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DECEMBER 2, 2010

You can also spend time with a newer startup helping them navigate the world of product management, venture capital or team building. My mom organized a trip to take me to France & Israel. And Israel felt like home to me – somewhere familiar. Sure, you can get away with less, but why?

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Europe France San Francisco Chicago 352

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JUNE 12, 2010

We had a special edition of This Week in Venture Capital this week shooting out of the Next New Networks offices in New York. Our guest was Mo Koyfman of Spark Capital. ops team in NY, dev team in Philly and having dev teams in Israel). Tags: This Week in Venture Capital. Read more: MediaWeek.

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Venture Capital Los Angeles Oakland Asia 217

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MARCH 1, 2011

The founders of Quigo ( an enterprise search company based in Israel that was competing directly with AdSense ) tracked Mike down while doing a CEO search. After AltaVista, Mike spent a year doing business development for USA Networks ( now IAC – Interactive Corp ).

Semantic 302

Semantic Acquisition Valuation Angel Investor 302

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AUGUST 11, 2009

I run a monthly meeting called the VCA that represents the majority of Southern California venture capital firms. It is a global world – I plan to make sure I’m tapped into Europe, Israel and increasingly Asia to know what trends I can look for here in California.

Asia 188

Asia Southern California China Japan 188

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FEBRUARY 3, 2015

And we were just entering the “TechCrunch era” with a little known blogger named Michael Arrington hosting parties at his rental house in Atherton and Robert Scoble first appeared naked in a shower (in this case with Shel Israel – and this was the exact party. So many people I now know were there. I was Johnny NoMates.

LP 150

LP Technical Review Deal Flow 150

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NOVEMBER 6, 2016

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. I shot back quickly at my LP “ You’re kidding me, right? Kara went to the top high school in Los Angeles, went to Princeton and then Stanford for her MBA.

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Los Angeles LP Nevada South Korea 150