Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

Funding is different – In Silicon Valley you have mega venture capital funds and many of them. LA produced Applied Semantics that created AdSense and was bought by Google. Gil Elbaz from Applied Semantics has now created Factual. But we have a great city for building technology companies.

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www.drowningamerican.com

JUNE 22, 2012

We both tapped into our respective networks, asking (almost pleading with) people to join our team and vision. We have a myriad of connections to local Venture Capital firms, entrepreneurs, CEOs, and many other important individuals. In the longer term we will compete with social networks and online advertising.

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www.readwriteweb.com

MARCH 7, 2011

Roberts is in the news this week because of his high-profile critique of Angellist , the hot new investment network Robert Scoble has called the new Silicon Valley hype machine. Roberts celebrates 10 years in venture capital this month. startupcto

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

He’s focused on that sector (not exclusively but predominantly) and therefore has an amazing network at large financial services firms to help you with business development. Fred Wilson likes, “large networks of socially connected people” while Foundry lists its 5 key themes on its website. Do your homework.

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