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Interview: Mark Douglas, President & CEO, SteelHouse Media

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Messenger : Mark Douglas, President & CEO, SteelHouse Media. In this interview, Mark discusses how his experiences at Oracle, eHarmony and the Rubicon Project contributed to the creation of his latest venture, SteelHouse Media. 4) Did I read correctly that you were part of the original development team for Oracle Financials?

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Why Early-Stage VCs Should Be Careful About Intros from Bankers

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What price? I tapped my friends at big tech companies (Salesforce, Google, Oracle). The sheer number of relationships I’ve built through being public, transparent and being willing to engage in comments and through social media has enabled me to get to know entrepreneurs even before they launch their next company.

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The Importance of Proprietary Deal Flow in Early-Stage VC

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What price? I tapped my friends at big tech companies (Salesforce, Google, Oracle). The sheer number of relationships I’ve built through being public, transparent and being willing to engage in comments and through social media has enabled me to get to know entrepreneurs even before they launch their next company.

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Understanding Changes in the Software & Venture Capital Industries

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We had to buy Oracle database licenses, UNIX servers, a Sun Solaris operating system, web servers, load balancers, EMC storage, disk mirrors for redundancy and had to commit to a year-long hosting agreement at places such as Exodus. Linux (instead of UNIX), Apache (web server software), MySQL (instead of Oracle) and PHP.

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Understanding How The Innovator’s Dilemma Affects You

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I cannot recommend it enough for people in the technology or media sectors. First, over time Salesforce.com’s technology got better and better yet the price didn’t shoot up dramatically relative to Siebel. billion in recurring run-rate revenue and growing while Siebel is sold to Oracle for a mere $5.8

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Good Times Ahead for VC-backed Tech Companies?

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the people who buy companies) in Q2 of this year of technology & media companies. Buyers aren’t oblivious to the fact that funds need to sell older portfolio companies and an oversupply relative to demand means that prices should still be challenged going forward. with only 19% saying they would decrease levels.

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Congrats To All The Winners and Thanks To Our Speakers at #REACHNeXT!

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Parlor is the first app to allow freelance stylists, barbers and makeup artists to set their own prices, manage their schedules and build their clientele by bringing their services directly to your home or any location you choose. DigiSynd manages Disney’s brand presence in the social media space. Best of REACH NeXT: Parlor.