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CrowdStrike Names New CFO, VP

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Podbere was most recently CFO of OpenDNS (acquired by Cisco), and also was at Net Optics (sold to Ixia) and Epocrates (IPO). Cuevas had previously served at Apple, Yahoo!, CrowdStrike just raised a big, $100M funding round in July from Google and others. and Citrix Systems. READ MORE>>.

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Interview with John Ellis, PurePhoto

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John Ellis, the CEO and co-founder of the firm, is the former COO and CMO of NextMedium, was a VP at ValueClick, and has also served at Fastclick, Yahoo/Overture, and Earthlink, among other firms. Finally, I decided it was time to remove the safety net, and had an idea of my own to pursue, so I started by own company.

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This Week in VC with Jim Armstrong of Clearstone

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Clearstone currently invests out of a $200 million fund based in LA with offices in Menlo Park and in India. Segment Three: “VC Deals Funded this Week”. the funding and market coverage. If this figure is accurate – it’s certainly a very large business even when you look at net revenues. LivingSocial.

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Are Business Plans Still Necessary?

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and the subsequent acquisition sprees of companies like Google, Yahoo!, ’ Our Net Income will be $40 million.&#. 66% Net Operating Margins? They are not just for fund raising. People mistook extra doses of Ajax for a successful product. Cisco and others went out to fill out their Web 2.0 portfolios.

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A Founder’s First Key Decision Is The Business Name

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Quirky words (Yahoo, Google, Fogdog) or trademark-proof names concocted from scratch (Novartis, Aventis, Lycos) are a big risk. These days, it even helps if the name can easily be turned into a verb, like Google me. Make some sense. Occasionally, business owners will choose names that are nonsense words. Get all three suffixes if you can.

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10 Criteria for a Memorable Name for Your Startup

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Quirky words (Yahoo, Google, Fogdog) or trademark-proof names concocted from scratch (Novartis, Aventis, Lycos) are a big risk. These days, it even helps if the name can easily be turned into a verb, like Google me. Make some sense. Occasionally, business owners will choose names that are nonsense words. Get all three suffixes if you can.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

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Over the past 4 years LA’s tech fundings have growing at a 30% compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) which is > 4 times the US average VC CAGR (7%). Both are massively funding other LA tech companies through what Fred Wilson once defined as “recycled capital.” In the last month alone (ie not captures in the $1.5