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Interview with Jimmy Hendricks, Deal Current

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In the meantime, Groupon came along, and our media customers started to lose advertising. We learned that Groupon was taking their advertisers. In April of 2010, we put up Dealcurent.com, and we started indexing number one on Google for daily deals software. It will become an advertising product.

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This Week in VC Episode 6 with @Jason Calacanis: Best One Yet

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Clearly a startup should consult its lawyer before filing or not filing.But the attorneys I relied on to write this piece told me that they’ve done lots of Section 4(2) deals in the past, and would recommend it to clients who had relatively simple financing agreements (not tranched-out, not too many investors, etc.) Primarily targets SMBs.

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Here Is What You Missed At VidCon 2013

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The event was created in 2010 by Hank and John Green, when they hosted approximately 1,400 industry insiders and fans. He encouraged YouTube creators to continue creating meaningful (albeit virtual) relationships with their viewers, despite the fact that advertisers consistently fail to properly value such "audience connection.".

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This Week in VC with Mo Koyfman of Spark Capital

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We both felt that the critical reasoning skills and writing skills were critical to our career development. Recent competitive financings closed by Gilt Groupe ($35mm in 05/2010), OKL (undisclosed value in 12/2009) and Ideeli ($20mm in 12/2009). Users: More than 280mm monthly users worldwide use its apps or see its advertising.

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Would the Last Blackberry User Please Turn Out the Lights? I Already Left the Building

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I remember when I first saw one advertised in a magazine when I was on a flight from England to the US. I didn’t get my first one – believe it or not – until 2010. Most people I know who gave up their Blackberry’s just write shorter emails and respond to less. And all the Apps. Instagram and the like.

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Ross Levinsohn leaves Yahoo

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It has been an incredible journey for me and I could not be prouder of what we accomplished over the past few years helping define Yahoo as a leader in digital media and advertising. I am writing to let you know that Ross Levinsohn will be leaving the company at the end of July. His compensation. The Separation Agreement is.

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

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billion in annual subscription revenues not including advertising or eCommerce). Brands didn’t advertise their web pages they advertised “AOL Keywords.&# You couldn’t pick up a magazine in the 96-99 timeframe without seeing AOL Keywords advertised everywhere. They controlled distribution to the masses.