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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

This method was perfected by Gil Elbaz and his team at Applied Semantics in LA and in what some have called “ the most important acquisition ever made by Google ” they acquired the company for $102 million before Google had even IPO’d. He built & IPOd Demand Media. He built & sold iMall in Internet 1.0

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Three New Types of AngelList Syndicates I Hope to See

Hunter Walker

I’m an individual investor in AngelList (pre-Homebrew) and remain excited about opening up supply and demand within early stage investing. As part of my seed fund Homebrew , we were also one of the first VCs to co-lead an investment alongside an AngelList syndicate (see Shyp ). 3) The Alternate Liquidity Syndicate.

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Accidental VC: The Most Dangerous Question for Founders to Overlook in Pitches

View from Seed

As NextView’s David Beisel likes to say, “We live in a demand-constrained world. Additionally, if you’re talking to VCs, it’s implied that you’re thinking big and thinking about a large acquisition or IPO, as well as generating hundreds of millions in revenue. You can find those here. ).

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