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Interview with Al Eisaian, IconApps

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We built that and put it on the App Store on December 24 of 2009. As of the last four months, we've had about 200,000 plus downloads, a bunch of great write ups, and a lot of mom bloggers who have been reviewing the app and writing stories on it. All of 2009 was figuring out what people want.

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Interview with Jennifer Sargent, HitFix

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We thought it was a real opportunity to bring in some taste-maker editors, who could write specifically for that audience, and break news. However, 18-34 year olds have been in high demand by marketers, TV advertisers, and consumer companies as an audience. As a result, consumers would go away after they hit that information.

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Why Most of Your Assumptions About Phone Calls are Wrong

Both Sides of the Table

Only naive people believe that but for inexperienced entrepreneurs you can be fooled into the narrative by the press who sometimes write stories without the actual data. The reduction in screen size has made the economic model of Internet advertising totally inefficient. source: Harris Interactive IM Shopping Poll (August 2009)).

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Its BlogWorld Time! Los Angeles Get Ready!

Tech Zulu Event

Shani Higgins joined Technorati in 2007 to lead strategy and day to day operations for the company¹s advertising sales, business development and the Technorati Media advertising network. Jim Farley is Ford Motor Company’s group vice president, global marketing, sales and service. Thanks to our Sponsors!

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Its BlogWorld Time! Los Angeles Get Ready!

Tech Zulu Event

Shani Higgins joined Technorati in 2007 to lead strategy and day to day operations for the company¹s advertising sales, business development and the Technorati Media advertising network. Jim Farley is Ford Motor Company’s group vice president, global marketing, sales and service. Thanks to our Sponsors!

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Playing the Long Game in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

Imagine if, say, Autodesk had purchased it in 2009 for $100 million? Of the first four investments I made as a VC in 2009, two have exited and two (Invoca & GumGum) still are independent and likely to produce $billion++ outcomes . Case in point, Procore just went public and is trading at an $11 billion valuation. Maker Studios?—?sold

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register?

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2009 (3) ► May (1) A Tour of the Rubicon Project Headquarters ► April (1) "Pay it Forward" Event for Students & Aspiring Ent. the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Inventing Stuff, Obviously Impossible? Zondigo, Inc.

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