 20 years to a point where the starting point for media is often digital, gaming or even graphic novel oriented. The results?

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Technical Review North America Los Angeles Cofounder 373

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AUGUST 26, 2019

Petri built the studio and they developed the majority of game play in Finland, where there are a deep pool of talented video games professionals. We found tremendous value in this idea of a two-city startup with some business leadership / management in one city (LA) and much of the development in another (Helsinki).

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DECEMBER 2, 2010

If you’re a pure startup and haven’t raised any money – you might change the life of every person you hire. You can also spend time with a newer startup helping them navigate the world of product management, venture capital or team building. We made some changes and things are going better. I wanted to work there.

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JUNE 29, 2017

But there is clear evidence that the overwhelming majority of startups will raise their first dollars from LA-based venture capital funds. Boston, Finland and Paris). We hope that having a larger fund ourself will mean that fewer need to take the trip even as their capital needs grow. Yet clearly we must do more.

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JUNE 29, 2011

This led to an explosion in startups. I don’t think purely option-based investing in startups suits the long-term brand of the investor. As some of the last generation of startups have gotten bigger many VCs have also chased later-stage investments that were traditionally dominated by growth equity or mezzanine funds.

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JULY 6, 2015

When I counsel startup entrepreneurs I give them my blunt dose of reality, “If you can’t easily identify target leads who have a problem you can solve then hang up your cleats – you’re not going to succeed.” I think that’s where many startups and even VC funds go wrong. Why Buy Anything ?

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