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Scientist.com Raises $24M for “Pharma Markets” that Outsource R&D

Xconomy

San Diego’s Scientist.com set out in 2006 to disrupt part of the pharmaceutical business by providing an Amazon-like approach to the business of hiring contract research organizations (CROs). Founding CEO Kevin Lustig said Scientist.com will use the additional cash to expand its operations.

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How Nils Forsblom Is Reinventing Himself In Mobile With TenFarms

socalTECH

Nils Forsblom is not new to the startup world -- in fact, his last startup, Fruugo, raised an astounding $48M in funding, and became one of the most heralded-- and controversial --startups in Finland. 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.

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Why The Growth Of The Internet Is Driving EdgeCast's Revenues

socalTECH

We started the company in the fall of 2006, launched in 2007, and have been offering our services to all kinds of mission critical websites since then. Instead, they outsource to an expert like Edegcast. James Segil: There's a couple of things to consider with growth, around what does it take to fund a company's growth.

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Twiistup 007: Final Showoff's Additional Speakers and TZ Discount

Tech Zulu Event

As a serial entrepreneur and Internet visionary, Richard co-founded Demand Media in May 2006, and currently serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. where her clients included global leaders in the outsourcing and telecom sectors and a number of prominent non-profits. Richard Rosenblatt. Dave McClure. . Rick Heitzmann.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Stay Positive

Frank Addante

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? ► 2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. Our competition was well funded with many millions of dollars, well armed with hundreds of employees and far down the path. A BIG THANK YOU.

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

Frank Addante

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? ▼ 2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. As CEO, I spent 6 months on the road, full-time, trying to raise our Series B funding. FounderBlog’s 1 Year Anniversary! A BIG THANK YOU.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 1.0: “The Bug Bite” - The Internet Needs a Card Catalogue (I guess that’s a search engine)

Frank Addante

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? ▼ 2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. We were not venture-funded (in fact, at the time, I didnt even know what venture capital was). FounderBlog’s 1 Year Anniversary!

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