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Kodland, which teaches kids digital skills, grabs $9M to scale its online coding school

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And with a nod towards the creator economy, it’s established its own “accelerator” — called Out of the Box — where it offers (extra) support to the most talented students to help them monetize their digital creations by turning them into “real-life” products.

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Skate Where the Puck is Going

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Anyone who works in the venture business or frankly just lives in Silicon Valley will be used to hearing a buzz word rise up out of nowhere to capture the technology zeitgeist and find its way into every entrepreneur’s product development plan or every aspiring entrepreneur’s pitch deck.

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How to Present at Big Meetings without Going Down a Rat Hole

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Other times the partner wants to test whether there is support before sinking in tons of due diligence time. I’ve experienced this in many sales meetings I’ve made and unfortunately in many VC pitches I made. One sign of whether they’re truly supportive is how well they help you prepare for the big meeting.

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The Big VC Thaw – Why The Market is Moving Again (part 2 of 3)

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The growth of Facebook and social gaming led by Zynga – Another obvious trend is Facebook. Notice that I didn’t say “social networking.” Much like iPhone is the only mobile platform in town, Facebook is the only “closed network” social networking platform in town. We’re only in the second inning on mobile.

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