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Why I Invested in Gogii (textPlus) – My First Ever Later Stage Deal

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And Michael Kirby as EVP of Corp Dev was formerly an EVP at Fox Interactive Media, VP at Fox Sports, director of biz dev at ESPN not to mention a Yale undergrad, Wharton MBA. Gogii’s “rest of team&# included people like Tricia Bertero as CMO of Gogii who at Activision held roles such as VP Global Brand ?Management,

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Why Early-Stage VCs Should Be Careful About Intros from Bankers

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The sheer number of relationships I’ve built through being public, transparent and being willing to engage in comments and through social media has enabled me to get to know entrepreneurs even before they launch their next company. There is one source I never liked and no early-stage VC should – investment bankers.

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The Importance of Proprietary Deal Flow in Early-Stage VC

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The sheer number of relationships I’ve built through being public, transparent and being willing to engage in comments and through social media has enabled me to get to know entrepreneurs even before they launch their next company. I eventually stumbled on to the best source of high-quality deal flow imaginable – blogging.

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Some Career Advice for Aspiring Tech CEOs

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He or she has worked at some very successful big technology or media companies and went to a great school. The narrative of this discussion is something like this: I meet a 35-40-year-old founder with two kids and mortgage. million property buys you what you imagined $250,000 would have.

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Fred Wilson and Andy Weissman Talk with Lindel Eakman about Transitioning Leadership at a VC Fund

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Lindel is heading Foundry Group Next , which is a Foundry Group fund that invests in both venture capital funds as well as directly in startups at later stages in their cycles than Foundry Group’s core fund would typically do. Lindel Eakman led the discussion with Fred and Andy. Maybe that’s USV, too.

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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 4

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They focus on trying to drive engagbranded social media marketing campaigns (e.g. Summit is a hugely respected firm in Silicon Valley and a long-term “institution&# but they’re better known as more of a “private equity&# investor meaning that they do later stage investments in much larger companies that are profitable.

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How to Work with Lawyers at a Startup

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of Stubbs Alderton, a firm that focused exclusively on early-stage tech, media and game companies in Southern California. Don Lee at Buchalter Nemer was referred to me by Todd Gitlin and came on very high recommendations as an early-stage, true entrepreneur’s perfect lawyer because he understands how to work with startups.