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MARCH 6, 2017

He was running to be the 42nd mayor of Los Angeles and he outlined his vision to “open up the city government to technology and innovation” if he were elected. Mayor Eric Garcetti at Upfront Summit, February 2017 I first sat down with then councilman Eric Garcetti on the Ides of March 2012 — almost 5 years ago exactly.

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OCTOBER 14, 2009

The first is a “board member.&# This is a person who had legal, corporate governance rights to vote on initiatives that require board approval. Tags: Start-up Advice startup technology vc venture capital. This is the real board position that entrepreneurs should concern themselves with. Is it just me?

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JUNE 8, 2014

Changes in the Software World & in Venture Capital. But notably you had the following changes: Horizontally scalable computing & storage systems, which meant you required less capital up front for hardware. Venture Capital. And then the world changed. Changes in the Startup Ecosystem. We have invested $17.3

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FEBRUARY 1, 2015

In preparation for her reentry into VC she spoke with many mentors of hers for advice on venture capital. Of course the taxi lobby and its cozy relationship with local government will never let a business like Uber exist! just click that link) was preparing for our annual meeting with our LPs. So you become jaded.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2014

I think government and community members need to understand that capital formation is an incredibly important part of economic revival. People often say, “Great entrepreneurs will build a community and the capital will follow.” ” LA public pension funds and endowments have historically been the opposite.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Last year I was on Sand Hill Road in Silicon Valley meeting with one of the most prominent venture capital firms in the country. If you are talented, of course, you can get funded in any region with enough venture capital and obviously in markets outside of the Valley it is easier to get noticed and get access.

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MARCH 12, 2017

Recently Upfront Ventures published its outlook for the technology startup world and venture capital overall titled it “ WTF Happened to Winter ?” We are now publishing some of the VC survey data the report used and the results are clear — it’s a great time to be a startup raising venture capital.

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AUGUST 30, 2010

And when you further strip out any employment created by government stimulus that is uncertain to continue going forward we know that the country is not creating enough jobs. This coupled with government intervention of companies “too big to fail” were the blight that led to Japan’s “ lost decade.” We’d have to hit 2.5%

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AUGUST 9, 2011

2010 was the year of the “super angel&# and 2011 has to date been the year of unbelievably highly priced B,C & D rounds of venture capital. Venture capital is an industry best served up from 7-year aged casks. We did not. Fundings boomed. The so-called “ billion dollar club.&#. I’m long the cloud.

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DECEMBER 22, 2011

had a government break because they didn’t need to charge taxes and thus consumers got an even better price. It’s no surprise that it has now become one of the most viewed networks of video programming in the world, achieving 500 million video views per month having only raised $3 million in venture capital.

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OCTOBER 6, 2012

Including ff Venture Capital’s unique approach to finding deals and the services they provide to their startups. And ff Venture Capital cleverly has created a blog where their portofolio companies contribute. 16:00 What should government be doing? 30:00 What makes ff Venture Capital unique?

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FEBRUARY 10, 2011

We also talk about the issue of net neutrality, how we believe the issue isn’t as black and white as some people believe, and the implications of government intervention even if they do so with the best intentions. Location-based services, realtime & personalization (1:12:25).

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

If you read the headlines or talk with zealous friends you may well think cryptocurrencies are either our savior from bureaucratic, ossified governments or are purely speculative Ponzi schemes. More Stable Currency for Some Citizens of the World Some people don’t trust their governments with a national currency.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2016

But the GOP is the party who has fought against tax increases or increasing government spending to do this. So maybe the population doesn’t believe at all in the policies they have been fed from the right about slashing taxes on the rich, slashing government and rolling back women’s reproductive rights. Of course we need to do this.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2016

Jacob will grow up knowing that anything is possible in America if we preserve our democracy and learn to govern together. She worked 6 years in venture capital at Battery Ventures, co-headed Corporate Development at IAC, ran a product line there and started her own company. Obama asked. That says it all.

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