In my recent conversation with Mark Suster on This Week In VC, I discussed some of the historical reasons why the Santa Barbara startup community is so vibrant.

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This is a blog post from Mark Suster, who is one of the better VC bloggers and, as you can tell from the story, part of a strong investment partnership too.

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Thus, during the past decade, the more common route to seed and Series A investing has been an entrepreneurial career, personified by such investors as: Dave McClure, Chris Dixon, Brad Feld and Mark Suster.

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In fact, I was tweeting with Mark Suster a few days ago, a two time entrepreneur turned prominent VC located in LA. He posted a picture that showed 868 unread emails, which he said, is a good day.

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One way to help your significant other fully grasp the exceptional amount of work and pressure that's often required of building a business is to introduce him or her to some of the people helping you with your venture, suggests Mark Suster, a former entrepreneur turned venture capitalist in Los Angeles.

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