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Source: Adaptec Shutting Down Lake Forest Site

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Storage hardware developer Adaptec is shutting down its Lake Forest, Orange County site, according to sources close to the company. Adaptec moved into Lake Forest in August of 2008, when it acquired Aristos Logic , a developer of RAID chips and technology. Tags: adaptec jobs layoff employment orange county lake forest.

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Machinima Lays Off Most Employees, Ceases Operations, Say Reports

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Machinima first started developing its gaming-related content back around 2008, and helped usher in a healthy investment market for multi-channel-networks, companies which aggregated multiple YouTube creators and channels into a single media company. Machinima had been acquired by Warner Bros. READ MORE>>.

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Power-One Chops Another 300 Workers

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The firm said the cuts bring the company's reduction in headcount to 1300, or 29 percent of its staff. in sales it had in Q2 of 2008. Tags: power-one power supply employment jobs layoff. The revelation came as part of the firm's Q2 2009 results, when the firm said it had net sales of $91.2M, a 39% decrease from the $149.3M

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Broadcom To Lay Off 200

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According to Broadcom, the company is looking to manage its costs and focus on operating cash flow, and is implementing cost saving measures including delaying salary increases, a reduction in workforce, and a variety of other "belt-tightening" actions. Tags: jobs employment layoff broadcom. READ MORE>>.

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Angel Investing: Skill 3 – Relationships with VCs

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I’d rather be Roger Ehrenberg with a thesis around data-centric companies and base my investment decisions on the skills I’ve developed in my career. In the latter cases many companies (Flickr, Delicious, Blogger, Writely in 05-08 and lately Invite Media, Aardvark, Dodgeball, etc.) So where are we now? It’s hard to say.

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Angel Investing: Skill 3 – Relationships with VCs

Both Sides of the Table

I’d rather be Roger Ehrenberg with a thesis around data-centric companies and base my investment decisions on my background. In the latter case many companies (Flickr, Delicious, Blogger, Writely, etc.) This is cheaper for them than waiting for big competitors and buying companies at big prices.

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