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UCLA Looks To Tap Social Networks In Teen Health Effort

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According to health care insurer Health Net and UCLA, the two are looking to study the use of Web-based, social media to improve preventative care and decrease emergency room visits among adolescents. UCLA and Health Net said the effort is being funded by a $1.1M

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Why you should never have a data room — the most counter-intuitive fund-raising advice you’ll ever…

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Or if you’re a VC raising from LPs you have to list all of your deals, your investment value, your carrying value, your multiples, your IRRs, TVPIs, DPIs, etc along with net cashflows plus your previous LPAs. You are going to “study” the details before making a decision. and then asking to take a brochure home with you. Yeah, sure.

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How This Entrepreneur Raised $28,000 Using Airbnb to Fund Her Startup

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This was the first in her string of web properties. In one year of Airbnb Tracy netted more than $28,000. Tracy studied SEOMoz and several other online sources of SEO tips. She learned at the kitchen table as so many spouses do. After some encouragement from him she decided to launch her own website – Recycled Bride.

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The @TWTFelipe Story – A Tale of US Visa Policy Gone Awry (#startupvisa)

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He came to the United States in 2001 to study Software Engineering at Auburn University. In 2005 he was graduated and took a job in South Carolina working for technology company while he started his own web design company on the side. Once you start censoring the Web, you restrict the ability to imagine and innovate.

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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: The difference is that VoiceXML does not leverage customers' knowledge of web development. Also, you mentioned an interesting rails session that you attended last month about security, and we've been studying Google's web app security guidelines.

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Interview with Sam Rogoway, Near Networks

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The company is employing a network of documentary filmmakers and high quality, Hollywood production capability here in Los Angeles to produce small business videos in HD for the web and YouTube. There was a recent study which showed that adding a video makes it 53 times more likely that you'll have a Google first page search result.