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Zesty Reinvents Itself With New Cash for Automated Web Tech

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Zesty.io, a San Diego Web development firm, has raised $1.3 million in seed funding to spin out its consulting business, and focus instead on providing its core Web content management technology as a subscription-based software-as-a-service. The company, which now has nine full-time.

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Angel Investing Skill 2 – Domain Knowledge

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This is the second article in a series on what it takes to be a great angel investor (and why this should matter to entrepreneurs). I have talked extensively about “social proof&# in fund raising in the past. Basically, I’m talking about being an angel leader and not follower. I think that’s sloppy.

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Demand Media's Rosenblatt On IPO, Exits

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Richard Rosenblatt , the CEO of Los Angeles-based Demand Media said today at the Twiistup conference in Los Angeles, that he sees an IPO as a possible opportunity for the firm. Rosenblatt had suggested earlier this year at the Web 2.0 conference the firm was looking at exit optioins.

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Geni Bundles Gifts With Pro Subscriptions

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Los Angeles-based Geni , the Web 2.0 online genealogy and family tree web site, has rolled out a number of updates today, including a bundling of its virtual gifts with its "Pro" subscription. Geni is venture backed by the Founders Fund and Charles River Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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Yammer Gets Top Prize At Tech Conference

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Yammer, a Twitter-like spinout out of high profile Los Angeles genealogy firm Geni.com, has scored the top prize at the TechCrunch50 awards in San Francisco. Geni is the online, Web 2.0-style Geni is the online, Web 2.0-style READ MORE>>

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Geni Adds "Family Finder"

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Los Angeles-based genealogy and family networking site Geni has rolled out a new "Family Finder" feature, the firm said Friday, allowing users to import addresses from Microsoft Outlook, web email programs like Google's Gmail and Yahoo, or other sources. Geni operates a Web 2.0 READ MORE>>

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Should You Bother Targeting the Tech Blogs for Your PR Campaigns?

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The start of this series was, Should Your Startup Announce Funding ? ” If your company was featured there (in the early days of what people called Web 2.0) It’s also important for recruiting, fund raising, business development and even company morale. Perception = reality.

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