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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).

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Are Business Plans Still Necessary?

Both Sides of the Table

I remember going to an Under the Radar conference in 2006 in the heat of the Web 2.0 There were tons of young entrepreneurs showing their latest Web 2.0 Unfortunately this was reinforced by the many conferences that rushed to espouse the benefits of Web 2.0 RIP 2.0. portfolios.

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The Big VC Thaw – Why The Market is Moving Again (part 2 of 3)

Both Sides of the Table

In my previous post, The VC Ice Age is Thawing (for now) I wrote about the reasons why the VC market came to a screeching halt in September 2008 and remained largely shut until at least April 2009. There are now signs the VC market has gathered pace meaning it’s a great time to be fund raising. This is one book-end of the cycle.

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Aaron Fyke, Thin Line Capital: The Second Wave Of Cleantech Investing

socalTECH

Thin Line--formed in partnership with LA's Wavemaker Partners--is hoping to take advantage of the growth in the clean technology market to find startups able to tapping into those now established markets, without the huge investment requirements of those first wave of clean technology companies. Markets were not yet built out.

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

socalTECH

What is it about the content delivery network market which has enabled Santa Monica-based EdgeCast to go from startup to over $100M in revenues in only a few, short years? We have 35 POPs all over the world, in every major market, and we have more than 6,000 customers today. We've grown really fast.

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Interview with Raph Koster, Metaplace

socalTECH

But, it hasn't yet cracked the mass market code. I believe that when you marry the web and technology out of the game industry, you can empower people to really exploit the potential that virtual worlds have to bring people together and socialize. There are lots of slick entertainment platforms, but there are none that feel like Web 2.0,

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Brad Feld Drops Knowledge. Here’s What He Said …

Both Sides of the Table

This time frame – 2005/2006web 2.0 We have a theme we call Protocol, which are technology protocols and markets built around technology protocols like SMTP for email and RSS. Is that when it became big? was starting. So we have five themes – Digital Life and Distribution are the other two.”.