socalTECH

MAY 24, 2011

I had requests from friends to put them on an email, or give them a calendar reminder when a band was playing, and one thing led to another, and I started the site. Vic Caretti: The site was launched in April of 2008. 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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Both Sides of the Table

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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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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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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Web Newsletter Content Startup 237

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 20, 2012

The company launched its social media management system in 2008, growing to over 4 million users by the start of 2012. According to Ambrosia Humphrey, the company’s Director of Human Resources, “We had a jobs@ email in place, but it was hard to manage once we decided to move forward with the hiring process.” Share and Enjoy.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

Sometimes, Ill use LinkedIn to contact my network, but mostly I still just go to their profile and email them. 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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Both Sides of the Table

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 It is possible to submit a plan through email but it is not the best approach. They decided to run the fund close to home in West Conshohocken, PA where they still have offices.

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socalTECH

MARCH 29, 2012

In 2008, we built applications for musicians Travis Barker and DJ-AM, which provided a mixtape in exchange for a tweet. Amanda MacNaughton: The biggest thing that differentiates our platform, is the flexibility to run your promotion anywhere, whether that's your website, Facebook your blog, or the real world.

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Xconomy

JULY 10, 2016

When I told Larry Bock in an email about four months ago that I had been diagnosed with cancer, the renowned San Diego life sciences investor asked if he might see me at UC San Diego’s Moores Cancer Center. In another email exchange a month later, he wrote, “I am too weak to take on any new activities.”.

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SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Heres 5 steps to start exploring: View the "Best Of" list with 50+ essays on viral marketing, gaming, and ads » Get introduced: About this blog, why entrepreneurs and marketers recommend it » Receive updates by email or RSS feed or Twitter. This blog is to address these questions. September 18th, 2008 at 8:00 am.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2008

WordHustler launched in May of 2008 in a beta. The other way we monetize, is we run ads from Google, ads from our partner Scripped, and are also launching a digital membership in the new year which will combine both print and email submissions for a monthly membership fee. What's the whole idea behind WordHustler?

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SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 23, 2010

He blogs here and tweets here. Ian Rogers – Topspin Media Ian Rogers was the GM of Yahoo Music before heading to Topspin Media in April 2008 as CEO. a network of widely read blogs including Engadget – ranked # 1 by Technorati, Joystiq, Autoblog, and Blogging Baby. Mediacode was sold to Yahoo. Want to sponsor?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

2008 App ecosystem on iOS = $0. Many don’t return my emails on time. Compare the state of play in 2013 versus 15 years ago. 33% of the world is on the Internet on average of 3.1 hours / day. There are 138 million smart phones in the US alone and … wait … 99 million tablets. Agree whole heartedly. I create videos.

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Venture Capital Entrepreneur Invest Funding 374

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Elliott came up wit the idea in 2008, seeing the trends I just explained to you. He took it to angel investors, two of them of some note--Steve Blank, CEO of Epiphany, who also runs a great blog at SteveBlank.com , and Klaus Schauser, founder of Citrix Online. If you want to look at it, it's a series of functional checklists.

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Frank Addante

AUGUST 14, 2006

About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office! You would think that the importance of email would be obvious to everyone. ► October (1) New Video!

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SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Developments Blog. with her husband, Douglas, a former Google chief information officer, in late 2008. Most Emailed Feed. Email Newsletters and Alerts. WSJ.com Email Features. The email address null is already associated with another account. Please enter a different email address: Enter Your Email.

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Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44

Frank Addante

OCTOBER 31, 2006

About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office! We focused on proving that StrongMail is the best way to get email reliably delivered to the Inbox.

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Frank Addante

JUNE 19, 2006

About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office! I need to send marketing, e-commerce or e-statements emails to my customers to drive revenue or reduce costs.

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Both Sides of the Table

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. If I’m not mistaken, I may have been the first person to send out an angel “personal intro&# email on AngelList through their new platform when it launched or at least I was one of the first few.

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Frank Addante

MAY 3, 2006

About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office! At Starting Point, 100% of the interaction with our users/customers was via email.

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Frank Addante

SEPTEMBER 6, 2006

About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office! By Frank Addante I turned 30 last week (hence the change in my blog title). ► October (1) New Video!

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. We had several emails back and forth where he provided basic details on the concept. It may be that all the doomsayers are right. But I don’t think so. Become a lifer.

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Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

Not all bots are benign however.Some bots go through your website looking for web forms and email addresses to send you spam. Copyright © 2008 by Christopher Heng. How to Put a Clickable Email Address on Your Web Page Using Dreamweaver Will I Have to Continue to Pay a Fee to Keep My Domain Name After I Buy It?

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SoCal Delicious

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Read more » Recent Press The New York Times April 22, 2009 - A Company Plans to Market Illiquid Assets CNBC.com April 8, 2008 - Social Stock Picking Reuters April 6, 2009 - Bit.ly Click to email him. I don't want to see any more of you with crappy business guys ruining your great ideas, ok?

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Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office! ► October (1) New Video! the Rubicon Project's Secret to Succes. So much for resting!

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Frank Addante

APRIL 16, 2007

About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office! billion on Friday, I have received a flood of emails asking for my thoughts on the topic.

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Google Advertising Startup Venture Capital 40

Frank Addante

AUGUST 29, 2006

About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office! ► October (1) New Video! the Rubicon Project's Secret to Succes. Momentum sells.

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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. He's awesome.

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Startup Product Technology Venture Capital 191

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 21, 2010

Colin moved back to his home town of Boston before I returned to the US and unfortunately he got divorced from his wife, an Egyptian national, in 2008. Watch a short 3 minute video of Colin being interviewed by the Boston news station - this will make Colin’s situation come to life for you rather than just trusting my blog post.

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Help Startup Resource USC 302

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Our Best Interviews Via Email: Monthly. Charlie Capen is co-founder of HowToBeADad.com , an entertainment site and dad blog for “parents, soon-to-be parents and people who have no desire to procreate, whatsoever.” Heather McPhaul is the founder of AgingGal.com , a funny little blog about aging and other inconveniences.

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Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

Frank Addante

JUNE 13, 2006

About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office! ► October (1) New Video! the Rubicon Project's Secret to Succes.

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Startup Outsource Development Product Advertising 40

Frank Addante

MAY 8, 2006

About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office! ► October (1) New Video! the Rubicon Project's Secret to Succes.

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Startup Advertising Web Design Venture Capital 40

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

TechCrunch ran my article yesterday as a guest post but I wanted to have a copy here for anybody who missed it and for future readers of this blog. I stayed up late every night after a day of meetings doing email until 3am so that I didn’t feel out of touch with our product and sales pipelines. But now I’m nearly 42.

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Entrepreneur Startup Venture Capital Conference 308

Frank Addante

MAY 15, 2006

About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office! We had lawyers everywhere; digging through files, reviewing all of our emails and mounds of paperwork.

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Both Sides of the Table

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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Software Review Software Blogging Startup 285

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

There are too many to mention but I’ve noticed them all on Twitter, Facebook, blogs and people who have emailed or texted me. I asked him what motivated him and he told me, “I started it in 2008 as a project with my daughter helping canvass for Obama. Hunter Walk, Brad Feld, Chris Sacca and Kara Swisher are just a few.

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