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How to Avoid Being Disrupted as a VC

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I joined Upfront Ventures in 2007 and took over as co-Managing Partner in 2011 along with the founder, Yves Sisteron. From 2007-2012 I scoured LA constantly. He’s proved much more efficient that I ever was at tracking the activities of the community. I also noticed that inbound emails were no longer directed at just me.

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Coull Entrepreneurs Get More Customers

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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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The Great VC Ice Age is Thawing (for now) – Part 1 of 3

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When venture capitalists scale back investing activities it can be very swift and leave many companies that are in the process of fund raising hung out to dry. They also make M&A activity more difficult and with lower outcomes. But imagine a VC that did 12 deals per year in 2006, 2007 & 2008.

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Interview with Rob Reed, MomentFeed

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So, what we do, is bring all of that data together into a unified, comprehensive solution, so they can manage all of that activity and data in one place. Rob Reed: I was doing social media strategy consulting from 2007 until 2009, what I would really characterize as Social Media 1.0. How did the company come about?

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Interview with Jimmy Hendricks, Deal Current

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That tool is being used to drive traffic and acquire emails, which is why it's a part of Deal Current. It looks like a lot of your execs have background at Active Network? Jimmy Hendricks: My background is I spent a year at Active.com in 2007 and 2008. As part of that, I built a ton of relationships at Active.

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Interview with Howard Lindzon, StockTwits

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He was also the founder of Wallstrip, which he sold to CBS back in 2007, is an investor in a significant number of web and social media companies. Howard Lindzon: In 2007, Fred Wilson had offered me some share in Twitter, when they were putting together their first round of venture capital investments. So, they let me start StockTwits.

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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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