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Upfront Ventures Adds Hamet Watt as New Investment Partner

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He first came to see me in 2008 when we was raising money for his 1st startup – NextMedium. It was a software platform for allowing advertisers to purchase brand integration (product placements) as a standardized unit through a marketplace. I’ve known Hamet for 5 years. The idea immediately resonated. I stayed close.

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How YP Is Growing A Giant Tech Team In Glendale

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I was recruited for the role when we were still at AT&T Interactive in October of 2008, by some of my former coworkers at Yahoo, who had already landed here. The last group, on the technical side, is platform data services. Where does YP fit in a world dominated by Google and Yelp? When did the split with AT&T happen?

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How YP.com Is Growing A Giant Tech Team In Glendale

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I was recruited for the role when we were still at ATT Interactive in October of 2008, by some of my former coworkers at Yahoo, who had already landed here. The last group, on the technical side, is platform data services. Where does YP fit in a world dominated by Google and Yelp? Outside of Facebook, Google is the internet.

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Productivity in Your Pocket

Xconomy

Fast-forward to the iPhone and the smartphone explosion in 2008 with the launch of the App Store. Paper launched in 2012, and though it is a drawing and sketching app, it proved that relatively complex work could be done on the iPad, leveraging the touch interface and larger screen. But First iPad. Paper launched an iPhone version.

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The Future of Couponing | How Social-Local-Mobile has Changed the Game

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The rise of couponing in late 2008 coincided with the recession of the late 2000s;” this factor combined with an increased consumer interest in mobile technology and devices led to an unprecedented decline in print media. Due to the combination of these factors, marketers began to more heavily fund digital platforms.

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REACH | Disruptive Technologies Impacting the Future of Gaming [Live]

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As President of Game Development and Operations at SGN, a leading cross platform game developer and distributor, Josh Yguado is responsible for development, marketing, and operations for all games. Robin is a former advisor to Gai Kai (acquired by Sony in 2012), an on-line technology company.

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Twitter, Jobs, Democracy & The US Elections

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It is open also in the same way that Google was open in its early days. Google started as a place where you came to be taken via links to other people’s websites. I know many of you don’t remember the context, but that was heresy when Google started. Google was duuumb. That’s the Google lesson.