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Retro: My Favorite Blog Post on Raising VC

Both Sides of the Table

After my company was acquired by Salesforce.com I was asked to stop blogging and they took over my blog as an asset in the sale of the company. I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. There was no viral social networking products back then like Twitter where people could easily discover your content.

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Interview: Paige Craig, CEO BetterWorks

InfoChachkie

Play it in the background while you otherwise remain productive (or listen to it while you update your FB page, your call). 4) What lessons from launching the Lincoln Group in Baghdad in 2005 are transferable to today’s LA startup scene? 3) I’ve heard some great stories about your weekend sales “boot camps.”

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Interview with Scott Saunders, Payoff.com

socalTECH

Scott Saunders: I spent nearly my entire career on the investment side, and in 2005 switched over to the entrepreneurial side of the world. When I shoed up with a few pages of conceptual, early stage ideas around consumer finance, it was immediately captivating, and it really lined up with what he wanted to do.

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How A Pivot Turned Vantage Media Into A $100M Plus Business

socalTECH

We started looking to see if we could use technology disrupt the agency business, for companies serving the performance marketing area, the cost-per-sale area. Real time bidding allows advertisers to bid on users in a particular market, who are likely to be purchasing that company''s product. It was a question of build versus buy.

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Its BlogWorld Time! Los Angeles Get Ready!

Tech Zulu Event

Shani Higgins joined Technorati in 2007 to lead strategy and day to day operations for the company¹s advertising sales, business development and the Technorati Media advertising network. Jim Farley is Ford Motor Company’s group vice president, global marketing, sales and service. Justine Ezarik (a.k.a. NewTek Inc. The NewTek Inc.

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Off To SXSW, Our Schedule, And A Special Thanks

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Veteran LA law firm opens a Silicon Beach office and launches a pro-bono “Precelerator”

SoCal Delicious

The firm made a name for itself representing Skype from formation in 2003 through its ultimate sale to eBay for $2.6 billion in 2005, and also currently represents Rdio, Beats Electronics, Riot Games, Ad.ly, Redpoint Ventures, and several other prominent private and publicly traded clients. Follow PandoDaily: Search. Get Tickets.