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This Week in VC with Farb Nivi, Founder of Grockit

Both Sides of the Table

But we had a great chance to talk about the recent moves that Twitter has made to “plug holes” and changing its “TOS” on advertising. I don’t do advertising on my blog, but I thought it was worth mentioning Ryan in particular because he has an alternate model for doing a startup. Brought in new CEO, Russ Reeder in 2008.

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Interview with Zac Brandenberg, Meteor Games

socalTECH

Zac Brandenberg: Meteor Games is a game design studio, focused on casual social games. We were well suited to design and develop those games, because we already had the infrastructure in place, and the founders were experts in game design. In late fall and winter of 2009, it had reached 8-10 million players already.

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Recycled Bride Wants You To Save On Your Big Day | Wed Without Tears

Tech Zulu Event

The firm says nearly 20% of all brides now shop for or sell a gently used wedding dress online, compared with just 6% in 2009 and they firmly believe Recycled Bride is helping make the sales even more possible. Recycled Bride was founded in 2009 in Santa Monica, CA. TechZulu caught up with Recycled Bride and here is what we found!

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Social Networking and Business Value

SoCal CTO

Just a quick note that I'll be moderating a Technology Council Event : Social Networking as a Business Strategy May 19, 2009 - Culver City Social networking media are used on a daily basis to grow businesses and expand career opportunities. Does advertising work in the social networking world? What are the risks and rewards?

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Interview with Jennifer Sargent, HitFix

socalTECH

It was the fall of 2008, when Lehman Bros. However, 18-34 year olds have been in high demand by marketers, TV advertisers, and consumer companies as an audience. There was an opportunity to capture htose advertiser dollars, and do it by serving up a product that was compelling to both advertisers and consumers.

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

SoCal CTO

Kathy Sierra at Business of Software 2009 - Business of Software Blog , May 4, 2010 "In the old days, getting customers was easy. Through advertising or direct sales, these sites harvest intent. You could just outspend. You could use brute force to get the word out. Now, thanks to social media, you don't have to outspend.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 6.0 - the Rubicon Project: Internet Advertising

Frank Addante

2009 (3) ► May (1) A Tour of the Rubicon Project Headquarters ► April (1) "Pay it Forward" Event for Students & Aspiring Ent. the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Inventing Stuff, Obviously Impossible? Zondigo, Inc.