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JULY 25, 2010

. “Yes&# was given to me by one of my favorite angel investor / seed VC’s to work with – John Greathouse of Rincon Venture Partners and author of the blog InfoChachkie that you should check out because it is filled with great info from a guy who has been a very successful operator. So what are you waiting for?

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APRIL 17, 2012

Home to the Internet’s first true “accelerator,” Idealab led by Bill Gross. ” To me, LA will always be a creative hub for TV, film, music, video games and now technology. Deviant Art, led by Angelo Sotira, which is one of the largest online communities on the Internet [Hollywood]. Not derivative.

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AUGUST 29, 2012

We sat down for an hour to talk about why what GaiKai built was able to overcome its much better funded rival and to dispel the myth that great engineering teams don’t exist in Southern California. I’d hate to frame Nate’s answer into a key phrase so it’s better to watch that section of the video.

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techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Researchers polled experts in lending, mezzanine capital, private equity, venture capital and private businesses themselves. Not a big shock, but things don’t look pretty, especially in the venture capital world. Similarly, the bulk of the companies getting funding are still California-based.

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MARCH 17, 2010

Funding is different – In Silicon Valley you have mega venture capital funds and many of them. But ultimately we’re on the Internet to communicate, buy stuff, become informed and be entertained. But we have a great city for building technology companies. A great team from MySpace has created Gravity.

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infochachkie.com

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Intuitive URL – Legacy companies, which were named before the advent of the Internet and subsequently did not have the financial resources to purchase their company name URLs, are forced to shoehorn their names into URLs they can acquire. Launching Venture (34). Venture Capital (7). Copyright © 2007-9 by J. Parenting (4).

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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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