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Lindzon Gets Exit At Lifelock

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Prolific San Diego angel investor Howard Lindzon , who runs StockTwits , has scored a big exit at one of his portfolio companies, LifeLock , after the firm had its IPO this morning. Lindzon said it was an early angel investor in the company, and made his investment in 2006 at "well under a $10M valuation". and $11.50

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This Week in VC with Farb Nivi, Founder of Grockit

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Discussion: Had a long chat about PicClick , a company founded by Ryan Sit in San Diego. Founded in January 2010 by Stephen Hood (ex-Delicious head of product), Dave Baggeroer (Stanford’s Institute of Design), and Josh Whiting (ex-senior engineer at Delicious and Craigslist). Total raised: $5.3mm Read more: TechCrunch. __.

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Decoding the Secret of iPhone Game Popularity, With William Volk, Playscreen

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William is in San Diego, and is a longtime gaming vet, having been at Activision in the days of The Manhole and Myst. We started in the mobile area in 2003 and 2004, and in 2006 we formed a company, MyNumo LLC, which initially started as a portal for artists to publish their ringtones, mobile videos, and more.

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Interview with Jim Carol, DonateGames.org

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That nightmare happened to Jim Carol , a serial entrepreneur who was co-founder and CEO of San Diego's PacketVideo , when his son was diagnosed with cancer. However, in 2006, my own son got cancer, and I was thrown into the sad state of affairs that goes into that.

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Interview with Cliff Boro, KidZui

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Last week, San Diego-based Kidzui --the kid's website and kid-friendly browser developer, announced another round of funding, and also launched Zui Studios, a new effort to create original content for the portal. Give us an overview on KidZui. Cliff Boro: At KidZui, our job is to give kids access to the best content on the Internet.

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The Yo-Yo Life of a Tech Entrepreneur – A Cautionary Tale

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I flew from San Diego (where I was visiting for Thanksgiving) to New York to persuade investors to stick with us. We had agreed to sell the company to Salesforce.com and between the offer in December 2006 and the closing March 27th, 2007 I focused exclusively on the sale to Salesforce.com. My family went without me.

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63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of

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Otis Chandler built Goodreads in 2006 because he believed in social networking and wanted to see what his friends were reading. Jordan Passman launched scoreAscore.com in May 2010, which Jordan started when recognizing a void in the industry for a platform connecting professional composers and quality media producers. Michal Braun.