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Reflections on 2016: Rob Freelen, Silicon Valley Bank

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All this holiday season, we have been sharing the reflections on 2016 from the movers and shakers in Southern California's technology ecosystem. In 2016, our Santa Monica office more than doubled market share of early-stage companies. This is a trend from 2016 that should gain momentum in 2017.

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The Full Dataset on What VCs are Thinking About Funding in 2016

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To do so we need entrepreneurs who can build companies that scale well in booming markets and also control costs appropriate in correcting markets. Every year we try to write up and publish our thoughts publicly both to help other investors & entrepreneurs and also to test our thoughts in the public market of ideas.

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What Do Industry Insiders Think Will Happen in VC in 2016?

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Of course sentiment can swing wildly with new information but I set out to take the pulse of the market as we enter 2016. My conversations with LPs tell me that 2016 is one of their business calendars in years and unless we see an unexpected, sudden downturn expect the market size in 2016 to remain at current levels or increase.

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Reflections on 2016: Louise Wannier, True Roses

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All this holiday season, we have been sharing the reflections on 2016 from Southern California's technology ecosystem. Wannier is a longtime Southern California entrepreneur, having founded MyShape, Enfish, and co-founding Gemstar, the maker of VCR Plus. Here, we have the thoughts of Louise Wannier of True Roses.

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Online Entrepreneurs: Get Sales Tax Compliant For 2016

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The following sales tax compliance checkup will help you make sure you’ll start 2016 on the right track. The post Online Entrepreneurs: Get Sales Tax Compliant For 2016 appeared first on John Greathouse. Almost every online seller will have a sales tax deadline this upcoming January. Your Sales Tax Compliance Checkup.

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Reflections on 2016: Brad Brooks, TigerText

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This holiday season, we are again sharing the reflections on 2016 from Southern California's technology ecosystem. Brad Brooks is an accomplished entrepreneur with a successful track record of investing in, building and scaling companies in the technology and media spaces. You can see all of our holiday reflections here.

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Some Thoughts on Leadership Going into 2016

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It’s a new year – 2016. We try to hire people who we believe will be upfront and respectful of entrepreneurs and know that it’s far easier to judge ones decisions on the outside than it actually is to have to make the tough decisions inside of a startup every day. Empowerment is hard for most startup entrepreneurs.

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