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Interview with Loren Bendele, Savings.com

socalTECH

There's a lot behind that, but it's really a matter of going out and getting the best deal content, and using the web and community to sift through all of that to put the best deal out there in front of you. Loren Bendele: We started in March of 2007. We had great growth, fueled a little by the downturn in the economy in 2008.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

Both Sides of the Table

The “private sale” market phenomenon was started in France by Vente-Privee (literally means “private sale”) and was replicated in Germany by BrandsforFriends. Gilt Group is currently the largest private sale web site in US. Founded in August 2008 in Palo Alto, CA, by Sam Christiansen and Keith Lee. Time will tell.

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What Angel Investing & Florida Condos Have in Common

Both Sides of the Table

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. This is the time it takes for a bankruptcy or asset sale to occur. Many may simply hit the wall. Or a quick flip. That is conformity. Same with VCs.

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Inside the Realms of Ruin

TechCrunch LA

“The Ruin stirs, and the Five Realms rumble,” a now-archived web announcement read on Thursday morning. By 2008, FanLib was sold to Disney , which shut the site down soon after. This is different from how sales work in the existing art world.

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Interview with Patrick Kennedy, Sidebar

socalTECH

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. So how does this fit into the mobile world and B2B?

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Interview with Albert Ko, DealPerk.com

socalTECH

One of the types of startups we see most of nowadays, are private sale, limited time bargain, and local group buying startups. I actually started my web site, CheapCheapCheap, while I was in college. One of those startups is Orange County-based DealPerk.com (www.dealperk.com), which is headed by Albert Ko.

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MyShape Article - Analyst Misses the Point

SoCal CTO

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Monday, March 12, 2007 MyShape Article - Analyst Misses the Point The NY Times did a piece today on MyShape, a start-up in Pasadena - Log in Your Measurements, and the Clothes May Fit. User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta.

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