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Announcing a Deal I’ve Wanted to Talk About for a Year

Both Sides of the Table

I first met Ethan in 2005. I acted as the occasional mentor, advisor and coach to Ethan. I think it’s a beautifully designed site and product. I was preparing to move back to the US from London after 11 years abroad. The company was called Red Beacon. I was standing with him when he won the TechCrunch 50 award.

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Seth Sternberg – Meebo

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Seth’s interest in helping others grew out of his lack of having a mentor. He was drawn to Stanford by the people ecosystem- access to professors and mentors. Again, he stressed the importance of good mentors. In 2005, Meebo started connected users across other websites. Why did you pursue an MBA at Stanford?

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Guide to the LA Startup Community

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It was acquired by Experian in 2005 for $330M. It also was acquired by Experian in 2005. In July 2005 News Corporation bought MySpace parent company eUniverse for $580 M, of which approximately $327 M was the valuation of MySpace. Codeita lets you design, code, and publish all from a cloud-based LAMP development environment.

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Boomers are Looking for Another Bite at the Apple

Startup Professionals Musings

of startup businesses as far back as 2005. How can you beat finding someone who has been there and done that, able to mentor Gen-Y, has lots of connections to people in your industry, and is often willing to work for equity alone? News & World Report , people over 40 were key players in 86.6% Advisory Board. Angel Investor.

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