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Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups

SoCal CTO

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. See Five Things Meme as an example.

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Venture Activity Comes to (Unicorn) Point in 2017, and Top 10 Deals

Xconomy

PitchBook, founded in 2007, can’t provide. A record number of unicorn financings—venture-backed companies valued at $1 billion or more—helped drive U.S. venture funding to a total of $84.2 billion in 8,035 companies (through 8,076 deals) in 2017, according to Venture Monitor data.

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How I Got the Monkey Off My Back – Today Was a Good Day

Both Sides of the Table

I become a venture capitalist in September 2007 – exactly 6.5 “Ok, so this guy can write a blog and source deals but can he make any money?” As a result of this activity I have now personally returned significantly more capital in my 5 years than I have invested. years ago. The monkey on my back. ” Yup.

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Venture Group’s Krenn Sees Improving VC Deals for SD Tech Startups

Xconomy

I haven’t seen it this good since 2007,” he says. A breakout of regional deal flow so far this year indicates that venture activity in San Diego. Call him an optimist if you must, but San Diego Venture Group president Mike Krenn says venture financings for San Diego’s early stage tech startups are on a tear. “I

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Internet Brands Brisco: Deal Will Allow More Focus On Long Term Growth

socalTECH

In a blog post , Brisco said that the firm decided to become a private firm again, because it would be a "good deal" for shareholders, and also said it could become "even more focused" on long-term growth. The firm changed its name to Internet Brands in June of 2005, and hit the markets with its IPO in November of 2007. READ MORE>>.

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I’m Back. Why I Love January

Both Sides of the Table

I miss blogging because it serves as a great repository for me of my current thinking, as a way of organizing my thoughts and clarifying what I think and as a conversation started with so many of you (as Hunter Walk elegantly said, “Blog not to show how smart you are, but in the hope of soliciting feedback from smart people.

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Coull Entrepreneurs Get More Customers

InfoChachkie

I know Coull intimately, as it recently purchased RevUpNet , an online media agency which I Co-Founded with Ben Kiblinger in 2007. In 2007, Microsoft loudly proclaimed the creation of clickable video ads. Founded in 2007, GumGum has become the largest in-image ad platform. Such embedded video ads are not new. Share and Enjoy.

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