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D2 Technologies Promotes Execs, Creates Business Units

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Santa Barbara-based D2 Technologies , a developer of IP communications software for the embedded market, said this morning that it has promoted two of its executives and created two new business units.

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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. Quinn Curtis: We were not for sale, although to be fair, we had gotten more than a couple of offers to buy the firm. We're also very much marching down the path of IP reputation as well. Quinn, thanks for the time.

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TechZulu Presents: The Annual Startup Forecast

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acquired by AOL in 2006), a Senior Vice President of Business and Legal Affairs of Universal Studios, and a senior business and legal affairs executive at New Line Cinema and Savoy Pictures Entertainment. He began his career as a media, entertainment and IP attorney. MusicMatch was acquired by Yahoo!

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This Week in VC: Michael Montgomery (President, Montgomery & Co.)

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He said that there remains a very healthy market for “data oriented&# software companies because the world is moving more toward measurability and software companies with differentiated IP often get a premium in the market. Founded in 2002 and expanded after founders graduated from CMU in 2006. Total raised: $1.3mm. TechCrunch.

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Interview: Venture Capitalists On Pitching

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In any sale--and raising money is a sale--establishing credibility early on is important. Defensibility is also big--we're not interested in the me-too's without some unique IP. You're not trying to make a sale in two minutes. We saw a continuation of 2006 and 2007, where there were too many "me-too" players.

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The first 6 steps to homegrowing basic startup analytics | Futuristic Play by @Andrew_Chen

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Time is the Enemy of All Deals

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When Salesforce.com decided to buy my company in December 2006 I dropped everything and focused religiously on closure. VC, sales, biz dev, M&A or otherwise. If it’s a biz deal you might care about IP protection, revenue share, investment commitments to joint marketing – whatever. VC, sales, biz dev, M&A or otherwise.