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What Does the Post Crash VC Market Look Like?

Both Sides of the Table

40% of our deals are done in Los Angeles but 100% of our deals leverage the LA networks we have built for 25 years. I think most people know we’re HQ’d in LA (Santa Monica to be exact) but we invest nationally and internationally. We do deals in NYC, Paris, Seattle, Austin, San Francisco, London?—?but

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Social Networking and Business Value

SoCal CTO

Just a quick note that I'll be moderating a Technology Council Event : Social Networking as a Business Strategy May 19, 2009 - Culver City Social networking media are used on a daily basis to grow businesses and expand career opportunities. This Panel will explore issues such as: How can companies best utilize social networking media?

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A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference

Both Sides of the Table

But it did take Brad as a public spokesman, consummate networker and successful VC to help create legitimacy to let David’s ideas flourish. In Los Angeles we don’t have “patron technology companies&# that are big enough to matter – we’re still hoping to see them emerge. Seattle has its patrons.

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Get Inside the Mind of an Angel Investor

Both Sides of the Table

However, if you’re going to start a company and be an entrepreneur, you need to network and you have to hustle. We agree that one of the best ways of contacting an angel is contacting a company that they’ve invested in, ask for advice, network, and eventually get a meeting with the investor. What do you look for in a team? (0:34:00).

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Do Movies Even Matter Anymore?

Growthink Blog

The movie business of today is all "pre-sold" IP. In 1999, Lee joined the Silicon Valley new media content contingent as an Internet-company CEO, and has since founded two innovative Los Angeles media companies. A former partner in two leading Los Angeles media law firms, Lee holds a J.D. Toy Story 3? Karate Kid 3?

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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

Both Sides of the Table

To interconnect these computers we needed IP-based telecommunications equipment build by the likes of Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks. The problem that I’ve seen historically in cities like Los Angeles, San Diego or Seattle is that their historic high-net-worth individuals didn’t come from the tech startup world.

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6 Startup Lessons From the Complexity of Cell Phones

ReadWriteStart

Minutes became ultra cheap , thanks to voice over IP telephony. For example, I still have a Los Angeles "310" area code even though I have lived in the Midwest for several years now. I once had a client in the network storage business. This is true for both home and office lines: I gave up both a long time ago.