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Want to Work in VC? Here’s How

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The chosen candidate will probably have worked for a very reputable firm that is either in technology, consulting, investment banking, media or a startup. What is the future of social media, digital television or mobile computing. We want somebody who is ready, willing and able to debate tech with us. Are you merging?

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How to Decrease the Odds That Your Startup Fails

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If you create a business and start building products and go into an incubator or raise angel/seed money and don’t think about Market Size and Market Structure I only have one question: Why? You may have paid marketing: SEM, Social Media Ads, Banner Ads, email lists, etc. Incumbent Strengths & Weaknesses. But you should.

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Launchpad LA Receives VC Funding: $50,000 Per Startup

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Several funds and firms are participating in this investment including Rincon Ventures , Idealab ( Bill Gross built the original incubator and there will be active support from Allen Morgan ), Baroda Ventures , GRP Partners , David Cohen (founder of TechStars ), David Tisch (founder of TechStars NY ), DLA Piper and Stubbs Alderton.

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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 4

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Wildfire was one of the darlings of the fbFund incubator program. They focus on trying to drive engagbranded social media marketing campaigns (e.g. Wildfire Interactive. I first heard about the company from Dave McClure and have tracked it on the sidelines a bit since then.

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This Week in VC – Scott Painter, CEO of Zag & TrueCar

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Incubated by Clearstone Ventures in 2008. Competitors: Google (Invite Media) , MediaMath , X+1. Current round: $4. led by Altos Ventures and Maverick Capital, with Larry Braitman. Total raised: $6.0mm. See: TechCrunch. Founded in 2008 in Santa Monica by Ron Goldman (former CRO of shopping.com) and Rahul Sonnad. Total raised: $6.0mm.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

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This has led to the creation of incubators, accelerators and seed funds. There is no sector of the economy that isn’t being transformed by the online community that is now voraciously consuming media, applications, communications and buying global products. From this we have seen a commensurate boom in the number of startup companies.

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A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference

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Chris Devore & Andy Sack have created Founder’s Coop with the goal of funding, incubating & launching more early-stage ventures in Seattle. Every region needs its local media & events. I see this emerging in Seattle and the passion of “a few key individuals&# who can help shift the game.

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