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OCTOBER 1, 2009

And Ron Conway has proclaimed that he wants to do up to 40-50 rapid-fire deals in the next 18 months in what is becoming known as the “real time web” (e.g. The success of the iPhone – The success of the iPhone and more importantly the App Store has led to an increase in early-stage VC fundings that mirror the Web 2.0

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

Derrick Oien: We have a platform we develop, called ANTHEM. Historically, it was something that started to develop before our launch with operators back in 2005, and it now serves as a laboratory for development of our product. Intercasting is backed by $17.5M in funding from Venrock, Avalon, and Masthead. So it's been a year.

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SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 23, 2010

Demand Media is an online media company operating two strategically-linked businesses: an integrated content and social media platform, and registrar solutions. It was acquired by Experian in 2005 for $330M. It also was acquired by Experian in 2005. became a wholly owned subsidiary of AOL in November of 2005.

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socalTECH

JULY 20, 2009

One of the big, open source successes in both Southern California and the software world was Gluecode Software , which was based in Los Angeles and acquired by IBM in 2005. We caught up with Webtide to learn more about the firm's open source web server software, Jetty.

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MARCH 1, 2010

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). Okay, thats AdSense. then in Silicon Valley.

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Our Best Interviews Via Email: Monthly. Joey Flores is co-founder and CEO of Earbits , an online radio platform that enables bands, labels and concert promoters to acquire fans, market new releases and promote live events. He previously led business development for Affiliate Fuel, leading to its acquisition by Experian in 2005.

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JANUARY 16, 2012

I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. He knows the history of all of the payment gateways, mobile payment platforms, credit offerings, remittance companies, etc. It’s tempting to want to stay in your offices and fund raise via email or web conferencing.

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MAY 5, 2011

Who’s going to help you with improving your marketing / positioning to become a clear platform category leader like Twilio? He’s been steadily emailing me for the past 18 months with ideas for local entrepreneurs I “have to meet&# and has been egging me on to spend more time in Seattle.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2017

Around 2001 Jonah was studying at MIT Media Lab and began running experiments in viral stories in an era before smart phones (2007) and before social networks took off (2004–2007) and before YouTube (2005). Back then there were “email forwards.” Wasn’t Jonah worried about “platform risks?”

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