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Southern California Leads In Green Businesses, Says Report

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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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Interview with Paige Craig, Betterworks

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There's a fairly complex platform we've patented. 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. At the same time, to make all that complexity work, we had to make it simple.

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CallFire Bootstraps 50,000 Signups and Hires Former NetZero CEO

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CallFire simplifies telephony, making sophisticated, expensive carrier-class telecom capabilities available through an easy-to-use GUI and API platform, which the company pioneered in 2007. Ron Paul’s presidential bid, the Arizona League of Conservation Voters and the 2008 California No on Prop.

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Interview with Eric Golden, Equipois

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Eric Golden: Yes, we launched in March of 2008, and we had at that time just completed about 9 months of pilots. in 2007, then we did a Series B round of about $3.5M, led by a venture firm, Terrapin Partners. One, is it significantly reduces injuries, which is actually a $200 billion a year problem for U.S.

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How brain-amputated developers created the social media plague

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Hardcore SEO Porn Harrys explicit SEO Dojo Peeping Geeking with Greg Bills search patent close-ups Tomorrows Free SEO Porn Edwards SEO TGP FAQ Sexy T-Shirts. Sebastians picked gems A new approach to China ( The Official Google Blog ) A new approach to China ( The Official Google Blog ) Evil Found in Google Sidewiki Patent ( !

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Interview: Venture Capitalists On Pitching

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Between 2005 and 2008, there were lots of companies raising half a million, and selling for 15 million. At GRP, we don't care about patents--they're nice to have, but not required--but we're looking for defensible IP in an area with an interesting, and big, idea. Mark Suster: I would say we were hesitant in 2008.

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How to cleverly integrate your own URI shortener

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