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Geodelic Wins Clear Channel

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Santa Monica-based Geodelic , the mobile application development firm run by Rahul Sonnad, has signed up Clear Channel's airport division, Clear Channel Airports , the companies said today. Sonnad is best known for his prior success at thePlatform, which he founded and sold to Comcast back in 2006. READ MORE>>.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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Their first fund was a $75 million fund raised in 2006 and they very recently announced a brand new $130 million fund. Helps content publishers and advertisers launch campaigns that develop viral distribution attributes and therefore gain “buzz.”. Founded in October 2006 by Jonah Peretti (co-founder of Huffington Post).

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Interview with Mark Sylvester, Likeabilitee

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They had been recommended as a preferred provider for Facebook application developers, but it didn't work. We were even funded back in 2006 by Adobe, to move over to Flex. How has your shift to the cloud worked for you? Mark Sylvester: We started with one service, who I won't name, and got off of them.

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Entrepreneurs Should be Respected, Not Loved

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Back in 2006 Facebook made a conscious decision to encourage the platform ecosystem even if it meant creating large businesses like Zynga (Slide & RockYou were the initial big players) that could make a lot of money off of Facebook. . &# Why should these guys get uber rich off of our backs?&# Facebook took the long view.

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How Nils Forsblom Is Reinventing Himself In Mobile With TenFarms

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I then went back to Europe to create a company called Fruugo, which was a big startup back in the day, in 2006 in Europe. Nils Forsblom: Back in 2004, I met a girl when I was here on vacation. We started dating, and actually got married. Obviously, we got lots of influential people and money, and hired a ton of people.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 4.0 – Wireless is the next big thing – hurry!

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Under Process, Over Deliver So, you need to develop a product? ▼ 2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? ► March (2) 4. Build a SWAT team 3. By Frank Addante [Startup 4.0]

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