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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

billion 2013 figure) have been massive financings at Honest Company ($70mm), JustFab ($85mm), ZipRecruiter ($63mm) and lord only knows how much SnapChat has actually accumulated. We are the largest textile and apparel center in the country and now we have a way to reach billions of people in this globally connected Internet.

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Julie Sandler Joins Pioneer Square Labs As A Managing Director

Feld Thoughts

We led the financing, and I joined the board to work more closely with Greg Gottesman, Geoff Entress, Mike Galgon, and Ben Gilbert to build a long-lasting and enduring startup studio in Seattle. Julie previously was a partner at Madrona Venture Group and is deeply involved in the Seattle startup community.

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Don’t Buy the Hype

A Crowded Space

This can lead to lots of hype among investors and very rapid financings where VCs are forced to “act quickly” and provide term sheets in less than 48 hours. But that may be all that’s needed to grab a financing from investors that moved very quickly. They can create temporary growth in vanity metrics like downloads.

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Why Partnerships Are The Future Of Marketing

Duct Tape Marketing

Bob is the Founder and Chairman of the Board of Acceleration Partners, a global partner marketing agency. More About Duct Tape Marketing Consultant Network: Learn more here. He's the founder and chairman of the board of global partner marketing agency, acceleration partners. Marketing Podcast with Robert Glazer. Like this show?

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How to Miss By a Mile: An Alternative Look at Uber’s Potential Market Size

abovethecrowd.com

On June 18, Aswath Damodaran , a finance professor at NYU’s Stern School of Business, published an article on FiveThirtyEight titled “ Uber Isn’t Worth $17 Billion. For the market size, he states, “For my base case valuation, I’m going to assume that the primary market Uber is targeting is the global taxi and car-service market.”

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How I Found a Great CTO

www.huffingtonpost.com

Minted.com is both a global design community and stationery retailer. Having two well-regarded and well-networked engineers on an advisory project created a stream of terrific VP candidates for Minted and taught me a great deal about the culture and current popular beliefs of the hottest engineering talent in the Valley.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Top 10 Vertical and Social Web Trends For The Decade

ReadWriteStart

This curriculum is based on the various questions entrepreneurs have asked me over these 64 sessions, spanning financing, positioning, customer acquisition, marketing, sales, channel, and various other early stage, startup-related issues. He is looking for financing for the show. I like the idea, and recognize the problem.

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