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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. Founded in 2009 in San Francisco by David Soloff (ex-Lead Architect of Rapt, which was sold to MSFT in 2008). 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

Prior to founding 1 st Street Partners, Robin was the Executive Vice President of Publishing and the executive leading the global games business at ActivisionBlizzard where she oversaw all studio/product development and marketing/business operations, doubled revenue and delivered record profit from 2005 through 2008.

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INNOVATION - A Scientist's Perspective

AeA Los Angeles Council

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. John Culberson (R-TX). He has also penned many opinion/commentary articles on scientific research, science policy, and the intersection between life sciences and national security.