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DECEMBER 19, 2013

Los Angeles-based streaming television site Hulu said Wednesday that it will reach $1 billion in revenue this year, up from the $695M in revenues it had in 2012, and also now has 5 million subscribers on its Hulu Plus premium service, six years after the company''s launch in 2008.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2013

The move comes two years after GigaOm acquired paidContent from former owner Guardian Media, which had purchased paidContent from Ali in 2008. Rafat Ali--who is now running a New York travel news startup, Skift --had built an empire of news sites on the brand new concept--at the time--of blogging articles and news digitally.

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MAY 7, 2011

Sometime around 2003/04 my technology team turned me on to “Spolsky on Software&# a periodic newsletter served up blog style from Joel Spolsky of FogCreek Software, a maker of bug-tracking software. Blogs weren’t popularized yet so it was an oddity for me to read the founder of a software company spewing out advice.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Calacanis launched his JasonNation newsletter back in 2008, when he decided to stop blogging publicly but still wanted to share his thoughts and opinions with his contacts. Calacanis said in November that his LAUNCH conference will afford startup with the ability to reach investors and launch products to the world.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

According to Lunch.com, the new feed can be added to blogs, personal sites, or elsewhere to help users promote their content. Johnson was the founder of VirtualTourist, which he sold to Expedia in 2008.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 6, 2010

Chris Gorog , the CEO of Los Angeles-based Napster , said Wednesday in a blog post that he is leaving the firm. Best Buy purchased Napster for $121M in September of 2008. According to Gorog, he will turn the reins of CEO over to Christopher Allen, who will serve as General Manager. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 24, 2014

I spent my first year developing proprietary deal flow and learning the business and then the Sept 2008 / Lehman Bros collapse / financial meltdown happened. “Ok, so this guy can write a blog and source deals but can he make any money?” I become a venture capitalist in September 2007 – exactly 6.5 years ago.

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JULY 24, 2012

I wrote a blog post on how to work with lawyers at a startup nearly two-and-a-half years ago. This was 2005 when I had no exits under my belt, no blogs … nobody was looking. It was very widely read. If you don’t have much experience in working with law firms at a startup it’s a good primer. Startup-focused.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

ContentNext--which had been founded by Rafat Ali in Santa Monica, and eventually sold in July of 2008 to Guardian News and Media--publishes paidContent, mocoNews.net, paidContent:UK, and contentSutra.com. Ali had founded the blog after he lost a job immediately after September 11th. Names of potential buyers were not discussed.

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JUNE 27, 2013

We have previously raised funds in 1996 ($200 million), 2000 ($400 million) and 2008/9 ($200 million). I am super excited to announce that today is a day of lots of new things for my partners & me: A new fund, a new office and a new brand. Let’s start with the fund. This month we closed our 4th fund of $200 million.

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MARCH 6, 2011

Because my wife is a superstar she published them all on a blog here along with much other wonderful type-A mom advice. He was raising money initially in the worst market in a decade (we met in 2008), he’s in his mid-40′s, is doing a mom’s site (he has no kids) and he has a JewFro.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Thing Labs was foundedin June of 2008, with funding from Jones, Polaris Venture Partners, SoftTech VC, and Jeff Clavier. It has been a very acquisitive day for AOL, which announced--in addition to buying Thing Labs--that it has acquired tech blog network TechCrunch, and video content syndication firm 5min Media.

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JUNE 28, 2010

This includes seed funding Automattic (who produce WordPress, the blog I use for this website) and investing in formspring.me, stickybits, Thing Labs (producer of Brizzly), KissMetrics and many others including Quantcast. Spun off from Freewebs in 2008, based in Palo Alto. Venture Financings we Discussed.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2010

And so it happened that between 2000-2008 I was the biggest buzz kill at dinner parties. Remember it was only 2008 where Microsoft and even Google were laying off employees. I am avoiding “frenzied&# deals for all of the reasons Roger Ehrenberg talks about in his excellent blog post. Many may simply hit the wall.

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OCTOBER 1, 2009

In the first post in this three part series I described why I believe the VC market froze between September 2008 – April 2009. To understand this in great detail see this very important blog post by Henry Blodget on the unemployment rate in the US and its impact on the recovery. That’s around 1 out of 7 working-age Americans.

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socalTECH

MAY 24, 2011

Vic Caretti: The site was launched in April of 2008. We also have a very popular blog on our site, where we only mention one band a day, and we have lots of bands, artists, and labels vying for that position. Vic Caretti: When I started this in 2008, I didn't even look at the business model. It's just grown on its own.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 18, 2012

However, Eric recently posted the following insights on his blog. We failed because the economy has drastically fallen since 2008, particularly in the consumer sector. Since 2008, the company has been forced to lower it’s prices, from $120/hour to $80/hour. Success has many fathers, failure is an orphan. .

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socalTECH

JUNE 27, 2013

We caught up with Mark Suster , one of Upfront''s General Partners and a well known blogger and technology personality, the new fund, and how his blogging is now driving the firm''s investment activity. Our 2008 fund is also performing incredibly strong. Tell us about the new fund? Mark Suster: It''s a $200M fund.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Why Every Entrepreneur Should Write and 9 Tips To Get Started - OnStartups , September 27, 2010 "The best part of blogging is the people you will meet"- Hugh MacLeod repeating wisdom from Loic Lemeur to me at the Big Pink at 2 am in South Beach after the Future of Web Apps 2008. Kanye West. Let's recap.

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MARCH 6, 2016

In 2008 I started VC blogging. I had blogged when I was an entrepreneur. They thought it was like MySpace and why did I need a MySpace page? In 2007 I started using Twitter and most of my friends & colleagues wondered why people would care what I ate for lunch.

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Technology Council

JUNE 30, 2008

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JUNE 3, 2010

I don’t do advertising on my blog, but I thought it was worth mentioning Ryan in particular because he has an alternate model for doing a startup. Brought in new CEO, Russ Reeder in 2008. Founded in 2009 in San Francisco by David Soloff (ex-Lead Architect of Rapt, which was sold to MSFT in 2008). They sponsor TWiVC.

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JANUARY 24, 2016

And I’m going to cross post this entire post on Facebook as an experiment rather than just posting a link on FB and trying to drive people to my blog. So if you’re reading this on Facebook (or on my blog!) In the years 2008-10 it seems most of my high school and college friends discovered Facebook and wanted to say hello.

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socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2009

Metaplace said that web users can now embed the firm's Flash-based virtual worlds into blogs or webpages. San Diego-based Metaplace , the online virtual world startup headed by Raph Koster, disclosed today that the firm is now allowing users to easily embed virtual worlds into any web page.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

DECEMBER 11, 2008

Wednesday, December 17, 2008 -- AlwaysOn BreakOut. A private gathering of five hundred artists, digital entertainment CEOs, studio heads, venture capitalists, talent agents and managers, and leading members of the press and blogging community will attend BreakOut. Special 500ff discount for socalTECH readers: [link].

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SoCal Tech Calendar

DECEMBER 10, 2008

Tuesday, December 16, 2008 -- AlwaysOn BreakOut. A private gathering of five hundred artists, digital entertainment CEOs, studio heads, venture capitalists, talent agents and managers, and leading members of the press and blogging community will attend BreakOut. Special 500ff discount for socalTECH readers: [link].

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SoCal Tech Calendar

DECEMBER 9, 2008

Monday, December 15, 2008 -- AlwaysOn BreakOut. A private gathering of five hundred artists, digital entertainment CEOs, studio heads, venture capitalists, talent agents and managers, and leading members of the press and blogging community will attend BreakOut. Special 500ff discount for socalTECH readers: [link].

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socalTECH

MAY 8, 2009

According to Demand Media , Armstrong will provide twice-daily updates on the event from Livestrong, and will also feature videos, blog posts, and other updates on the event. The site is jointly run by Demand Media and Armstrong, and focuses on health and wellness topics.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

I ran that between 2001 and 2008, and then left to start what has become PublishThis. In the past, companies were just blogging, or just creating content. Matt Kumin: I've been working in digital and Internet in LA since 1995, and have been doing this for a number of years. That's expensive, and takes a lot more people.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 4, 2013

Blair Harrison: Frequency was borne out of a frustration of mine, which is having to visit many different places to consume video, from a combination of social networks, to blogs, to apps. Blair Harrison: I sold iFilm to Viacom at the end of 2005, and got out of there at the beginning of 2008. How did you get from iFilm to Frequency?

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MAY 15, 2010

StackOverflow is a free Q&A site for software developers, blending functionality from wikis, blogs, forums, and social voting (similar to Digg/Reddit); 7.1mm unique visitors per month; new funds will be used to build out engineering team and build out product. I first discovered it from Dharmesh Shah’s blog OnStartups.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

Where LinkedIn Works for Me A Different Kind of Incubator - The Hive About this Blog Southern California Tech Central Southern California Tech Central Loading. in Computer Science. He is a frequent speaker at industry and academic events. Los Angeles Social Media Starters What is Visible Networking?

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 28, 2007

Where LinkedIn Works for Me A Different Kind of Incubator - The Hive About this Blog Southern California Tech Central Southern California Tech Central Loading. in Computer Science. He is a frequent speaker at industry and academic events. Los Angeles Social Media Starters What is Visible Networking?

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

Where LinkedIn Works for Me A Different Kind of Incubator - The Hive About this Blog Southern California Tech Central Southern California Tech Central Loading. in Computer Science. He is a frequent speaker at industry and academic events. Los Angeles Social Media Starters What is Visible Networking?

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APRIL 20, 2011

If you read this blog often you'll know that I'm a huge fan of First Round Capital. In 2008 they raised a much larger fund $132.5 They have totally changed the way you run a VC firm, investing heavily in systems & events for their founders that are pushing the boundaries of the way our industry works.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 23, 2007

Why does this hurt, well I was just reading a few blog posts yesterday on finding startup co-founders: Where do you Find Cofounders? Where LinkedIn Works for Me A Different Kind of Incubator - The Hive About this Blog Southern California Tech Central Southern California Tech Central Loading. in Computer Science.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2010

The 55-64 age bracket exhibited the highest rate of entrepreneurial activity every year from 1996 to 2008, while the 20-34 bracket actually had the lowest rate. As it turns out, you’re exactly the right age to be starting a business! ##### Today's guest blog is by Akira Hirai, the founder of Cayenne Consulting.

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