Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

if you get some value out of the notes consider checking out his company or Twitter feed). He then worked in consulting which gave him a broad base of business experience working with the newspaper, cable, and advertising industries. The idea was right but the timing was early and required a pivot into being a software company.

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MARCH 15, 2013

Forsblom is now in Los Angeles and San Diego, and reinventing himself with a mobile application company called TenFarms (www.tenfarms.com). PhotoPoll is our first app to push live, and now we're working on our second app, AdTile, which is a mobile advertising solution for applications and mobile software. What happened there?

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FEBRUARY 1, 2011

The startup is headed by Robert Flynn --a former VC, and co-founder of Liquid Audio, and most recently head of Modern Feed, the company that is now Clicker--who talked with us about his new company. On the other side, we had about one third of our investments in early stage, technology driven companies. What is Aggregage?

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Frank Addante

MAY 24, 2007

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FEBRUARY 23, 2009

We spoke with Vince Bianco , the firm's CEO, about the company and its services. What's the story behind Newsforce--how did the company come about? Vince Bianco: The company has been around since 2006, and we started by launching an SEO tool for press releases for professionals. Tell us a little bit about Newsforce?

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JUNE 3, 2010

But we had a great chance to talk about the recent moves that Twitter has made to “plug holes” and changing its “TOS” on advertising. Current round: $3mm in Series B by betaworks (lead)(largest investor in company), Ron Conway, Danny Rimer, Accelerator Group, Roger Ehrenberg, Howard Lindzon. Company still in beta. MetaMarkets.

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JULY 1, 2010

He calls it his “Tom Sawyer&# company. Scott’s first big foray into industry-changing companies came with CarsDirect, an IdeaLab company where he was the initial founder & CEO. Scott left the company, which eventually IPO’d and became Internet Brands. a fbFund winner. Current round: $4.

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APRIL 25, 2013

In 2006, Douglas Campbell started Mindshare LA out of the downtown art colony The Brewery. He recently sold his stake in the company to focus more on Mindshare and creating an awesome experiential branding consultancy company. Advertising Culture Entertainment Events Gadgets Mindshare Mindshare LA Play Santa Monica'

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APRIL 17, 2019

Most startups and investors I know don’t have unlimited funds, so the first question they should ask and do ask today, is “When is your company going to be profitable (self-sustaining)?” Yet it took almost six years to become profitable, with revenue only from advertising. Even Snapchat is now trying hard to generate revenue.

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JULY 23, 2010

Matt Edelman: The last company I ran and co-founded PeopleJam, which was a social media business for people interested in self improvement. We started that in 2006, and sold it to Chicken Soup For The Soul in 2009. Matt Edelman: Before I started, the company had acquired a company called StyleHive, which also owns MyStyleDiary.

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AUGUST 3, 2012

We spoke with John Mudge , CEO of iBN Sports (www.ibnsports.com), to learn more about the Lake Forest-based company's success in making content pay on the Internet, and how his company's relationship as one of YouTube's Premium Channels is helping with that effort. What is IBN Sports? It's a combination of revenue models.

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MAY 7, 2012

more--or you can go online and use Fine Art America (www.fineartamerica.com), a Santa Monica company which is doing. The company's founder and CEO is Sean Broihier , who told us all about the site--and also how. he's taken an built a company, literally single handedly, to multiple millions in revenue, by enabling artists and.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2008

Matthew spoke to us to give us a better idea of what the company offers and why it was started. What's your background, and how did you decide to start the company? It was the third week of December 2006, and I was involved with a biodiesel company. Who are you targeting with this -- buyers at companies?

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OCTOBER 29, 2008

The first market is in brand advertising, where we're working with ad companies and clients to create solutions for shows and exhibitions where guests can interact with a brand. How did the company come about? Bruno Uzzan: When we started the company, we were two at the beginning, I was one of the co-founders.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2006

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DECEMBER 13, 2013

Most startups and investors I know don’t have unlimited funds, so the first question they should ask and do ask today, is “When is your company going to be profitable (self-sustaining)?” Yet it took almost six years to become profitable, with revenue only from advertising. Even Twitter is now trying hard to generate revenue.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2017

Most startups and investors I know don’t have unlimited funds, so the first question they should ask and do ask today, is “When is your company going to be profitable (self-sustaining)?” Yet it took almost six years to become profitable, with revenue only from advertising. Even Snapchat is now trying hard to generate revenue.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Shani Higgins joined Technorati in 2007 to lead strategy and day to day operations for the company¹s advertising sales, business development and the Technorati Media advertising network. Jim Farley is Ford Motor Company’s group vice president, global marketing, sales and service. Justine Ezarik (a.k.a.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2012

Most startups and investors I know don’t have unlimited funds, so the first question they should ask and do ask today, is “When is your company going to be profitable (self-sustaining)?” Yet it took almost six years to become profitable, with revenue only from advertising. Twitter has no model.

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AUGUST 8, 2012

Dolgoff has a fascinating background--he invented the first LCD projector, he helped inspire Star Trek's Holodeck, and he also is a serial entrepreneur who took his company public on the NASDAQ in the 90's. It was so much more advanced than back in 1960's, and we started selling posters in 3D for advertising. Fascinating story.

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JULY 2, 2010

But the word on the street is that very few, if any, of the video-only companies are making money. billion for the site in 2006. Their revenue from advertising may approach one billion dollars this year, with most consumed by bandwidth and associated costs, YouTube isn’t even profitable yet.

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MARCH 24, 2016

Since we have released our product, and are now looking to acquire new users, this has proven to be extremely valuable for getting a high return from our advertising expenditures. We, on the other hand, operate as a fantasy sports company, similar to DraftKings and FanDuel. Greathouse: You guys could have worked on a variety of ideas.

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JUNE 1, 2011

I sold that company, eCRUSH, which operated espin.com, to Hearst at the end of 2006. We're not yet marketing or selling direct to advertisers, because we're really focused on growing and honing our platform. Clark Benson: I founded the company in 2008, and we took a little over a year to launch.

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AUGUST 18, 2011

Most startups and investors I know don’t have unlimited funds, so the first question they should ask and do ask today, is “When is your company going to be profitable (self-sustaining)?” It actually is still only marginally profitable, with revenue only from advertising. Twitter has no model.

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APRIL 23, 2013

I started Young Turks back in 2002, and then, in 2006 and really towards the end of 2005, started daily web streaming for the show. Philosophically, we''re not wedded to one company or platform, and will go where the audience is, which just happens to be on YouTube right now. How did the network come about?

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AUGUST 10, 2009

Babette Pepaj: In 2006, I directed and produced reality programming. We're making money from our advertising, and doing really well. There are lots of big media companies -- and they own the newspapers -- it's difficult to compete with them. How did you get into this? Every morning I'd wake up and go "I'm going to Hell."

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MAY 15, 2006

▼ 2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. ► November (1) 2 Ears and 1 Mouth: There's a Reason ► October (2) Be Best at Something Tear Down Your Firewalls ► September (3) Elements of Sustainable Companies We're Not Saving Lives. How will we.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Shani Higgins joined Technorati in 2007 to lead strategy and day to day operations for the company¹s advertising sales, business development and the Technorati Media advertising network. Jim Farley is Ford Motor Company’s group vice president, global marketing, sales and service. Justine Ezarik (a.k.a.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2009

What's the new company all about? Kelly Tompkins: I have done six online travel companies. I backburnered the concept until 2006, and in May of 2006 put the business together. The round came from Anthem Venture Partners and the Mail Room Fund. Thanks for the interview.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

We sat down with Lee Essner , the firm's CEO and founder, to chat about the company. How did the company come about? Lee Essner: I was involved in the early days with a company called WeddingChannel. I was the senior guy there, and I ran the registry/gift services, national sales and advertising, and travel services.

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JULY 21, 2010

Most startups and investors I know don’t have unlimited funds, so the first question they should ask and do ask today, is “When is your company going to be profitable (self-sustaining)?” It actually is still only marginally profitable, with revenue only from advertising. Twitter has no model.

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DECEMBER 19, 2011

The passion of the company has remained consistent, although the manner in how we do that has evolved. Our goal, from the outset, since 2006 when we put the company together, was to bring together the extraordinary content on the Internet, whether that is a website, games, or videos for kids. Cliff Boro: Yes.

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JULY 13, 2009

The company was founded by the head of the North America investments for Carrefour, the second largest retailer in the world, the head of the retail banking practice at DLJ, the investment bank. The new fund is focused entirely on technology companies. Those companies are doing phenomenally well, and in a normal market was IPO.

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MARCH 10, 2010

A new study of the financial outcomes for Southern California venture-backed companies in the IT sector finds that approximately $48 billion in value has been created by those companies over the period 1995-2009. Funk then focused the analysis on the 731 documented exits for the period 1995-2009. IPO in 1996).

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MAY 20, 2007

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APRIL 16, 2007

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Frank Addante

DECEMBER 22, 2006

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