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MomentFeed Snags Facebook Vet

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Lissner joined Facebook as the firm's first Los Angeles salesperson in 2006, and also previously served at Yahoo, both in the Bay Area and in Los Angeles on Yahoo's entertainment efforts.

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Know When to Hold 'Em, Know When to Fold 'Em.

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By 2006, Mr. Boden had established the website as the 3rd largest website in Asia (behind only Google and Yahoo) and as one of the top 100 websites in the world. Thursday, April 26, 2012 -- Know When to Hold 'Em, Know When to Fold 'Em. Meet Patrick Boden, founder of Badongo.com.

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GoodSearch Gets Patent

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The patent was granted on August 3rd, and was first file in August of 2006. GoodSearch uses Yahoo's search technology but redirects 50 percent of its revenues to charities selected by users. Patent and Trademark office. The patent application lists Kenneth Craig Ramberg as inventor. Goodsearch was co-founded by J.J.

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Activision Names Rosenweig CEO of RedOctane

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Santa Monica-based video games developer Activision has tapped former Yahoo! Rosenweig was most recently COO of Yahoo from 2002 to 2006. COO Dan Rosenweig as CEO of the firms's RedOctane business unit--the unit which is in charge of its Guitar Hero franchise.

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Activision Names Rosensweig CEO of RedOctane

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Santa Monica-based video games developer Activision has tapped former Yahoo! Rosensweig was most recently COO of Yahoo from 2002 to 2006. COO Dan Rosensweig as CEO of the firms's RedOctane business unit--the unit which is in charge of its Guitar Hero franchise.

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Every Online User Platform Needs Revenue To Survive

Startup Professionals Musings

Yet I can’t argue their success in the value proposition, since they turned down a billion dollar offer from Yahoo way back in 2006, and their market cap today is over $900 billion. It has taken some very deep pockets to get to this point, so now you know why I smile when you tell me your plan emulates the Facebook model.

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Zag Makes Exec Hires, Promotions

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Brenner has served at 1-800-CARSEARCH, PromiseMark, and CARFAX; Pributsky joined Zag in 2006 and served at eVox Productions and Malldecker Media; Easterby was most recently at Yahoo!; The firm also named Steward Easterby as VP of Sales; Bill Lepter as VP of Business Intelligence; and Star Marcus as VP of Human Resources.

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