Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2010

Rincon is part of the new breed of Seed Stage VCs and with the leadership of Jim Andelman has charted out the most authentic early-stage investment strategy in Southern California. no, I don’t take affiliate commissions!). Any SoCal entrepreneur raising early-stage money should put Rincon on their short list.

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Silicon Valley Technical Review Southern California Angel Investor 293

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

He’s done several startups and is a board member of the Technology Council of Southern California (which is where I met him originally). I’ll be curious to hear more about your experience with affiliate marketing. What networking events in Los Angeles or Southern California do you go to? Great posts.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

If we extend a bit North up the coast line we have many affiliate marketing innovators including ValueClick, Commission Junction and FastClick. The community has matured – The LA / Southern California market has many people who are now on their second and third companies. They also produced GoToMeeting and CallWave.

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Silicon Valley Technology Los Angeles Southern California 290

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

My fund – at $200 million – is the largest in Southern California. The LA / Southern California market has many people who are now on their second and third companies. When you’re one fund and have $600 million to invest it’s easier to take that kind of risk. LA investors are more pragmatic.

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Silicon Valley Southern California Los Angeles Semantic 313

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. Sales of avatars in social games nearly 50% of total revenue eclipsing revenue from affiliate transaction, ads or paid games (slide 97). Mobile game content revenue > PC game revenue (slide 98).

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Asia Southern California China Japan 188

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

For funding, you’ll see a loose affiliation of early stage investors, something will start slow, and then gain momentum to eventually close the deal. For angels, it’s important to know the first investor and have a relationship with them because ultimately it’s a team bet at that point in time. In the angel world you see soft circles a lot.

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Angel Investor Cofounder Southern California .Net 302

Hunter Walker

JULY 14, 2016

. * DISCLAIMER: The individuals listed below have endorsed in their personal capacity and this does not reflect the endorsement of any organization, corporation or entity to which they are affiliated. Titles and affiliations of each individual are provided for identification purposes only. Adrian Aoun, Founder/CEO, Forward.

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Cofounder Southern California America Artificial Inteligence 48