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What Mistakes Do VCs Make When Fundraising?

Both Sides of the Table

And again, just like in enterprise sales, this is all about differentiation ?—?what We invest 40% of our dollars in Southern California firms?—?and It’s critical to stand for a firm differentiator and here’s why: it shines a clear spotlight on whether you are or are not a good bet for this LP.

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Los Angeles Web Developer

SoCal CTO

In fact, my belief is that most startups should either be looking for a marketer or a web developer as they likely need to be differentiated in terms of marketing or should have complexity in their development. There certainly are a lot of Networking Events in Los Angeles and Southern California that you can use.

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Valuations 101: The Dave Berkus Method

Gust

Dave Berkus is a founding member of the Tech Coast Angels in Southern California, a lecturer and educator. Is the depth of intellectual property and competitive differentiation important to the target venture? He has invested in more than 70 startup ventures. If so, perhaps consideration of such value should be considered.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

Even though there were several shoemakers at the time, Dassler was committed to differentiating his merchandise by asking athletes for their opinions on the options they wished in an exceeding shoe, and their impressions of his prototypes. Joe Coulombe had an idea after running a small chain of convenience stores in southern California.

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I Just Invested in @Burstly, a Mobile Ad Management Company

Both Sides of the Table

I’m very pleased today to announce that I invested, on behalf of GRP Partners, in Burstly alongside Rincon Venture Partners , an early stage VC in Southern California whith whom we love to work (and were our co-investors on RingRevenue ). Burstly is attempting to provide a better, more transparent way to promote your product.

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Have you fallen into the buggy whip trap?

Berkonomics

late 1960’s (yes, I know, a long time ago), there were 31 phonograph record manufacturing plants in Southern California alone. How do you spot the buggy whip trap and differentiate it from a simple business cycle slump? I found myself in the middle of such a slow-rolling change twice in my career. First, in the.

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Entrepreneurs Revolutionizing the Beverage Industry Through Canned Labels

Hearpreneur

Eliqs is a Southern California based start-up who creates custom-designed craft beverage cans for any occasion worth celebrating. This has allowed us to deliver a truly differentiated product for the same price consumers would otherwise spend on craft beer at a store.