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Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups

SoCal CTO

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 22, 2007 Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups Ive been participating in a Yahoo Group that are users of LinkedIn and who are Bloggers: [link] Its an interesting group of folks from diverse backgrounds.

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VC Confessions: We Passed On Twilio’s Seed Round

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The net was that 's app is too sophisticated for the five verbs. <Note: Without insights into the Northern California startup ecosystem, our thesis was, "Why are these guys seeking capital in SoCal? John Greathouse <john *@ *.com> com> 4/25/08. to Jim, Kevin. I spoke (with) (name redacted) re Twilio.

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Interview with Mark Suster, GRP Partners

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billion to Yahoo, we did CitySearch, we invested in the largest travel site in Europe, called LastMinute.com, and also CyberSource--a number of very early stage, Internet companies. We invested in Overture, which was sold for $1.2 My competition is not Rustic Canyon, it's not Clearstone, or the other venture firms in town.

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Why You Should Start a Company in. Los Angeles

SoCal Delicious

The city has, however, quietly been home to some of the most successful online companies to date, including CitySearch (sold to Ticketmaster for $260 million in 1998), Overture (acquired by Yahoo for $2 billion in 2003), eHarmony and LowerMyBills (bought by Experian for $330 million in 2005).

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Tech Titans Peter Thiel, Matt Jacobson, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Mich Mathews, Elon Musk Buy Homes in Los Angeles

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NAME Yahoo. Another client, Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, just closed on a deal to buy ex- Yahoo. Jim Andersen, president of prolific Westside developer NMS Properties, says the firm is opening five more buildings not far from the offices of Google and Yahoo, among other tech firms. COMPANY FB COMPANY|FB. NAME Facebook.