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Peering Into The Mobile Games Future With Josh Hartwell of Mobile Deluxe

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What does the world have in store for the mobile games market, and how do mobile games developers look at the world? Tell us about Mobile Deluxe and the types of games you develop? Josh Hartwell: We do premium casual games for mobile devices. Talk about how you went from JAMDAT to Mobile Deluxe?

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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Founded in November 2007 in New York City by Alexis Maybank and Kevin Ryan (co-founder of DoubleClick); CEO is Susan Lyne (ex-CEO Marta Stewart Living Omnimedia) Revenue estimates: $50mm in 2008; $170mm in 2009 (versus budget of $150mm); $450mm forecasted for 2010. Founded in August 2008 in Palo Alto, CA, by Sam Christiansen and Keith Lee.

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

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He started targeting the ad by location and interest, and the number of potential people he was reaching began decreasing on screen (Facebook tells you dynamically). No One Wins In Business Plan Competitions - Steve Blank , May 17, 2010 Last week one of the schools I teach at invited me to judge a business plan contest.

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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. On the other side, we had incredible high ranking search results when we were baked off against the competition. Before that, I was running product at Spotrunner.

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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. ON the other side, we had incredible high ranking search results when we were baked off against the competition. Before that, I was running product at Spotrunner.

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How to Develop Your Fund Raising Strategy

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For example, if you’re looking to approach Kleiner Perkins it’s worth knowing that my friend Matt Murphy runs their iFund and therefore is the in-house expert on all things mobile. He knows the history of all of the payment gateways, mobile payment platforms, credit offerings, remittance companies, etc.

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Here are The Missing Positives of This Election

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I asked him what motivated him and he told me, “I started it in 2008 as a project with my daughter helping canvass for Obama. When I got married I chose a woman who had bested me academically (Brown then Wharton) and went to work in great jobs at Google, Sky and Virgin Mobile. She’s a competitive athlete.

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