socalTECH

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

Los Angeles-based DataPop , a new paid search ad management firm started by a pair of Overture/Yahoo Search Marketing veterans, has raised $1.7M DataPop was founded Jason Lehmbeck and John Zimmerman, both of whom have been at Overture and Yahoo! Tags: datapop venture capital search marketing advertising overture yahoo.

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socalTECH

JUNE 6, 2011

Those programs--epitomized by YCombinator in the Bay Area, and TechStars in Boulder, Colorado--attract newly minted entrepreneurs with a mixture of cash and mentoring, and a program which rapidly takes ideas and turns them into viable, executing businesses. Those mentors are not just Bruce and I, although we are full time on this.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Alex Benzer: We're building SocialEngine in parallel, and working on a new, software-as-service version. We have some great mentors now. People we met there were Greg Cohn, who was recently head of yahoo games. It's a casual setupit's not an incubator, it's not an accelerator, and we're not charging anyone for space.

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JUNE 17, 2011

He also designed the Farmville iPhone application (top iPhone app), and worked on corporate development deals including Microsoft, Yahoo, Zynga Japan, and Zynga corporate strategy. Prior to Idealab, Alex led sales and marketing efforts for venture-backed startups focused on enterprise software and services.

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Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Design 100