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This Week in VC with Farb Nivi, Founder of Grockit

Both Sides of the Table

Brought in new CEO, Russ Reeder in 2008. Current round: $8.1mm in Series C by S3 Ventures (lead), Adams Capital Mgmt, Triangle Peak Partners. Customer are primarily large media companies (publishers) and their media agencies. Founded in 1999 in Austin, Texas. Competitors: SmashWords , Google Books.

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REACH | Disruptive Technologies Impacting the Future of Gaming [Live]

Tech Zulu Event

Speakers: [Moderator] Scot Rubin - Owner NITROPOD /SVP Digital Media Big Door /Cofounder G4TV. As a consultant for Comcast and co-founder of G4 Media, Scot helped bring the world of video games to television in 2002. He also leads mergers and acquisitions and ran the acquisitions of SGN, MindJolt and HallPass Media.

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INNOVATION - A Scientist's Perspective

AeA Los Angeles Council

and "new media" to connect with audiences. Related to this, one of my personal initiatives at the Center for Technology and National Security Policy (CTNSP) is called Social Software for Security, or S3. One very encouraging note these organizations are trying to use "Web 2.0" John Culberson (R-TX).