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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.

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Interview with Babette Pepaj, BakeSpace

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Our interview this morning is with Babette Pepaj , CEO and founder of BakeSpace (www.bakespace.com), a local Los Angeles startup focused on social networking around food. Babette Pepaj: BakeSpace is a food social network and recipe swap. So very much a social network involved? What is BakeSpace?

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Interview with Rob Farrow, Chi.mp

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The firm recently relocated its headquarters from Hawaii, and we talked with Rob about why someone might need the service, how it's different from the scores of social networking sites on the web, and what problem it's trying to solve. In late 2007, we had a group of guys were creating concepts about social identity.

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Interview with Derrick Oien, Intercasting

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We spoke with Derrick Oien, president and co-founder of the firm, about the company's mobile social networking applications, as well as about his view on penetrating the mobile carriers. What exactly are your mobile social networking applications? Derrick Oien: We have a platform we develop, called ANTHEM.

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Interview with Rob Reed, MomentFeed

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Los Angeles-based MomentFeed (www.momentfeed.com) is looking to sort through that data to help marketers better tap into location based, social networking. Rob Reed: I was doing social media strategy consulting from 2007 until 2009, what I would really characterize as Social Media 1.0.

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Interview with Zac Brandenberg, Meteor Games

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These are what you might consider traditional, Facebook casual social games. On Island Paradise, for example, you get a plot of land, you can raise animals and farm crops on them, grow trees, etcetera. Zac Brandenberg: The company was founded in late 2007 by Adam and Donna Powell. How did the firm start?

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Interview: Kevin O’Connor of FindTheBest

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Could we really build a generalize platform and assemble the data in a cost effective way? This might sound a bit off, but I actually thought the movie “The Social Network,” did a phenomenal job at depicting the essence a startup. We’re also looking at how we could extend our platform into other areas.

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