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Interview with Loren Bendele, Savings.com

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There's a lot behind that, but it's really a matter of going out and getting the best deal content, and using the web and community to sift through all of that to put the best deal out there in front of you. We had great growth, fueled a little by the downturn in the economy in 2008. That changed dramatically at the end of 2008.

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Thanks to socalTECH's Sponsors

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We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Cox Communications - Orange County was recently ranked 2nd amongst Employers Group's, "California's Best Places to Work - 2008" in the Large Companies category. A Stanford alum, Aaron wrote the book on sales 2.0. Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com). Westlake Village.

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Interview with David Aronchick, Hark

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So, we spun up the site, and got it up and going in the middle of 2008, and it just took off, particularly right after the elections. We're now doing revenue share on affiliate revenue, doing revenue share on DVD sales, or ads we run against that content. David Aronchick: The net of our jobs is really harnessing the demand.

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This Week in VC – Scott Painter, CEO of Zag & TrueCar

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-Analytics also extend to iPhone and web apps using Facebook Connect. Company plans to use the capital to build out sales and marketing and r&d. -a Founded in 2008 in Santa Monica by Ron Goldman (former CRO of shopping.com) and Rahul Sonnad. Incubated by Clearstone Ventures in 2008. a fbFund winner. Current round: $4.

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The Big VC Thaw – Why The Market is Moving Again (part 2 of 3)

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In my previous post, The VC Ice Age is Thawing (for now) I wrote about the reasons why the VC market came to a screeching halt in September 2008 and remained largely shut until at least April 2009. VC’s are working hand-in-glove with the investment bankers to prepare for IPOs or create auction-style trade sales.

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Interview with Patrick Kennedy, Sidebar

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We did a successful trial in 2008. Patrick Kennedy: Our customers are very active using our technology and analytics as a solution to increase the content sales from all kinds of customers. We can help you organize video on demand and pay-per-view offerings. So how does this fit into the mobile world and B2B?

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CallFire Bootstraps 50,000 Signups and Hires Former NetZero CEO

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In particular, CallFire has answered unusually strong demand coming from political campaigns, the insurance sector and emergency notification. Ron Paul’s presidential bid, the Arizona League of Conservation Voters and the 2008 California No on Prop. Clients have included MoveOn.org, Rep.