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Attorney and Startup Business Advisor – Aaron Shechet

SoCal CTO

It was a great conversation and I thought it would be a good idea to do some visible networking with Aaron to get to know him better. While in law school, my partner, Leigh, and I had a concept for a law firm that did more than just “law.” A few years ago “venture capital” was a revenue model. and online business networking ?

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How we changed the way the U.S. government commercializes science: Errol Arkilic — Part 1 of Episode 6 on Sirius XM Channel 111

Steve Blank

My guests on Bay Area Ventures on Wharton Business Radio on Sirius XM Channel 111 were: Errol Arkilic , former program director for the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps (NSF I-Corps), now founder of M34 Capital. Venk Shukla , president TiE Silicon Valley and general partner, Monta Vista Capital.

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Think Your Start-up Is Venture Worthy? Think Again.

techcrunch.com

Similarly, the bulk of the companies getting funding are still California-based. After Northern California and Southern California the biggest area of investment geographically was in international companies. The internet business is a game of scale (network externalities). Translation? The chicken has come home to roost.