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This Week in VC with Om Malik & Paul Jozefak

Both Sides of the Table

-Founded in April/May 2010 by Diego Berdakin (Ex-Slingshot Labs) and Josh Berman (Ex-Slingshot Labs, MySpace Co-founder) in Santa Monica, CA. first vertical to launch by 2010 Holiday Season. iAd platform was formally launches in July 2010 as part of iOS 4. Network of vertical focused sites: BeachMint, BeachMint, WineMint, etc.;

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Vator Makes A Splash In LA!

Tech Zulu Event

The event includes keynotes from Shawn Colo, co-founder of Demand Media, one of the hottest IPOs of this year, Zorik Gordon, co-founder and CEO of ReachLocal, one of the hottest IPOs of 2010. Use code techzulu30 <—click for discount.

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This Week in VC with Farb Nivi, Founder of Grockit

Both Sides of the Table

Founded in January 2010 by Stephen Hood (ex-Delicious head of product), Dave Baggeroer (Stanford’s Institute of Design), and Josh Whiting (ex-senior engineer at Delicious and Craigslist). Customer are primarily large media companies (publishers) and their media agencies. Founded by Shawn Gold (ex-MySpace CMO). Hello, Chair.

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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 2

Both Sides of the Table

I don’t believe that search is the only answer in 2010 as it was in 2000. 2.6mm in Series A : Canaan , Anthem. They help speed up the network by pushing the highly viewed and large media files to the “edge&# of the network (e.g. There is also another inherent weakness. It’s core platform stuff. Other Deals.