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What Makes a Successful Startup Community? Is it Possible to Build One Where You Live?

Both Sides of the Table

I’ve had this conversation with several communities such as in San Diego where I believe there are way more qualified and talented engineers than available local capital to support them. Actually, there is tons of wealth in San Diego but it isn’t organized well to support them. San Diego has Qualcomm.

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After Raising $6.7M For Startups And Winning SEC Approval, AngelList Opens Up Investment Platform To More Companies

techcrunch.com

In December, AngelList , a service that matches early-stage startups with investors, debuted the ability to allow accredited investors to actually invest in startups on the platform with as little as $1,000. San Diego Meetup. San Diego, CA. with a $3 sale. → Learn More. Disrupt NY 2013.

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Getting out of the building…by staying in the building!

Steve Blank

understand who their core and tertiary customers are, and the sales and marketing process required for initial clinical sales and downstream commercialization. This has been nearly a 4-year journey,” said Schonthal who prior to moving back to Chicago in 2011 had been working in healthcare venture capital in San Diego.

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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 4

Both Sides of the Table

Jeremy Liew, a respected VC from LightSpeed, obviously saw the change to ramp up sales. I openly talked on the show at my embarrassment for never getting to look at this deal since it’s in my backyard (San Diego) and I had had fairly frequent online communication with the founder, Chester Ng, an ex exec from DivX.

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Venture Capitalists, Super Angels and the State of Startup Funding

mashable.com

All of this is according to Paul Graham, co-founder of the early-stage investment fund Ycombinator. San Diego, California) Jobs Comentum is a dynamic and cutting edge company.Be How iPad Magazine Sales Stack Up [REP. Companies like GrowPublic, Inc. Its Not Just Facebook: MySpace Trans.

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Some Thoughts on Leadership Going into 2016

Both Sides of the Table

We want to invest in early-stage technology enabled startup businesses – upfront in the funding cycle. In fact, 50% of our investments are in Southern California, from Santa Barbara to San Diego. Strictly for example sake I’ll take our mission at Upfront Ventures. We could all do better – I’m sure.

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Improved Liquidity, Investment Flexibility, and Labor Arbitrage

Growthink Blog

Typical was this comment submitted by a San Diego VC: " I agree that the VC fund industry is guilty as charged when it comes to being opaque as to real returns data, but I challenge you to revisit your analysis in 24 to 36 months, when we all will have had time to benefit from today’s strong M&A and IPO markets."