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Walmart Gets Stake In Green Dot

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Monrovia, California-based Green Dot , the provider of prepaid debit cards run by Steve Streit, reported in an updated S-1 filing with the SEC this week that it has issued 2,208,552 shares of its Class A stock to Walmart, as part of a renewed distribution deal with the retail giant signed in May. in net income it earned on $60.7M

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Upfront Ventures Raised New $280 Million Fund

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Our 3rd fund began investing in March 2009 (raised in 2008) and our 4th fund started in April 2012 so this fund will naturally begin investing around March / April 2015. Family Offices (of high-net-worth individuals or families). That’s why the best firms tend to raise every three years. University Endowments. Foundations.

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Former Madison Square Garden President Scott O’Neil Joins ScoreBig Advisory Board

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He established a reputation as a decisive leader and change agent, growth driver and builder of world-class organizations. O’Neil is not just another leader but is known for his great traits in his years at the Philadelphia Eagles, National Basketball Association and Madison Square Garden. is backed by Bain Capital and U.S.

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CallFire Bootstraps 50,000 Signups and Hires Former NetZero CEO

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CallFire simplifies telephony, making sophisticated, expensive carrier-class telecom capabilities available through an easy-to-use GUI and API platform, which the company pioneered in 2007. They have the energy, the passion, and the integrity it takes to transform this sector. I look forward to contributing to that achievement.”.

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What Can You Learn from the 4-Hour Workweek?

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It was recommended to me by my friend, Net Jacobsson , who was trying to do some basic Life Hacking. But Net had told me that he picked up some valuable lessons from the book, so I thought, “WTF? They can travel the world, take classes in interesting subjects, spend time with loved ones or start new hobbies.

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VC Confessions: We Passed On Twilio’s Seed Round

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Thus, he naturally viewed Twilio's toolsets as rudimentary and easy to copy - easy for him and his world-class team of VoIP engineers, but not so easy for the average developer. The net was that 's app is too sophisticated for the five verbs. <Note: John Greathouse <john *@ *.com> com> 4/25/08. to Jim, Kevin.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Be Best at Something

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2009 (3) ► May (1) A Tour of the Rubicon Project Headquarters ► April (1) "Pay it Forward" Event for Students & Aspiring Ent. When companies wanted first class advertising placement and high-end marketing technology, we were the place to come. ► October (1) New Video!

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