Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

Funding is different – In Silicon Valley you have mega venture capital funds and many of them. The community has matured – The LA / Southern California market has many people who are now on their second and third companies. But we have a great city for building technology companies.

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Silicon Valley Technology Los Angeles Southern California 290

www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

Sponsored Links His start-up Viddy, launched in early 2011, created a smartphone app that allows people to capture, enhance and share video and already has 40 million registered users. Theres also eHow parent Demand Media, streaming video site Hulu, car-shopping site TrueCar and one dominant player from Silicon Valley: Google.

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Los Angeles San Francisco Southern California Silicon Valley 87

infochachkie.com

DECEMBER 5, 2011

For instance, “Hautespot” might be a clever name for a wireless video company, (as in “hot spot”), but it is difficult for uninitiated users to spell correctly. The Southern California Tody car dealership in is forced to waste its mantra on explaining how to properly pronounce its name (“Not Toady… its Todey (toddy)”).

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Naming Technical Review Product Product Name 40

Both Sides of the Table

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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Silicon Valley Southern California Los Angeles Semantic 313

www.jasonnazar.com

MARCH 22, 2011

Challenge #3 – There Needs to Be More Institutional Capital in Los Angeles. There simply are NOT enough venture capital firms in the Southern California. Some of the past events & videos are linked to below. In the bay area there are dozens of firms that are actively making investments.

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Los Angeles Silicon Valley Southern California San Francisco 48

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

If you want to watch the video version summary of my advice on fund raising it’s here. So why would raising venture capital be any different. We’re the largest fund in Southern California. Every company is different so it’s hard to listen to advice from the uber-successful fund raisers.

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Developer Silicon Valley PR Las Vegas 366

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 11, 2009

I run a monthly meeting called the VCA that represents the majority of Southern California venture capital firms. All have been fascinating. This month’s presentation was truly mind boggling so I wanted to be sure to share the entire presentation with all of you.

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Asia Southern California China Japan 188

SoCal CTO

MARCH 16, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Friday, March 16, 2007 F2F Still Matters Kathy Sierra has a great post today: Face-to-Face Trumps Twitter, Blogs, Podcasts, Video. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound. As an aside, I personally question that view. in Computer Science.

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Technical Cofounder Southern California Los Angeles CTO Hire 150

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

The video link is here. And on top of that, the notes below can be quickly skimmed and if any topic interests you the time in the video is noted so you can skip right to that section. I know that I always make room and certainly would do so for Tom. In fact, HAVE done so.

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Angel Investor Cofounder Southern California .Net 302