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November 15, 2011 07:00 pm GMT

Disrupt Alum Trippy Raises $1.75 Million Thanks to Ribs and Fried Chicken

cartoon_airplaneLet this post be a lesson to would-be entrepreneurs: Don't turn down any party invitations. This advice is obvious if we're talking about fancy dinners as the homes of moguls. But apparently the Valley is so rich with venture capital, it even applies to backyard BBQs at the homes of bloggers.My husband and I have an annual August BBQ, and two years ago we found a term sheet sketched on a paper tablecloth. We never found out who that belonged to. But I just found out another deal happened at this past year's party when LA entrepreneur JR Johnson met Tony Conrad of True Ventures.

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