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DECEMBER 7, 2012

Lynda.com , the site which helps people learn software and other skills from online videos, has been recognized for its job creation, the firm said Friday, ranking number 1 in job creation in education by Inc. The company said it filled nearly 200 jobs from 2008 to 2011, tops in the Education industry.

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JUNE 8, 2017

A pioneer of the sharing economy, Leah launched TaskRabbit in 2008 as a way to help people connect and get more done, every day. This month's Startups Uncensored will be a fireside chat with TaskRabbit Founder, Leah Busque, hosted by Comparably Co-Founder and CEO, Jason Nazar.

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JUNE 13, 2011

In addition, due to Sarbanes-Oxley and other regulations, accounting costs have gone up an estimated four times for all businesses, and 2008-2009 represented the worst IPO market in forty years. Startups can be our silver bullet to kick-start our economy and innovation, so let’s give them some help, and be great again.

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JULY 18, 2014

Rosensweig sold PeopleSupport to Aegis back in 2008. Boingo Wireless said the addition of Rosenzweig will help the company with scaling its business. Rosenzweig is the CEO of Aegis USA, and was founder of Los Angeles-based PeopleSupport. Rosenzweig also sites on the boards of Quality Systems Inc. and Apptera Inc. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 12, 2014

Carlick had been on ReachLocal''s board since 2004, and according to the company is its longest serving member; Dykes has been on the board since 2008. ReachLocal operates an online marketing business which helps local businesses with placing online ads and other related marketing efforts. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

NantWorks, the umbrella company for Soon Shiong's many ventures, already held a stack in OncoPlex, having first invested in the company in 2008. OncoPlex Diagnostics is absed in Rockville, Maryland, and provides services which helps with profiling the tumors of cancer patients. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 10, 2013

San Diego-based Xpenser , a startup developing a cloud-based service to help prepare and submit expense reports for its users, has been acquired. The firm was founded in 2008. According to Coupa Software , it will use the buy to expand its domain expertise and leadership in the area of expense management.

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AUGUST 29, 2012

Continuing its international expansion, Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal , which helps local businesses market themselves online through paid search marketing and other advertising, said it has opened up new offices in Canada and Germany. ReachLocal has been active in Canada since 2008, and in Germany since 2011.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2014

The program was originally developed at the University of Miami in 2008, and asks would-be student entrepreneurs to submit a profile of themself; fill out a "venture assessment form" about their new business concept; helps connect those students with individual consultations with staff; and then eventually ties those entrepreneurs into local business (..)

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Between 2006–2008 I sold both companies that I had started and became a VC. SEEING THINGS FROM THE VC SIDE OF THE TABLE While I was a VC in 2007 & 2008 those were dead years because the market again evaporated due the the Global Financial Crisis (GFC).

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 13, 2021

Established in 2008 within Tencent, TiMi is behind popular mobile titles such as Honor of Kings and Call of Duty Mobile. The partnership could help TiMi build a name globally by converting its mobile titles into console plays for Microsoft’s Xbox. In 2020, Honor of Kings alone generated close to $2.5

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MAY 13, 2011

The two said that ReachLocal launched in the UK in 2008, and has offices in London, Manchester, and Birmingham. ReachLocal helps local businesses place online advertising with Google and other search advertisers. ReachLocal said it received the UKTI Business Innovation Award from UK Trade & Investment, as part of BritWeek.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2012

According to Oversee, the sale helps it to focus on its core monetization and vertical markets division. Oversee.net had acquired Moniker in January of 2008, and SnapNames in June of 2007. Moniker and SnapNames handle live domain auctions. KeyDrive S.A. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 2, 2012

According to Sony, the deal, which was signed June 30th, help SCE establish a cloud service and expand its network business. Gaikai was founded in 2008, and had raised around $45M in funding. Aliso Viejo-based Gaikai has been acquired by Sony , in a deal worth $380M, Sony announced early Monday morning.

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MARCH 20, 2014

Welltok , a developer of online applications to help employees improve their health--and also help companies manage their health programs--has acquired Mindbloom , a developer of mobile apps for improving your health. billion deal in 2008. Welltok is based in Denver, Mindbloom in Seattle. READ MORE>>.

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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. We can’t help but be amazed by the rapid developments in artificial intelligence and artificial general intelligence (AGI). Sometimes, innovators enable unfinished visions of others.

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MAY 22, 2012

The successful delivery of Doohan's ashes to space help bring the effort to a close, after an earlier failure in August of 2008, when one of SpaceX's early launches failed with a portion of James Doohan's ashes on board. SpaceX successfully launched at 3:44 a.m. ET this morning.

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MARCH 21, 2012

PromoJam was founded in 2008 by brother and sister Matt and Amanda MacNaughton. The firm's software helps marketers launch and track promotions across Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Foursquare, and other social networking platforms.

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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. Hamet came up with this idea after 3 years consulting for Nielsen Media helping them to figure out the value of branded integration and trying to define ways to measure efficacy of the unit. Please help me welcome him to our firm.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

The new product is a version of its standard Squeeze video encoding software specifically aimed at running on windows Server 2008. The new software retails at Squeeze Premium is $1,995, and includes a number of features designed to help automate processes in its user interface. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 18, 2012

It looks like Ross Levinsohn is building out his team to help out at troubled web portal and media firm Yahoo. Barrett was most recently at Google, where he had been since 2008, when Google acquired Admeld, where he was CEO. Barrett was Chief Revenue Officer at Los Angeles-based MySpace.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Los Angeles-based Recargo , a startup which is developing mobile apps for helping electric vehicle owners find the nearest electric charging stations, said this week that it has acquired PlugInCars.com , an online news and community site focused on electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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DECEMBER 12, 2012

The Los Angeles Mayor's Council on Innovation and Industry (LAMCII) has been meeting since March, to help identify the top issues facing growth companies in the region, and to propose activity to spur additional entrepreneurial activity and innovation, according to the group.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

According to Specific Media, Schulz will help the firm develop overall company strategy and direction. Schulz had joined the firm in 2008. Schulz was most recently SVP Global Category development for the firm, and had previously served at Ford Motor Company. Specific Media one of the major operators of Internet advertising networks.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Jason’s inspiration for this 6 ½ minute talk was a blog entry he wrote in 2008, which went viral within the startup community. Always the serial entrepreneur, Jason is expanding Docstoc’s mission to include not just documents, but a variety of tools that help entrepreneurs run their businesses, such as ebooks and videos.

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Berkonomics

JULY 8, 2021

The organization, like Vistage, manages roundtables of CEOs meeting monthly in small groups, where they discuss their mutual challenges and help solve each other’s complex problems, acting as an informal board of advisors. Unlike other groups, ABL members all belong to either healthcare or technology industry-focused roundtables.

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JANUARY 29, 2020

This week, Los Angeles-based Crosscut Ventures announced a brand new effort to provide health and wellness to the founders of companies it invests in, helping those founders with well being, mental health, stress management, coaching, and leadership development. It's developed quite a bit from when we first conceptualized the firm in 2008.

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JANUARY 17, 2011

Aliso Viejo-based OCTANe , the industry group which is looking to help spur new companies and innovation in Orange County, said this morning that it has named a new Chairman. Grant has previously served at Allergan, and has been a board member since 2008. According to the group, Robert E. OCTANe also said it has added Andrew J.

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JUNE 3, 2011

An Irvine-based startup, backed by Lux Capital and Firelake Capital Management, said this week that it is deploying its technology to the embattled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant , to help support water cleanup at the plant's nuclear reactor. Kurion said it is the sole American company involved in the effort. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 3, 2010

Six major Hollywood movie studios, Viacom, and the DVD Copy Control Association had filed suit in September of 2008 over RealDVD, which was launched that same month to help consumers copy DVDs to their hard drive. District Court in Los Angeles, forcing the RealDVD service offline in October of 2008.

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Both Sides of the Table

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. Helping companies get to next financing round successfully: I was just beginning this phase in Sept 2010 and said so. I helps me be even longer in the positions I am still in.

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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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SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Los Angeles-based Mota Motors , which provides services to help consumers buy and sell used automobiles, is one of the Southern California startups which is making a push at TechCrunch50 this week. in funding back in April of 2008. Mota launched a new site at the conference Monday. The company is headed by Reza Bundy.

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DECEMBER 22, 2009

For 2008, the firm had a net loss of almost $7M on revenues of $146.68M. ReachLocal operates a service which helps small businesses place online advertising. Accoriding to ReachLocal, it had net income of $11.6M on revenues of $143M for the nine month ended September 30th. READ MORE>>.

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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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JUNE 25, 2015

Brian Garrett: The fund is really continuing what we started back in 2008. We'll do about eight to ten deals a year, which will enable our four full time managing directors to have the time to work with our entrepreneurs, and help them hit milestones and attract follow-on funding. I think that's what we're most enthusiastic about.

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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. It forces you to bridge the gap between idea and execution.

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