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VC as a safe haven?

September 30, 2008

Marc Averitt, a venture capitalists at Okapi Ventures in Orange County, makes the case today that venture capital is a safe haven from the turmoil on Wall Street. I am very excited about the prospects of venture capital as an asset class. More specifically, I think now is an ideal time to be in early-stage [...]

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Deja vu: things that matter (again)

September 30, 2008

Those who went through the dot com bomb and subsequent “Internet nuclear winter”might be getting a feeling of deja vu right about now, from the latest hand wringing over how startups will fare and how the financial markets might affect the high tech business. It seems — at least based some of the folks I [...]

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Finding your next job, using our database

September 29, 2008

A few people have recently asked me for some hints and tips on how to best use our database to find their next job. Whether they’re just looking for the next big thing, aren’t happy with their existing job, because they’re moving, or their startup is on shaky ground, we find there are quite a [...]

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Startups Start To Worry

September 29, 2008

Are web startups finally paying attention to the economy? Jason Calacanis, CEO of Mahalo.com and oft-cited and followed technology pundit, just emailed out to his email list an email titled “(The) Startup Depression.” Calacanis says: It’s my believe that the economic downturn will be much worse than it is today, and that 50-80% of the [...]

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Why do I care about Southern California?

September 26, 2008

I was recently talking with the CEO of a high tech startup here, and he asked me — why did I bother covering Southern California companies? Why not go big and focus on all startups, only cutting edge Web 2.0 startups/etc., Silicon Valley, etc? Why not write more articles about Google, Yahoo, Facebook, etc. Why [...]

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September 25, 2008

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The myth of the Big Idea

September 24, 2008

I’ve recently been pondering the myth of “the Big Idea” — the belief that if you come up with an earth-shattering idea, you can rule the world. It’s the idea of a better mousetrap, an idea for a widget, the idea for a better startup. Unfortunately, it’s just that, a myth. I used to have [...]

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Tips on dealing with strategic/corporate investors

September 24, 2008

John Greathouse, a partner at Rincon Venture Partners, and also an experienced executive with lots of experience dealing with corporate investors, shares his tips on dealing with corporate investors in a piece in our Insights and Opinions section today. In How Entrepreneurs Can Get The Love Without A Bear Hug, John goes into great detail [...]

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NVCA’s Venture Capital promo

September 23, 2008

Marc Averitt, over at OCVC, just posted the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA’s) video on venture capital innovation — the group’s 11 minute-long promo for the venture capital industry and innovation. I suspect (given the wealth of production talent here in Southern California) that there are many reading this would could create a much more [...]

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Our LinkedIn Group: now open to all

September 19, 2008

As many of you might know, we have had a LinkedIn group for socalTECH premium members for some time. We’ve recently decided to open up the group to anyone who is a fan or a part of the Southern California technology community. So if you’re interested, click in over to our LinkedIn Group for socalTECH. [...]

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