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Phonevite Lands In LA

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Both Nahm and Kim were at voice-over-IP firm Dialpad, which was acquired by Yahoo in 2005. The firm, which offers both free and premium mass notification systems, was started in San Jose in 2007 by Nahm and co-founder Kalvin Kim.

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Interview with Quinn Curtis, BrightCloud

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Quinn Curtis: We were around since 2005, we were incorporated and funded in 2006. We're also very much marching down the path of IP reputation as well. Because Webroot was looking to bring that technology in-house, and own their own IP, they were looking for the best-of-breed product, and BrightCloud fit that criteria on both fronts.

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Interview with Steve Jillings, TeleSign

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Steve Jillings has a long track record of running successful startups in Southern California, ranging from such companies as FrontBridge Technologies (sold to Microsoft in 2005 for over $200M) and Vantage Media (acquired in 2007). They started in January of 2005. Can you tell our readers the story behind how you found the company?

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Interview with Kanaan Jemili, uCast Global

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In 2004 and 2005, I was at DivX in San Diego, and I was head of product there. For the first three years, it was all about research and development, building IP and patents and so forth. Whats your background, and how did you get into this? Kanaan Jemili: I have been in Southern California for more than 18 years. I have a Ph.D.

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Interview with Jerry Fitch, Teridian Semiconductor

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Jerry Fitch: The business management team at Golden Gate Capital bought Teridian in 2005. There was legislation moving through in 2004, which ultimately came out in 2005, which was a starting point for the smart meter discussion. For our readers who might not be familiar with Teridian, can you describe what your business is?

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A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference

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When I saw what BuddyTV is working on and how long they’ve been the market (since 2005) I realized that this has huge potential to help disrupt the television market. In LA we have SoCalTech , for which I am grateful. They haven’t launched their next gen product – watch this space. No Dave S. = Elder Statesmen.

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Interview with Curtis Staker and William Goldbach, Confident Technologies

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When you're sitting at a computer with a known, registered IP, we know it is you and your particular category of images, and you can log in. We bought the assets from Vidoop, which was an LLC that was first established in late 2005 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It's a very different approach, but is more secure and more intuitive.