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eHarmony Settles Same-Sex Class Action Lawsuit

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Pasadena-based online dating site eHarmony has settled a class action lawsuit over its lack of support for gay, lesbian, and bisexual individuals, the firm reported Tuesday evening. which was filed in 2007. which was filed in 2007. According to eHarmony, it is in an agreement to settle Carlson, et. eHarmony, Inc., eHarmony, Inc.,

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What Jonah @Peretti, CEO of BuzzFeed, Sees in the Future of Digital Media

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(there’s a great story from Jonah in the video but you have to watch to hear it :)) But it’s undeniable that it has become a digital media powerhouse having raised around $500 million in capital with a valuation reported at $1.7 billion and revenues likely exceeding $250 million (Wikipedia lists 2015 revenue at $167 million).

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All The Questions You Wanted Answered about Bird Scooters and Their Recent $300 Million Funding

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How could Bird really be worth the reported $2 billion valuation that I read about in this press? That has allowed the company to launch in many markets, build amazing applications, design future versions of the scooter and monetize while many companies are still just drawing up their go-to-market plans.

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Startup CTO or Developer

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In December 2007, I described how I commonly take on an Acting CTO Role in a Start-up. Given likely market changes, how will we design and build so that the systems can respond to marketplace changes? What other kinds of capabilities such as graphic design, user interaction, product manager, QA will we need? Accounting?

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Congrats To The Spotlight: LA Tech Fall Presenting Companies at UCLA

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It’s the first performance-based marketing platform specifically designed for the music industry. GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content. To explore how new technologies impact society.

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Spotlight: LA Tech | One Year, Recap, and Thank You!

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It’s the first performance-based marketing platform specifically designed for the music industry. GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content. To explore how new technologies impact society.

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Fast Follower III – First Mover Disadvantage

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A runner who has no chance of winning the race is designated as the rabbit and is instructed to set a very fast initial pace. Pragmatism – Fulton was more skilled organizer & a better mechanical designer than Fitch. Copyright © 2007-9 by J. In long-distance foot races, some teams deploy the “rabbit” strategy.