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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.

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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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Alliance For SoCal Innovation's Poizner Throws Hat Back Into Politics

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Poizner previously had run as a Republican, serving in the role from 2007 to 2011; he also had thrown his hat into the California Governor's race in 2010. If successful, Poizner would be the first independent declaring "no party preference" to win a statewide office. READ MORE>>.

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California Leads In IPO Filings In Q2, Says Report

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According to a report from Ernst & Young, the second quarter of 2011 saw 140 potential IPOs, representing $23.7 billion in deals, the highest since the financial crisis started in late 2007. California had 25 companies in registration as of Q2, with eight companies in Southern California.

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TechForward Wins Lawsuit Against Best Buy

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TechForward sued Best Buy in February of 2011 , over Best Buy's creation of a near clone of TechForward's business. TechForward was venture backed by New Enterprise Associates and First Round Capital, and had initially launched its services in 2007.

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Business.com Acquired By Purch

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Donnelly in 2007 by Jake Winebaum, turned over to Dex.com after the sale, and eventually shut down, but restarted after a purchase by JMI Equity and Resource Nation in 2011. Business.com has a long, corporate history, having started life in Santa Monica in 1999, as a $7.5M READ MORE>>.

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Techstars Sustainability Adds to Growth of Sponsored Accelerators

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After Techstars opened its first program in Boulder, CO, in 2007, the startup accelerator program expanded into three cities over the next four years. In 2011, Techstars began launching accelerators that focused on startups innovating in a specific sector in partnership with big companies. But then the real growth started happening.

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