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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. MyTime aims to be the first industry-wide platform to help create consistency across the SKUs in services businesses. I was preparing to move back to the US from London after 11 years abroad. The company was called Red Beacon.

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Seth Sternberg – Meebo

Both Sides of the Table

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. Leverage a feedback platform like Get Satisfaction or UserVoice. Again, he stressed the importance of good mentors. Why did you pursue an MBA at Stanford?

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Guide to the LA Startup Community

SoCal Delicious

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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