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Burstly Snags $1.8M For Mobile Ad Tools

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Burstly is developing mobile advertising tools for the Apple iPhone and Google Android platforms, which allows application developers to manage and optimize their advertising inventory. As part of the investment, Burstly said that it is opening up access to its advertising tools and exiting beta for its product.

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Interview with Jimmy Hendricks, Deal Current

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They are using DealCurrent as the deal platform for all of their clients. We see those three products working together, as features of one platform which both can be used independently, as well as together. But, with the economy turning south in 2008, lots of those customers went out of business.

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Interview with Dave Newmark, Bid4Spots On Google, Radio, and more

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Yesterday, Google announced that it was shutting down its Google Audio efforts--the search engine giant's efforts to try to sell radio advertising. What are your thoughts on the Google announcement? Dave Newmark: I think it goes to the fact that any marketplace needs to have a win. Broadcast isn't like that.

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This Week in VC with Mo Koyfman of Spark Capital

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Mo was graduated from Wharton, worked in investment banking, spent 6 years at IAC (including in an operational role for Connected Ventures which includes College Humor, Busted T’s and Vimeo) before joining Spark Capital in 2008. Google Analytics vs. Facebook’s new analytics tool. Founded in 2008 by Mehdi Maghsoodnia.

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How YP Is Growing A Giant Tech Team In Glendale

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I was recruited for the role when we were still at AT&T Interactive in October of 2008, by some of my former coworkers at Yahoo, who had already landed here. The last group, on the technical side, is platform data services. Where does YP fit in a world dominated by Google and Yelp? When did the split with AT&T happen?

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How YP.com Is Growing A Giant Tech Team In Glendale

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I was recruited for the role when we were still at ATT Interactive in October of 2008, by some of my former coworkers at Yahoo, who had already landed here. The last group, on the technical side, is platform data services. Where does YP fit in a world dominated by Google and Yelp? Outside of Facebook, Google is the internet.

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Upfront Ventures Adds Hamet Watt as New Investment Partner

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He first came to see me in 2008 when we was raising money for his 1st startup – NextMedium. It was a software platform for allowing advertisers to purchase brand integration (product placements) as a standardized unit through a marketplace. I’ve known Hamet for 5 years. The idea immediately resonated.

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