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Interview with Ryan Disraeli And Stacy Stubblefield, Telesign

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Stacy Stubblefield: We actually started out of an incubator, based out of Beverly Hills. We were working on a bunch of different projects when we first started at the incubator. We got a relatively large client in 2008, after three years of chugging along, and that's when we knew that was the business we should be focusing on.

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This Week in VC – Scott Painter, CEO of Zag & TrueCar

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Founded in 2008 in Santa Monica by Ron Goldman (former CRO of shopping.com) and Rahul Sonnad. Incubated by Clearstone Ventures in 2008. A demand side advertising platform which allows advertisers to bid on individual ad impressions in real time, based on the site and who would see it. Current round: $4. See: TechCrunch.

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Ted Dhanik | Engage:BDR, LA Tech & the Marketing Scene

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I left MySpace in 2008 to help MySpace to monetize its inventory better. As the demands and supplies grew for advertising, we built a stable capital to create Engage:BDR. To progress and be LA tech-focused, we started incubating ideas. Are incubating companies one of the main focuses of Engage:BDR?

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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 4

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Wildfire was one of the darlings of the fbFund incubator program. Marketing and lead automation software for businesses; claim to have largest market share in sector since March 2008. Over demand led the SV Angel team to double the size of the fund to $20 million. Wildfire Interactive.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 5.0 – I’m just going to chill out for a bit… (OK, for a month…)

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► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. Incubation 3. ► October (1) New Video! StrongMail Systems, Inc. Relaxing 2.

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Tech Titans Peter Thiel, Matt Jacobson, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Mich Mathews, Elon Musk Buy Homes in Los Angeles

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Entrepreneurs love being around other entrepreneurs, and thats driving demand toward the beach," says Mr. Miller. Talent agencies CAA and WME are incubating start-ups. with her husband, Douglas, a former Google chief information officer, in late 2008. Silicon Valley buyers shop differently from other wealthy L.A.

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US Economic Risks (Sept 2010): Impact on Investors & Entrepreneurs

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We’re still caught in the “post recession bounce” : What’s happening is that the angel & VC community is still feeling good from having bounced back from the nadir of the famous “ RIP Good Times ” funk that we felt in 2008.