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AUGUST 18, 2011

Geni launched in January of 2007 as a free service, created by former PayPal co-founder David Sacks, and switched to a "freemium" model in December 2008 with its Geni Pro service, as it went from building up users to figuring out a business model. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 11, 2010

Mayson has been at RealD since 2008, and previously served at Kodak. Songin has been at RealD since 2007. The company said that Mayson will head up relationships with consumer electronic brands who are using the firm's 3D technology for TVs, computers, home theaters, gaming, and eyewear.

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AUGUST 19, 2009

, over a contract dispute concerning a cobranded Toolbar deal made between the firms in September of 2007. DivX sued Yahoo in November of 2008, after Yahoo backed out of a deal to offer its toolbar to users who downloaded video software from DivX. The firm said the settlement would boost its earnings by $0.29

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MAY 4, 2010

Decker, who retired from Conexant in July of 2007, has been serving as a director since 2008, after stepping down from his Chairman role in 2008. Newport Beach-based Conexant Systems said today that Dwight Decker--who led the firm's spinoff from Rockwell in 1999--is retiring from the company's board of directors.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2018

After starting Organovo in 2007, I spent much of the next decade as CEO seeking financing to advance our bioprinting technology. During the process of arranging early funding for Organovo in 2008-2010, I worked with angels in San Diego, all over the country, and around the world. About 40 percent of my financing at.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Mail.com was re-launched by Penske back in May of 2007, but since late 2008 has been buying up Internet publishing and content sites. MMC runs OnCars.com, Deadline.com, HollywoodLife.com, Movieline.com, BGR.com, YHAwards.com, HollyBaby.com, Fan.com, India.com, and other online content sites. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2009

According to comScore, which tracks e-commerce spending, Q4 of 2008 was the first quarter of negative growth since it started tracking spending in 2001. The drop follows double digit gains throughout 2007 and the first half of 2008 in year-to-year ecommerce sales.

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OCTOBER 7, 2010

In an assessment of the "green economy" jobs in California, the Next 10 report said that the Bay Area had 9,607 green jobs in 2008, compared with 9,370 green jobs in Los Angeles. The Next 10 report found that California accounted for 24 percent of total global investment in clean technology, with a total of $11.6

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JANUARY 2, 2009

billion in IPOs and M&A in 2008, making 2008 the worst year in terms of liquidity for the venture capital industry since 2003. Dow Jones said the totals were down 58% from the liquidity produced in 2007. Dow Jones found that there was only $24.1 In the fourth quarter, there was only $3.9

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OCTOBER 17, 2008

Thursday, October 23, 2008 -- Funding Clean Tech Venture. Market conditions have changed since the heyday of the first half of 2007 but funding in this sector continues. Panel providing the latest information about where Cleantech investors are making investments and the relative state of the market compared with recent periods.

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OCTOBER 18, 2008

Friday, October 24, 2008 -- WebbyConnect Summit. The inaugural WebbyConnect, held in October 2007, brought together over 250 Webby academy members and leaders in interactive media, entertainment, advertising, design and politics to explore the future of the Internet and emerging media.

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OCTOBER 17, 2008

Thursday, October 23, 2008 -- WebbyConnect Summit. The inaugural WebbyConnect, held in October 2007, brought together over 250 Webby academy members and leaders in interactive media, entertainment, advertising, design and politics to explore the future of the Internet and emerging media.

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OCTOBER 16, 2008

Wednesday, October 22, 2008 -- WebbyConnect Summit. The inaugural WebbyConnect, held in October 2007, brought together over 250 Webby academy members and leaders in interactive media, entertainment, advertising, design and politics to explore the future of the Internet and emerging media.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2009

According to the report, based on December 2008 search data, there has been a huge increase in online searches for such terms as "coupons", "unemployment", "bankruptcy", and "foreclosure". comScore is a firm that tracks online web traffic and ecommerce.

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MARCH 6, 2016

In 2007 I started using Twitter and most of my friends & colleagues wondered why people would care what I ate for lunch. In 2008 I started VC blogging. In 2006 I started using Facebook and most of my friends & colleagues thought I was strange. They thought it was like MySpace and why did I need a MySpace page?

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

in 2007, and nearly $5M in 2008, according to numbers from the Inc. Financial details of the increase were not disclosed. The firm said it signed Four Seasons, Unified Grocers, and Express Jet during the quarter. Blackline has previously disclosed it had revenues of around $2.4M READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

It helped me avoid chasing deals (and a house) in 2007/08 and it led to GRP’s fastest pace of investment in many years in the first three quarters of 2009 at a time when many others weren’t investing. But imagine a VC that did 12 deals per year in 2006, 2007 & 2008. The deal was done in late 2007.

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JANUARY 23, 2009

PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) released their 2008 Q4 MoneyTree Report this evening, reporting that $28.3 billion was invested in 3,808 deals in the fourth quarter of 2008. billion and 407 deals in 2008. in 37 deals in 2007. billion in 818 deals, down from $7.3 in 10 deals.

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JANUARY 20, 2009

billion in forty-three venture capital funds raised in Q4 of 2008, down from $8.4 billion raised in Q4 of 2007. The report, which tracks the fundraising activity of venture capital firms, found that there was $3.4 billion in the prior quarter, and down significantly from the $11.7

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JANUARY 26, 2009

iRise said this morning that its software revenue for Q4 2008, just surpassed the "entire fiscal year 2007 total" at the company. El Segundo-based iRise is among a number of Southern California companies which are reporting that the bad economy is actually driving growth at the firm. iRise's CEO and co-founder, Emmet B.

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MARCH 24, 2014

I become a venture capitalist in September 2007 – exactly 6.5 I spent my first year developing proprietary deal flow and learning the business and then the Sept 2008 / Lehman Bros collapse / financial meltdown happened. years ago. That company was Invoca, which just announced a $20 million fund raise led by Accel.

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JUNE 10, 2013

That was back in 2007, when we started. We came out in 2008, and raised a convertible round from Slater, and did a Series A round from Javelin Ventures at the end of 2011. Back in 2008, not everyone had broadband, the offices didn''t always have always-on Internet. The company was born out of the inefficiency in the system.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Tealium , founded in 2008, has raised close to $113 million since its inception, according to Crunchbase , although that number includes both debt and equity deals. Lunsford oversaw WebSideStory’s IPO in 2004, and Limelight’s IPO in 2007. Georgian Partners and Bain Capital Ventures, the investment firms that anchored Tealium’s $30.7

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APRIL 21, 2013

In 2007, Sarah joined Current TV. in 2007 (and) 2008 (and I realized) there is all this online video being consumed and it''s not being consumed on Current. these guys, even in 2007, had tens of millions of views. According to Sarah, "It''s not a very good video but it''s a harbinger of things to come. That video is.

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APRIL 14, 2010

Many companies that are raising B or C venture capital rounds right now raised their initial money in 2005-2008. It’s a bit like if you bought a $1 million home in 2007 and want to sell it for $1 million today. One is slightly better and priced at $1 million, which you know from Zillow is what they paid for it in 2007.

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APRIL 26, 2011

Paige Craig: In 2007, I stepped back from a company called the Lincoln Group. I was traveling and in San Francisco, and at the TechCrunch conference in 2007 I ran into a group of folks from LA. in October of 2008 with the intention of coming here to explore the tech scene and have some fun. One person there was Nicole Jordan.

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MARCH 13, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, March 13, 2007 8 Ways the Internet has Changed Software Marketing Great post - 8 Ways The Internet Changed Software Marketing - is an interesting take on how different it is these days to market software. Good stuff. Posted byTony Karrer at 6:58 AM 1 comments: Jon Miller said.

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JANUARY 12, 2011

Loren Bendele: We started in March of 2007. We had great growth, fueled a little by the downturn in the economy in 2008. One, is because the economy took such a hit in 2008 and still hasn't rebounded, it's become acceptable to look for deals. That changed dramatically at the end of 2008.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2010

And so it happened that between 2000-2008 I was the biggest buzz kill at dinner parties. Remember it was only 2008 where Microsoft and even Google were laying off employees. I saw VCs doing crazy things in 2007-08 when I first entered the VC market – crazy prices, limited due diligence, large funding rounds.

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MARCH 20, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, March 20, 2007 Realistic Entrprenuers Guide to Venture Capital Seths guide is worth reading - The realistic entrepreneurs guide to venture capital Posted byTony Karrer at 2:43 PM 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) About Me Tony Karrer Dr. Tony Karrer (..)

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MAY 19, 2010

Founded in November 2007 in New York City by Alexis Maybank and Kevin Ryan (co-founder of DoubleClick); CEO is Susan Lyne (ex-CEO Marta Stewart Living Omnimedia) Revenue estimates: $50mm in 2008; $170mm in 2009 (versus budget of $150mm); $450mm forecasted for 2010. Founded in 2007. Time will tell. Employees: 27.

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MARCH 22, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 22, 2007 Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups Ive been participating in a Yahoo Group that are users of LinkedIn and who are Bloggers: [link] Its an interesting group of folks from diverse backgrounds.

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MARCH 9, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Friday, March 9, 2007 Map of VC Investments Found this Map of 2006 VC Investments post. Some very interesting graphics including this heat map: Very cool visualization tool!

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AUGUST 20, 2010

The company was founded in 2007, and the initial emphasis was to deliver to end users a personalized content portal on their smart phone, learning what they like anticipate what they'd like to see, and pay for it using personalized advertising. We did a successful trial in 2008. What's the experience of your management team?

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MARCH 20, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, March 20, 2007 Kevin Federline Search Engine Just saw a post - Sleep with a pop star, get your own branded search engine. talking about Prodeges Search with Kevin Site - [link]. I actually think this is a pretty innovative model.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Wednesday, February 28, 2007 Google Maps Mobile I recently downloaded Google Maps Mobile for my Treo. Its works great. And there was a big surprise. It includes traffic! This is something that Ive wanted on my wifes GPS for a while. If you havent checked it out, its pretty amazing.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Sunday, February 25, 2007 Interesting Model for University President Saw a post by Paul Kedrosky pointing us to Graeme Thickins on How Stanford Does It. Its interesting to think about how universities might want to have their staff better aligned with moving ideas from the lab to start-ups.

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