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Report: IPOs On Track For Best Year Since 2007, But Only One Q3 Area Tech IPO

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A new report today, issued by E&Y, says that the global IPO market is on track to be the best year since 2007. However, local numbers show only one technology related IPO in the local market-- Sienna Biopharmaceuticals in Westlake Village.

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CarParts.com Adds Board Member

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and also had been CEO of Korn/Ferry Consulting between 2007 until 2013. Torrance-based e-commerce auto parts marketplace CarParts.com said on Wednesday that it has appointed Ana Dutra to its board of directors. Dutra is currently the CEO of Mandala Global Advisors, Inc., and Health, Harvest & Recreation.

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The dinner that destroyed Gawker

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Peter Thiel’s vague idea to do something about Gawker, the site that had outed him as gay in 2007, was concretized into conspiracy on April 6, 2011. This is an excerpt from Ryan Holiday’s new book Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue, available now. It began unremarkably, when Thiel traveled […].

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Ten Years Ago, The Self Driving Car Revolution Started In Victorville

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Ten years ago this week--on November 3, 2007--the self driving car revolution was launched in Southern California--in all places, Victorville, at the DARPA Urban Challenge. Image: one of the competitors, Terramax, in the DARPA Grand Challenge in 2007. READ MORE>>.

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Former Rubicon Project Founder Launches Startup Investment Fund

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Addante stepped aside as CEO of Rubicon Project in 2017, having been CEO since 2007. Addante--who recently has been living in Park City, Utah--said he is forming the new fund with partner Brynn Moynihan.

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Centerfield Buys Business.com and Savings.com

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Donnelly in 2007 for $345M, and the domain eventually went to Dex.com, and was shut down; the business was restarted in 2011 by a purchase by JMI Equity and Resource Nation in 2011. The acquisition of Business.com is just the latest saga in the business and domain name; the. for the domain name.

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HireAHelper Acquired By Porch

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HireAHelper was founded in 2007, and offers up a marketplace to compare quotes from local movers on both moving and moving services. Porch said that HireAHelper's 75 employees will joing the company's existing headcount of more than 800 employees, and that HireAHelper will remain in its location in Oceanside.

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