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Ixia Reports Record Revenues, But Sees Loss

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Calabasas-based Ixia , a developer of network testing tools, reported its fourth quarter and 2009 year end results Thursday, saying that it lost $31.3M The loss came due to a $27.6M The firm said the revenues were an increase of 37% over 2008's Q4, and were up 21% over the $46.4M in Q4 of 2009, on record revenues of $56.1M

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VC Confessions: We Passed On Twilio’s Seed Round

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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 Tech Diligence - Consider The Source.

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Interview with Jimmy Hendricks, Deal Current

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We actually built that about a year and a half ago, and are bringing that back due to overwhelming demand. But, with the economy turning south in 2008, lots of those customers went out of business. That tool is being used to drive traffic and acquire emails, which is why it's a part of Deal Current. So we completely refocused.

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Interview with Paige Craig, Betterworks

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We're not talking publicly about that yet, but the idea is to get away from the annual review, away from the quarterly review, and give everyone within and outside a company the ability to recognize people, up and down the chain, for doing great things in the workplace. Beyond that, it's really about real time recognition.

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Appallicious & the Age of Open Data

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Apple’s App Store launched in 2008 and is already closing in on 50 billion downloads. The Appallicious platform is an invaluable tool helping San Franciscans find and navigate through city parks, playgrounds and museums. Android Apps & Software Blackberry Government iPad iPhone Politics Windows Alan Silberberg Appallicious Gov 2.0

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Meet the Investors & Tech Leaders Judging at Startup Night SXSW 2018

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Felicia is the cofounder of Black Tech Week, Code Fever, Tribe Cowork and Urban Innovation. Siggi is a principal at Samsung NEXT in San Francisco, where she focuses on early-stage investment in frontier tech software companies. He has over a decade of portfolio management in capital markets. Siggi Hindrichs, Principal at Samsung NEXT.

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The Future of Couponing | How Social-Local-Mobile has Changed the Game

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The industry had seen unprecedented growth in the past decade due to a combination of factors, one of which was the United States’ economic recession. Due to the combination of these factors, marketers began to more heavily fund digital platforms. Resolving Mobile Couponing’s Redemption Pitfalls.

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