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Exploring A Brave New World Of Domain Names, With Rightside

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To get some insight into how those names are changing--we caught up with Steve Banfield , SVP and GM of Registrar Services over at Rightside (www.rightside.co) -- which is in the midst of spinning out from Santa Monica-based Demand Media. Steve Banfield: What will become Rightside has been part of Demand Media.

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Should Startups Focus on Profitability or Not?

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While Google and Facebook will buy “acquihires” (at least as of Dec 2011), many acquirers hate the idea of buying companies that aren’t profitable. When they look at buying your company they often think in terms of “how long will it take until I earn back the profits to pay for my acquisition price?”

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

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So much so that if you read Ken Auletta’s wonderful book “ Googled ” you’ll see that Larry and Sergey had for years stated they would never do paid search results. The patents Overture held became known in small circles as Google’s ’361 problem as outlined here. Yes, Google won.

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Interview with Robin Richards, CareerArc

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com, and Vivendi Universal Net USA, where he was also CEO. I think, to be a great entrepreneur, you have to look at what is missing in the category that you will be playing in the industry, and figure what you can deploy with a little bit of strategy and technology to bring a better service and price. What is CareerArc?

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Interview with David Aronchick, Hark

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Sure, that's a decent way to approach it, but the result is, studios then want a huge minimum guarantee, which really prices startups out of the market. David Aronchick: The net of our jobs is really harnessing the demand. David Aronchick: The net of our jobs is really harnessing the demand.

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Interview with Matt Munson, InstaCanvas

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They can also follow you on Google+, see your galleries on InstaCanvas as you update them and modify them over time, and manage all of your communications back and forth with fans. How does pricing on the photos work? Matt Munson: We tested demand for this concept, and had about 400 people sign up in 72 hours.

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Interview with Nick Desai, Global Fitness Media

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The firm is co-founded by Jake Steinfeld, of Body by Jake, and ExerciseTV, and has received investment from prolific angel investor Ron Conway and Polar Capital, the investment firm of former Google President Tim Armstrong. Tim's the current CEO of AOL, and was President of Google at the time. Thanks for talking with us.

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