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Page Howe: Why Everyone In LA Ought To Have a.LA Domain

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Page Howe: I've been a fan of the domain since 2008 and 2009, having grown up in LA, lived here, and seen the story here through the good and the bad. We bought and sold domains, and it's now been over two million since 2007. An example of that is Craig's, which now has Craigs.la. How did you get involved with.LA?

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Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups

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skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 22, 2007 Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups Ive been participating in a Yahoo Group that are users of LinkedIn and who are Bloggers: [link] Its an interesting group of folks from diverse backgrounds. How do you use LinkedIn?

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The Changing Structure of the VC Industry

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When you think about the trends of faster-growing startups due to social networking, credit card enable and mobile first consumers – the reality is that many startups are becoming very large financially before needing to go public. 2007 was the watershed year. In reality many of them could be profitable if they chose to.

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Open Source Business Model

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However, Elgg could power 100,000 networks and it would make no difference - there is no revenue stream as we give everything away under a GPL license. I understand his frustration. You create something that has value and gets traction and yet youve created it in a way that the software is considered "free."

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Interview with Zac Brandenberg, Meteor Games

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Zac Brandenberg: The company was founded in late 2007 by Adam and Donna Powell. They launched this business in 2007, with the concept of building another virtual world and large scale game. So, we refocused in late 2008 and early 2009, and launched Island Paradise in August of that year. How did the firm start?

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This Week in VC with @VCMike Hirshland of Polaris Ventures

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Founded 2007 in Boulder, CO. Developer and publisher of social mobile games. Spun off from Freewebs in 2008, based in Palo Alto. Web service that allows parents to monitor children’s activity on social networks in realtime for about $10/child/month. Competitors: Google. Total raised: $18.3mm. Total raised: $30mm.

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Where LinkedIn Works for Me

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skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 Where LinkedIn Works for Me Ive been a long time user of LinkedIn , but only recently have started getting the benefits I always expected. Im sure that many of you have read Guys article Ten Ways to Use LinkedIn.

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