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Surveying SoCal's M&A Landscape, with David Siemer

socalTECH

I think that the market was, however, hotter two years ago, when companies were buying more aggressively, and there was lots of pent-up demand. For the more questionable ones, ones with less sustainable differentiation, this time it''s a little tougher than a couple of years ago, and certainly much more so than 2006 and 2007.

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This Week in VC – Scott Painter, CEO of Zag & TrueCar

Both Sides of the Table

Incubated by Clearstone Ventures in 2008. Danish VOIP technology company founded in 2006 by entrepreneur Tanveer Sharif. A demand side advertising platform which allows advertisers to bid on individual ad impressions in real time, based on the site and who would see it. Current round: $4. Total raised: $6.0mm. See: TechCrunch.

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Interview with Wade Eyerly, SurfAir

socalTECH

Since 2006, I have been spending the last six years working on different models on how to make this work. The startup incubator actually found us. We don't peak and valley with demand. Ultimately, we hit on three key innovations. I'm excited to apply those skills in a new way. Wade Eyerly: They are incredible.

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Twiistup 007: Final Showoff's Additional Speakers and TZ Discount

Tech Zulu Event

As a serial entrepreneur and Internet visionary, Richard co-founded Demand Media in May 2006, and currently serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Through Demand Media, Richard is redefining the next generation of new media companies. . Richard Rosenblatt.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 5.0 – I’m just going to chill out for a bit… (OK, for a month…)

Frank Addante

2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. Incubation 3. I started an incubator/holdings company called Addante and Associates to be the umbrella company for my ideas and consulting projects. ► March (2) 4. Build a SWAT team 3. StrongMail Systems, Inc.

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The Startup Guide To SXSW Panel Picking

Tech Zulu Event

Jason Glaspey, PIE (Portland Incubator Experiment). I first attended SxSW in 2006, and was blown away. The buzz words of SXSW Interactive 2010: cloud computing, social, on-demand, sharing, collaboration, Entrepreneurism / Monetization Cloud Computing, monetization, Startup. . Birds of All Feathers: Creative Industry Incubators.

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