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Interview with Quinn Curtis, BrightCloud

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Last week, San Diego-based provider of web content classification and security services developer BrightCloud was acquired by Webroot , and we thought it would be a great opportunity to talk to founder Quinn Curtis about how the acquisition of his firm came about. How big was the team in San Diego? READ MORE>>.

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Interview with Albert Ko, DealPerk.com

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Albert previously founded CheapCheapCheap.com, an online coupon and deal finding site, and we thought we'd hear from Albert why he thinks the local, group purchasing market is so interesting, and how he hopes to grow the service beyond just Orange County. What is the site all about? How did DealPerk.com come about?

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This Week in VC with Farb Nivi, Founder of Grockit

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Web-based client for user stream data including Twitter (original focus), FaceBook, MySpace, Google Buzz, FourSquare and many others. Discussion: Had a long chat about PicClick , a company founded by Ryan Sit in San Diego. Provider of real-time data and predictive analytics for web site publishers. MetaMarkets.

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Interview with Curtis Staker and William Goldbach, Confident Technologies

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Last week, San Diego-based Confident Technologies (www.confidenttechnologies.com) announced that it had acquired the assets of Vidoop, and created a company focused on security and authentication of users. What we've done, is for authentication, we have created a way to have a unique password to give you access to a web site very time.

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Interview with Raph Koster, Metaplace

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Today, San Diego-based Metaplace (www.metaplace.com), which develops virtual world software, is announcing a funding round from Charles River Ventures, Crescendo Ventures, and high profile investors Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz. We spoke with Raph Koster, the firm's CEO and founder, about the site and the new investment round.

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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. It sounds like you're trying to spur a little bit of crowdsourcing content for the site? Cliff Boro: Yes.

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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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