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Open Angel Forum San Fran – Team Calacanis Raises the Bar

Both Sides of the Table

Jason Calacanis started this initiative in response to the pay-to-play network of angel events that he despised. They called themselves a “social OS.&# Essentially I see it as two things: 1) an aggregator of social content from multiple places including Twitter, Facebook and soon even Gmail. Team Pip.io

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VC Optimism Returning But More Pain Ahead In Their Portfolios

Hunter Walker

” What are my major assumptions for why there’s more markdowns to come in the aggregate for the last decade of venture portfolios? Restructures, Down Rounds, and Pay to Plays. Lower performing VCs will disappear faster and new entrants will differentiate themselves. Valuations.