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JULY 1, 2009

Irvine-based WebVisible , the local online advertising startup backed by Redpoint Ventures and Sutter Hill Ventures, says that it has "thrived," in the first half of the year, despite the current economy. WebVisible helps local businesses place online advertising, and uses Yellow Pages and other firms to distribute it services.

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APRIL 1, 2009

Pasadena-based OpenX Technologies , which develops ad serving software used by online publishers, is reporting this morning that it has added more than 8,000 publishers since it launched its product in October of 2008. The software developed by OpenX is used by online publishers to serve up Internet advertising. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 8, 2009

The firm claimed that the traffic was up 5% from Q1, and up 32% from the similar quarter in 2008. Local.com's web sites allow users to search for local businesses and services. Tags: local advertising search engine. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 24, 2011

Vic Caretti: The site was launched in April of 2008. We are seeing lots of traction in the 14 cities we are live in, and people are wanting to work with us, including bands, PR people, management firms, the venues themselves, and local advertisers. How have you been growing the site and getting the word about your services?

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MAY 15, 2010

Users participate by performing tasks, taking surveys or watching advertiser videos. Invidi – Provider of addressable television advertising and marketing services to cable, satellite and telco-delivered television carriers. Addressable advertisements are capable of being targeted to the individual household.

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JUNE 12, 2010

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. How could it be when they always have “schlocky” ads or PSAs (public service announcements).

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MAY 21, 2013

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. What''s your background and how did you end up at YP? Before that, I was running product at Spotrunner.

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MAY 21, 2013

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. What''s your background and how did you end up at YP.com? Before that, I was running product at Spotrunner.

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OCTOBER 20, 2009

Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal , a provider of local search advertising services, has topped Deloitte's 2009 Technology Fast 500 list, an annual listing of companies ranked by their five year growth rates. The firm said it had 2008 revenues of $146.69M. revenues, 11,034% growth); San Diego's Santarus at number 23 ($130.2M

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Tealium, a San-Diego startup that provides online advertising tag management and marketing services for enterprise customers, has raised $35 million in a growth financing deal intended to expand its technology and market reach. Georgian Partners and Bain Capital Ventures, the investment firms that anchored Tealium’s $30.7

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AUGUST 7, 2009

Thanks to all of the sponsors and advertisers, who allow us to keep you updated on Southern California's high tech news and companies. Advertisers. Cox Communications - Orange County was recently ranked 2nd amongst Employers Group's, "California's Best Places to Work - 2008" in the Large Companies category.

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JUNE 3, 2010

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. Mobile gifting service. LibreDigital.

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JULY 24, 2009

Thanks to all of the sponsors and advertisers, who allow us to keep you updated on. Advertisers. Cox Communications - Orange County was recently ranked 2nd amongst Employers Group's, "California's Best Places to Work - 2008" in the Large Companies category. We put the "Service" back into Internet Service Provider.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2019

An effective tool I see used more and more, as a prelude to a more detailed business plan, is the Business Model Canvas , first introduced by Alexander Osterwalder back in 2008. Think of value propositions as bundles of services or products that create benefits (value) for customers. Value propositions.

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MAY 19, 2010

We also talked about the emergence of New York City as the “hot” new area of entrepreneurship, VC and innovation driven by the quantification of the online advertising industry. Booyah – Develops a location based service platform that pairs the virtual world with mobile gaming. Note that these are “gross” revenue numbers.

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AUGUST 24, 2013

It highlights the story of how United Airlines in 2008 paid no attention to social media as Dave’s story of his crushed guitar and poor customer service went viral around the world. Proactive customer service. United Airlines is still recovering from that debacle. Increase customer leads and conversion. You need to be there.

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JULY 1, 2010

A location based service which incorporates social and gaming elements. Founded in 2008 in Santa Monica by Ron Goldman (former CRO of shopping.com) and Rahul Sonnad. Incubated by Clearstone Ventures in 2008. If you’re an entrepreneur make sure you watch the video for that segment alone. It’s awesome. Foursquare. -A

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FEBRUARY 13, 2009

Yesterday, Google announced that it was shutting down its Google Audio efforts--the search engine giant's efforts to try to sell radio advertising. I believe that the advertisers they started with were probably disappointed that the cost per customer acquisition was not the same as search. Broadcast isn't like that.

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JUNE 28, 2010

. - Spun off from Freewebs in 2008, based in Palo Alto. Operates a ‘Voice and Visual Mobile Advertising Network’ called MobileAd Xchange that delivers in-call voice advertisements and follow-up visual engagements (SMS, MMS). This is said to be part of a much bigger B round that is in process. Total raised: $17.0mm.

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MAY 4, 2010

Hyper-local, flash marketing platform connecting consumers with local business offers; super majority of offers are restaurant and personal services; competitor to Groupon. Online advertising platform for local businesses; ReachLocal reported over $203 million in revenue for 2009, compared to around $146 million in 2008.

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AUGUST 9, 2011

By 2008 I had gotten more serious about championing companies through our investment process. US TV advertising is $60 billion in its own right. It was September 2008. The following is a 2-week graph of the end-of-week price of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) in Autumn 2008. These companies advertise.

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MAY 23, 2012

LP contributions to VC firms shrunk from 2000 and by 2005-2008 had stabilized to around $30 billion per year. This world of local meets retail meets digital advertising portends to technology disruption and with it VC opportunities. Businesses are also one-click from advertising through Google and now Facebook.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2012

It highlights the story of how United Airlines in 2008 paid no attention to social media as Dave’s story of his crushed guitar and poor customer service went viral around the world. Proactive customer service. Last year, Emarketer estimated that Facebook’s revenue from advertising was $3.8 You need to be there.

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OCTOBER 5, 2011

So, in February of 2008, I started the website, and it caught on. The options are anything from medical detox, going to a hospital, to residential inpatient services, to a couple of different outpatients things, to seeking a shrink or psychologist or things of that nature. The idea is really to make the process as simple as possible.

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MAY 15, 2009

Companies also use social networking sites in the hiring process, and increasingly, to do innovative advertising (such as the recent Jack in the Box campaign). Does advertising work in the social networking world? Yammer was launched on stage at TechCrunch 50 on September 8, 2008 and won Best in Show.

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JUNE 9, 2010

Facebook is about to try to dominate display ads the way Google dominates text ads - Chris Dixon , May 15, 2010 It is customary to divide online advertising into two categories: direct response and brand advertising. Through advertising or direct sales, these sites harvest intent. they have purchasing intent ).*.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Essner was most recently EVP at WeddingChannel.com, and he tells us why he thinks now is the right time for the firm's services. We also give users and consumers who have used those services the opportunity to rank those providers and tell about their experience. Tags: service lead testing genetic accessdna essner. READ MORE>>.

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Content Services Resource Sample 150

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2017

An effective tool I see used more and more, as a prelude to a more detailed business plan, is the Business Model Canvas , first introduced by Alexander Osterwalder back in 2008. Think of value propositions as bundles of services or products that create benefits (value) for customers. Value propositions.

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AUGUST 20, 2010

The company was founded in 2007, and the initial emphasis was to deliver to end users a personalized content portal on their smart phone, learning what they like anticipate what they'd like to see, and pay for it using personalized advertising. We did a successful trial in 2008. What's the experience of your management team?

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DECEMBER 17, 2008

WordHustler launched in May of 2008 in a beta. John Singleton: WordHustler is a service that empowers writers to get connected with people who publish or produce their work. John Singleton: Basically, we have a 3-fold strategy for monetizing the service. We also offer services for international writers, almost a virtual office.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 17, 2012

I look forward to working with the Company’s dedicated employees to bring innovative products, content, and personalized experiences to users and advertisers all around the world.” ’s products will continue to enhance our partnerships with advertisers, technology and media companies, while inspiring and delighting our users.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Elliott came up wit the idea in 2008, seeing the trends I just explained to you. The answer is, Evite is essentially a utilitarian service. The reason why, was because although it's a utilitarian service, it spoke to a core emotional need that the organizer of the party had. How did Lottay start, and tell us about your Series A?

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2012

Signaling an overall shift away from costly hardware in favor of affordable cloud-based voice and text messaging services for the commercial and non-profit sectors, CallFire announced that it has surpassed 50,000 users. Ron Paul’s presidential bid, the Arizona League of Conservation Voters and the 2008 California No on Prop.

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Venture Capital Cloud Computing Class Education 89

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Shani Higgins joined Technorati in 2007 to lead strategy and day to day operations for the company¹s advertising sales, business development and the Technorati Media advertising network. Jim Farley is Ford Motor Company’s group vice president, global marketing, sales and service.

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MAY 11, 2011

Earlier this week, Los Angeles-based Anti-AgingGames (www.Anti-AgingGames.com), a new online game startup, announced a new service to help users improve their memory and concentration, as well as improve brain function. The firm notably has Atari founder Nolan Bushnell as an advisor and serving as its chief game designer.

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MAY 7, 2011

In 2008, he founded StackOverflow , and it has become the foundation for a question and answer platform called StackExchange. Juno provided a free email service. He is responsible for bringing in revenue from advertising and their careers offering. Stackoverflow was created in 2008. His Tenure at Microsoft.

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Software Review Software Blogging Startup 285

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FEBRUARY 9, 2009

Richard Yen: The first thing I look for, is something unique in the product or service--not a me-too. Someone who has the demonstrated ability to build a product or service, that probably has done a startup before, and is an expert in the domain. Mark Suster: I would say we were hesitant in 2008. Let's switch gears a bit.

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