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Snap's Big Winners: Spiegel, Murphy, Lasky, Benchmark, Lightspeed

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Obviously, co-founders Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy both have instantly been catapulted into the ranks of billionaires, with a net worth of $3.58 Lasky joined Snapchat's board in 2013. Who are the big winners after the IPO pricing of Venice, California-based Snap Inc. on Wednesday afternoon? billion in stock. READ MORE>>.

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Why The Media Has Been Wrong About YouTube Networks

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For much of 2013 I watched the press write articles about how the YouTube “MCNs” (multi-channel networks) were doomed and tried to square that with the data I was watching at the one I invested in, Maker Studios, who has had one hell of a year. Selling at smaller retailers will net you fewer customers and higher margins.

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REACH | Disruptive Technologies Impacting the Future of Gaming [Live]

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Date : Thursday, October 24, 2013. AGN was sold to Net-TV pioneer Pseudo Programs and Rubin served as VP of Games and Sports programming. He also leads mergers and acquisitions and ran the acquisitions of SGN, MindJolt and HallPass Media. Event Details: Where : Cross Campus 820 Broadway, Santa Monica, CA 90401.

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500 Startups Presents Bitcoinference

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Zeroblock , the highly successful mobile and web app was recently acquired by the world’s most popular Bitcoin site and online wallet, Blockchain.info. The transaction is considered the largest public acquisition in Bitcoin history with both companies exhibiting impressive growth numbers since their respective beginnings.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

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billion 2013 figure) have been massive financings at Honest Company ($70mm), JustFab ($85mm), ZipRecruiter ($63mm) and lord only knows how much SnapChat has actually accumulated. But our best Internet software engineers have historically been exported on a net basis to the Bay Area. In the last month alone (ie not captures in the $1.5