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Central Desktop Launches Its Own Take On Twitter

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Pasadena-based Central Desktop has jumped into the enterprise micro-blogging area, saying Monday that it has launched a new tool which allows companies to use Twitter-style updates within the firm's project management software. Tags: twitter microblogging desktop central saas software yammer. READ MORE>>.

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Lindzon Backs Discoverly

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Howard Lindzon , the San Diego angel investors who also heads up stock micro-messaging site StockTwits , has invested in another private company-- Discoverly.

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CapLinked, Startup America Tie On Startup Fundraising

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CapLinked's site allows companies to manage due diligence documents, shareholder communications, finding investors, and more; the firm said it now has over 135,000 users using its site. Startup America is the effort launched last year to spur the creation of startups nationwide. CapLinked is headed by Eric M.

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Interview with Eric M. Jackson, CapLinked

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Jackson: The story behind the company, is we're trying to solve a real world problem. My cofounder and I know how hard it is to get a company up and running, and funded, to keep your investors in the loop. The company was about to close their Series B funding, and the company had just launched the website.

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How Kaleo Is Tackling Enterprise Knowledge Sharing

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Phil Hui-Bon-Hoa , the CEO of El Segundo-based Kaleo (www.kaleo.com), is a serial entrepreneur who has previously built and sold four companies, including one acquired by IFILM, and another by Sun Microsystems. We're trying to save companies money, and increase the productivity of employees. How did the company start?

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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It’s always fun debating companies with Dana because she’s always so knowledgeable on deals – particularly those in the digital media, ad-tech and eCommerce spaces. But having different funds available for different stages of one’s company is actually a really good thing. DEAL OF THE WEEK: Gilt Groupe – We both admired this company.

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DataSift Announces Mega-Round. Apple Buys Topsy for $200 Million. Here’s What You Need to Know

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Considering our revenue is SaaS revenue this achievement is even more remarkable. But what if you’re a credit card company and you want to know where to find your next customers? and so on and we do private implementations with the likes of Yammer and others. Those are the obvious cases. should I go Audi or BMW?