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MAY 19, 2010

Closing a VC fund in 2009/10 is a major achievement in and of itself. Gilt Group is currently the largest private sale web site in US. Total raised: $83mm; Series B round (July 2009 for $43mm) valued company at $400mm. Booyah – Develops a location based service platform that pairs the virtual world with mobile gaming.

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JANUARY 5, 2012

How long has your site been available? Sam Altman: We launched in November of 2009. That includes adding a variety of social features for our users, interaction on the site, sharing of experiences, checkins at venues, creating calendars, and things of that nature. Now, we also have six cities within the U.S.,

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APRIL 17, 2010

They have developed a cloud-based platform for merchants to publish to multiple distribution networks, including social, mobile and email. The company’s analytics comprehensively monitors customer behavior over multiple networks, including location-based mobile networks. We’re excited to work with them. with the clips. .

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MARCH 20, 2007

talking about Prodeges Search with Kevin Site - [link]. Take a look at other sites: [link] But the overall idea is to provide branded search in order to get merchandise from your artist, star, etc. User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta.

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JUNE 18, 2010

Search leverages selective filtering via XMPP versus site indexing; only real-time search player to do so. Self-reported 60mm daily unique as of Dec 2009, games played by 250mm people a month (AppData). Preliminary details: Social e-commerce site, based around celebrity and influencer-curated recommendations.

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MAY 4, 2010

Palm (acquired by HP ) – In our interview we talked about how transformational mobile computing is and why it’s different than web computing (e.g. There weren’t enough details to know whether Corduro was trying to build a mobile payments company like Zong or a retail merchant processing solution like Square.

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APRIL 1, 2010

in a venture round from GRP Partners and Rincon Ventures, for the firm's mobile ad management platform. We cater to mobile phone developers--right now the iPhone, and coming soon to Android. I've been in the ad network business, helping Adconian, and know the web site publishing world. What is Burstly? Our space is pretty young.

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APRIL 28, 2010

Dave told us about how and why he and his co-founders--both previously executives at Twistbox--decided to start their own startup, specifically outside of the mobile industry, and a bit about the product. We raised funding in September of 2009, about six months ago, raising $500,000 from private angel investors.

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DECEMBER 9, 2009

Stribe offers a plug and play service for instantly creating a social network on any Web site. The other promising startups included: Zoomorama - a zooming application that digs into the details of a site, increasing engagement and conversion rates. The company's main target is e-commerce sites with rich media.

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OCTOBER 24, 2012

Launched today Tradesy , a new website and mobile app hopes to unlock the hidden value of clothing resale. Listing an item is free and takes 60 seconds or less, via web or mobile. The site also helps maximize the value of items for sale with a proprietary pricing recommendation engine that reflects what buyers are likely to pay.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2007

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FEBRUARY 17, 2007

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Eric Greenspan

MAY 25, 2010

We launched it with KNX on March 21st, 2009. For one, we built a following by using Facebook and Twitter and other social networking sites. Our audience can interact with Jeremy, ask questions and the entire show is posted as a video on the site and blog shortly after the show airs.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Editor's note: we're crossposting a version of this interview between our Rocky Mountain site, techrockies.com, and our Southern California site, socalTECH.com). Sendgrid started in Summer of 2009 at TechStars in Boulder, and we've now grown dramatically to 100 employees and 60,000 customers. What is Sendgrid?

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FEBRUARY 17, 2007

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FEBRUARY 20, 2007

LA is a vibrant community with a rich network of angels that fund early stage companies, lots of VCs, easy access to big media, lots of innovation in media, mobile content, games, green, health care, and many, many others. User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta.

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MARCH 20, 2007

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MARCH 9, 2007

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FEBRUARY 27, 2007

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FEBRUARY 25, 2007

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socalTECH

JUNE 20, 2012

We were founded in 2009 by Mark Suster from GRP Partners. We don't get excited about derivative businesses, like yet another daily deal site, or another niche flash sales site. They may or may not have a full time marketing person, or a mobile development person, as the case may be. For readers, LaunchpadLA is all about?

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FEBRUARY 17, 2007

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FEBRUARY 17, 2007

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MARCH 13, 2007

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socalTECH

JULY 20, 2011

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based HitFix (www.hitfix.com) an online news site focused on entertainment, announced it had raised $2M in a funding round. We spoke with Jennifer about what HitFix is looking to do, her own background, and how HitFix is different from the many celebrity gossip and news sites out there.

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MARCH 1, 2007

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 6, 2016

began life in 2009 with a lofty goal of reverse-engineering the human brain. The process does not require the installation of separate mapping or navigation software, or the on-site assistance of Brain Corp. As an independent startup backed by the corporate venture arm of Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM ), Brain Corp. engineers, Duffy said.

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MARCH 12, 2007

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FEBRUARY 23, 2007

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DECEMBER 8, 2015

In conjunction with the United States military, Harvard researchers analyzed nearly a million soldiers who served between 2004 and 2009. Nowadays many agencies have a presence on sites such as Facebook and Twitter. Notification apps on mobile phones and wearable tech like the Apple Watch are also becoming more common.

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MARCH 20, 2007

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

Marketing Director for Paypal Inc. CapLinked was founded in late 2009 by Eric M. Android has gained another 5% of mobile market share as of late leaving them nipping at the heels of Apple. Group buying sites and the big players such as Zagat and others joining in on the group buying industry. Jackson and Christopher Grey.

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MARCH 5, 2007

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JUNE 9, 2010

Kathy Sierra at Business of Software 2009 - Business of Software Blog , May 4, 2010 "In the old days, getting customers was easy. Through advertising or direct sales, these sites harvest intent. You could just outspend. You could use brute force to get the word out. Now, thanks to social media, you don't have to outspend.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Our original German site, mitfahrgelegenheit.de , was founded as a student project in 2001. In 2009, after their first round of investment, they launched internationally. The service can be accessed by computer, mobile phone ( iPhone , Android ) or social network ( Facebook ). When was it launched? Any user stats?

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MARCH 22, 2007

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JULY 13, 2009

billion to Yahoo, we did CitySearch, we invested in the largest travel site in Europe, called LastMinute.com, and also CyberSource--a number of very early stage, Internet companies. So we think we're the right size for the market in 2009. We invested in Overture, which was sold for $1.2

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