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DECEMBER 2, 2011

Aptera had been attempting to gain funding from the Department of Energy's Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing (ATVM) loan program, after initially failing to be qualify in 2008 for the program due to having three, not four wheels. READ MORE>>.

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Idealab Technical Review Google Funding 185

Berkonomics

JUNE 1, 2023

It is not hard to find strands of gold in the carnage left by failed businesses lost when a bubble bursts, such as in 1857, 1902, 1929, 2001 and 2008. Yet, so far, we have the foundation, thanks to development teams at OpenAI, Google and Microsoft among others. Sometimes, innovators enable unfinished visions of others.

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Artificial Inteligence UCLA Web Patents 156

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FEBRUARY 13, 2009

Yesterday, Google announced that it was shutting down its Google Audio efforts--the search engine giant's efforts to try to sell radio advertising. What are your thoughts on the Google announcement? Dave Newmark: We doubled our business in 2008 over 2007, a 93 percent increase, and 2009 is up there as well. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 23, 2011

The firm's services have recently been replicated by companies such as Amazon and Google. Robertson and MP3tunes were sued by EMI in 2008. MP3tunes offers up an online service where users could upload their own, personal MP3 files, and then stream those files to their PC, smartphone, and other devices. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 30, 2010

Burstly is developing mobile advertising tools for the Apple iPhone and Google Android platforms, which allows application developers to manage and optimize their advertising inventory. Burstly was formerly known as AppAds, and is headed by Evan Rifkin, former founder of TagWorld/Flux, which was acquired by MTVN/Viacom in September of 2008.

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MAY 13, 2010

Internet Brands acquired Model Mayhem in August of 2008. Internet Brands has not released any statement about the lawsuit so far.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Vista-based Aptera Motors , the three wheeled electric vehicle firm backed by Idealab and Google, told its supporters today that it is still looking to score funding from the Department of Energy's Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing (ATVM) loan program.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 11, 2022

An effective tool I see used more and more, as a prelude to a more detailed business plan, is the Business Model Canvas , first introduced by Alexander Osterwalder back in 2008. New entrepreneurs are always looking for a shortcut in getting their venture story and plan across to investors, and closing on the funding they need.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

Palm is a maker of mobile computing devices, including the Pixi and Pixi Plus; HP: “Our intent is to double down on WebOS”; helps HP compete in mobile computing with Apple, RIM, Google, and MSFT. But Google’s investment seems to be focused on supporting a payment platform that can support the Android ecosystem. LivingSocial.

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JANUARY 7, 2009

Carlsbad-based Aptera, the electric car startup backed by Google and Idealab, is delaying delivery of the firm's vehicles to customers, according to a letter to customers. According to Aptera, it missed its goal to deliver its first production 2e vehicles by the end of 2008, and is moving its volume production launch to October 1 of 2009.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

He first came to see me in 2008 when we was raising money for his 1st startup – NextMedium. At every entrepreneur event I through between 2008-2012 I invite Hamet because he was a great mentor for entrepreneurs. I’ve known Hamet for 5 years. I only wanted one thing in the deal – Hamet. I stayed close.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

There were no unicorns in sight on April 14th, 2008 when Kevin O'Connor, my Partner Jim Andelman and I met Twilio's Founder and CEO, Jeff Lawson. A true Internet Pioneer, by 2008, Kevin had already founded or co-founded two Unicorns in his own right, DoubleClick (sold to Google $3.1 billion) and ISS (sold to IBM $1.3 billion).

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SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

Tuesday, November 18, 2008 -- For our next Digital Drinks, we're heading to Hollywood hot spot Les Deux! Attendees work at Sony Pictures, FOX Interactive, MySpace, Google, Yahoo! Attendees work at Sony Pictures, FOX Interactive, MySpace, Google, Yahoo!, Stop on by for informal casual networking. See [link] (more).

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DECEMBER 13, 2012

really, that opportunity has only recently been realized fully with Apple in 2008, and later with Google. Speaking of Apple's iPhone and Google, it seems like you're one of the few mobile game firms for phones which has made the transition more or less smoothly into this new world of iOS and Android. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Google Glass started a revolution for wearable devices. Before all the hype for different fitness bands, smart watches and other wearables today, Google Glass jumpstarted today’s wave of wearable technology. Google laid out the initial blueprints of what AR glasses can do. These are just a fraction of what Google has to offer.

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Screening Google Startup Pricing 89

SoCal Tech Calendar

DECEMBER 11, 2008

Wednesday, December 17, 2008 -- AlwaysOn BreakOut. Hip hop artists and rock stars, comedians, TV and film talent and Internet-born celebrities will show how they have used new social media technologies and services such as MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Yahoo and Google to promote their own brands and reach new audiences.

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JULY 29, 2010

Some years there is an excitement about the hot economy, more recently it's been shock and awe over the 2008-09 financial meltdown. But, just as the Valley climbed out of much worse ditches (nothing was worse than the slow-motion, dot-com meltdown of 2000-03, yet out of its ashes came a new bull market for tech and a Google IPO in 2004.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

DECEMBER 10, 2008

Tuesday, December 16, 2008 -- AlwaysOn BreakOut. Hip hop artists and rock stars, comedians, TV and film talent and Internet-born celebrities will show how they have used new social media technologies and services such as MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Yahoo and Google to promote their own brands and reach new audiences.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

DECEMBER 9, 2008

Monday, December 15, 2008 -- AlwaysOn BreakOut. Hip hop artists and rock stars, comedians, TV and film talent and Internet-born celebrities will show how they have used new social media technologies and services such as MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Yahoo and Google to promote their own brands and reach new audiences.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 22, 2011

I began publishing my blog in 2008. was published in 2009 and Time Wounds All Heels was written in 2008. Google likes these entries, as evidenced by the significant organic traffic it consistently drives to them. For the first couple years, I wrote under the pseudonym Uncle Saul. For instance, What Are My Options Worth?

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Newsletter Blogging Santa Barbara Content 205

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MAY 21, 2013

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. Where does YP fit in a world dominated by Google and Yelp? With Google, they are obviously the big dog, no matter who you are talking about. If you look at Yelp''s U.S.

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Technical Review Glendale Advertising Google 223

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MAY 21, 2013

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. Where does YP fit in a world dominated by Google and Yelp? With Google, they are obviously the big dog, no matter who you are talking about. The process was nearly flawless.

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Technical Review Glendale Advertising Google 211

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

I made the point (not widely publicized) that OS4 is currently “breaking&# many applications that use ad networks that are not Apples (most notably AdMob, owned by Google). I sure hope that Apple is working with Google to make this work. Thus we see lots of movement from Google, Verizon, HTC, Dell, HP and others.

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Venture Capital Google Web Sites 225

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JUNE 3, 2010

Web-based client for user stream data including Twitter (original focus), FaceBook, MySpace, Google Buzz, FourSquare and many others. Brought in new CEO, Russ Reeder in 2008. Competitors: SmashWords , Google Books. Founded in 2009 in San Francisco by David Soloff (ex-Lead Architect of Rapt, which was sold to MSFT in 2008).

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 31, 2018

There is an all out ground war right now between Amazon and Google for control of voice in the home. AI, VR, AR, all exciting sectors in their infancy still IMHO however the smart speaker has already arrived and most companies and consumers don't yet fully grasp the significance this will play over the next few years.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

And so it happened that between 2000-2008 I was the biggest buzz kill at dinner parties. Argument two says, “big companies can’t innovate anymore so Google, Apple, Microsoft, etc. Remember it was only 2008 where Microsoft and even Google were laying off employees. Many may simply hit the wall. Same with VCs.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 1, 2011

years ago you’d remember RIP Good Times from Sequoia, which still strikes me as having been prudent advice in late 2008. Would Google have become today’s juggernaut without Yahoo! What if Google had paid attention to Dodgeball – would there be no FourSquare today? If you were reading the headlines from only 2.5

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

That work laid the foundation for Greg’s contribution in founding bigMETHOD in 2008, a social media agency that joined BLITZ in 2011. The 44,260-square-foot ROC–Santa Monica location, last occupied by Google, will have more than 200 socially conscious, shared-workspace environments with space for as many as 150 small companies.

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Social Media Santa Monica Southern California Media 111

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2019

An effective tool I see used more and more, as a prelude to a more detailed business plan, is the Business Model Canvas , first introduced by Alexander Osterwalder back in 2008. New entrepreneurs are always looking for a shortcut in getting their venture story and plan across to investors, and closing on the funding they need.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 9, 2015

Brands book is based on the implementation of nine principles of innovation originally developed by Google way back in 2008 by Marissa Mayer. For Google, this has led to self-driving cars, based on work with Google maps and artificial intelligence. Let new technical insights drive innovative products.

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Artificial Inteligence Startup Google Organization 58

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Imagine the positions of Sequoia (Google, Zynga, YouTube), Kleiner Perkins (Google), Accel (Facebook), Union Square Ventures (Zynga, Twitter) and so on. My own firm was involved with the sale of our portfolio company BillMeLater (an online credit company – think PayPal but for credit) to eBay for $1 billion in October 2008.

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Invest Angel Venture Capital Yahoo 280

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Facebook is about to try to dominate display ads the way Google dominates text ads - Chris Dixon , May 15, 2010 It is customary to divide online advertising into two categories: direct response and brand advertising. 8211; are mostly a loss leaders for Google. 8211; are mostly a loss leaders for Google. Lots to learn from him.

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Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 17, 2012

She also taught computer programming while still at Stanford to more than 3000 students and in 2008, she was given an honorary doctorate in engineering by the Illinois Institute of Technology. At Google she also curated the Google Doodle program used during celebrations worldwide. 13 plus years of product development.

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socalTECH

JULY 13, 2010

When Google slows down by 500ms, they lose 0.59 After the Google acquisition of DoubleClick, I decided to build my own company. Mehdi Daoudi: We started working on CatchPoint in September of 2008. The four founders took some of our Google cash and converted that into CatchPoint. I'll give you some numbers.

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Tool Web Startup Sites 232

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JANUARY 12, 2011

We had great growth, fueled a little by the downturn in the economy in 2008. One, is because the economy took such a hit in 2008 and still hasn't rebounded, it's become acceptable to look for deals. That changed dramatically at the end of 2008. It was seen as being cheap--like your grandma clipping coupons for groceries.

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Sites Content Sales Demand 217

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 24, 2015

I’ve seen friends (and family members) lose much of their savings that way over the years because “Black Swans” happen and in 1987, 2001, 2003 & 2008 (just to name a few from my memory) huge market gyrations caused much financial distress to people seeking short-term gains. So, too, investments. Watch the market closely.

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Marketing Venture Capital Startup Invest 150

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JULY 6, 2015

Page Howe: I've been a fan of the domain since 2008 and 2009, having grown up in LA, lived here, and seen the story here through the good and the bad. Between 2004 and 2009, things were driven by Google's search engine algorithms. An example of that is Craig's, which now has Craigs.la. How did you get involved with.LA?

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