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Internet Brands Buys Two Women's Sites From eHarmony

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Los Angeles-based Internet Brands said Monday that it has acquired two web sites aimed at women, Weddingbee.com , and JustMommies.com from Pasadena-based eHarmony. Weddingbee is an online blog focused on the wedding industry, brides, and wedding planning, and was launched in 2006.

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Michael Jones Gets Exit At Thing Labs

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This is at least the second time Jones has benefited from an AOL acquisition; his own startup, Userplane, was acquired by AOL in 2006. It has been a very acquisitive day for AOL, which announced--in addition to buying Thing Labs--that it has acquired tech blog network TechCrunch, and video content syndication firm 5min Media.

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VC Trends in 2019: More Money, Fewer Deals But Women Still Get Less

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billion into startups nationally during the first three months of 2019, the second largest amount for any quarter since at least 2006, according to data released overnight by PitchBook and the National Venture Capital Association. Venture firms sent $32.6

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10 San Diego Startups to Compete at Region’s Top Pitch Competition

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Launched in 2006 by San Diego’s Tech Coast Angels, the annual John G. Ten tech startups will vie to impress a panel of six judges and hundreds of attendees at San Diego’s biggest pitch contest later this month. Three of the 10 slated to pitch at the Oct. 24 event will get a cut of $75,000 to advance their businesses.

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Its BlogWorld Time! Los Angeles Get Ready!

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BlogWorld and New Media Expo 2011 comes to Los Angeles and its finally here. In 2006 he was named one of the most influential authorities on Blog Marketing in the world. Technorati and AdAge rank his site as one of the world’s Top 10 business blogs. Jace Hall is the President and founder of HDFILMS INC.

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Its BlogWorld Time! Los Angeles Get Ready!

Tech Zulu Event

BlogWorld and New Media Expo 2011 comes to Los Angeles and its finally here. In 2006 he was named one of the most influential authorities on Blog Marketing in the world. Technorati and AdAge rank his site as one of the world’s Top 10 business blogs. Jace Hall is the President and founder of HDFILMS INC.

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Scientist.com Raises $24M for “Pharma Markets” that Outsource R&D

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San Diego’s Scientist.com set out in 2006 to disrupt part of the pharmaceutical business by providing an Amazon-like approach to the business of hiring contract research organizations (CROs).