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MAY 11, 2009

Television celebrity Brooke Burke and Internet entrepreneur Lisa Rosenblatt said Monday that they have acquired ModernMom.com , an online site focused on mothers, and relaunched the site--powered in part by content from Demand Media, the online media firm headed by Rosenblatt's husband, Richard Rosenblatt. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Santa Monica-based Demand Media is bolstering its efforts to reach out towards millennial women, and has acquired LEAFtv. Demand Media also said it has hired Geri Hirsch and Erin Falconer, the founders of LEAFtv, and will expand the LEAFtv brand.

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MAY 9, 2013

Yekra says its system helps match content to viewers by genre, by digitally distributing entertainment through different web sites, blogs, social networks, and other destinations. The funding came from Maurice Gallagher, Bray Capital, Shay O''Brien, and Michael Rogers. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 17, 2010

Santa Monica-based LIVESTRONG.COM , the online health and fitness site run by Demand Media in a partnership with Lance Armstrong, said today that it has partnered with RadioShack Corporation for an iPhone app. Financial arrangements between LIVESTRONG and RadioShack were not released. READ MORE>>.

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TechEmpower

AUGUST 7, 2023

What does the role demand? Check out our blog post 53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators. Please write us at blog@techempower.com ! What does it mean to be a CTO for a startup? Should a startup CTO spend their time programming? Exploring new technologies? Increasing competitive advantage? The answer is: it depends.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 30, 2014

He has a long career in developing products and companies (such as Pogo, Excite@Home, Demand Media, The Daily Plate and now TasteMade) discussed much about his career choices and lessons. In the most recent episode, I interviewed Joe Perez , Founder of Tastemade. If you don’t know Joe, you should.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Jason’s inspiration for this 6 ½ minute talk was a blog entry he wrote in 2008, which went viral within the startup community. Just like a superhero’s mission, startups are exhausting and demanding. You can check out Jason’s original entry HERE. If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for.

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JULY 17, 2013

It looks like the battle between Los Angeles e-commerce startup Beachmint and technology blog PandoDaily is flaring up into a major firestorm, over the accuracy of a story posted a couple of weeks ago by the tech blog.

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MAY 2, 2014

To get some insight into how those names are changing--we caught up with Steve Banfield , SVP and GM of Registrar Services over at Rightside (www.rightside.co) -- which is in the midst of spinning out from Santa Monica-based Demand Media. Steve Banfield: What will become Rightside has been part of Demand Media. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

In a blog post , Brisco said that the firm decided to become a private firm again, because it would be a "good deal" for shareholders, and also said it could become "even more focused" on long-term growth. Internet Brands had gone public just three years ago. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 10, 2020

The program is expanding to Chicago in 2021, the blog post notes. Some say HBCUs are a place for startups to go and look for diverse talent, and others think that the institutions could serve as LPs in funds and demand more racial equity. “A Read the whole HBCUvc blog post here.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 1, 2020

Each of these decisions could be a blog post in its own right but for today I want to avoid tactical advice and offer something more about your temperament as you wade through complexity and deal with decisions that affects the lives and the livelihoods of others. It was the thoughtful response of an empathetic leader.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

It is also a result of pent-up demand. To understand this in great detail see this very important blog post by Henry Blodget on the unemployment rate in the US and its impact on the recovery. So if I am unnecessarily concerned in this blog post (great!) My advice : if you’re raising a $750,000 round and you have demand for $1.2

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socalTECH

MARCH 16, 2012

San Diego-based Givit , the online video sharing service kicked off by VMIX Thursday, reported last night that it is seeing "temporary delays" due to overwhelming demand for the service. The company said, in a blog post, that the response was "overwhelming" for the service, which caused its services to be a "little slow".

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Berkonomics

MARCH 10, 2022

Especially for those of us producing forms of media for consumption, from books to movies to music to games to blogs to podcasts and more, our customers expect delivery in the form of bits over the Internet upon demand, usable on a multitude of devices, and sometimes stored and available in the cloud at no additional cost.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

Because my wife is a superstar she published them all on a blog here along with much other wonderful type-A mom advice. He had just written another one of his way-over-the-top blog posts. I think Dave has blogging Tourettes Syndrome when he hears the word VC. It could be a bubble or better balance of supply and demand.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

This is important because the customers they serve (the red line) demand a product that meets their complex requirements. About how dismissive traditional print was about blogs or the airlines views the “peanut serving&# Southwest Airlines. About how Microsoft viewed Google Apps. Sony, the iPod.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

Finally, a lot of people asking me about typos on my blog. So there is likely robust demand from borrowers. Blogging has gone through many iterations. I use Wordpress for this blog and it’s great. I like to call it a cross between blogging and Tweeting. Enter P2P lending. It sucked. It still does.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 25, 2013

BTW, when I wrote blog posts on Sunday’s I always Tweet again Monday morning for exactly this reason. The more senior people are the more demands, the busier, etc. Most people process email first thing in the morning (although productivity experts say not to!). Rinse & repeat. So simply send your email again.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

It’s not clear that there was big customer demand for some of these products yet entrepreneurs were egged on by VCs to “take the money&# and try and push the market. I loved the quote so much I wrote an entire blog post on the topic. It seemed to be purely speculative. I was a victim of this kind of thinking.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 17, 2011

I do not often write blog entries which reference other blog articles. However, I recently came across a truly delightful post entitled, Jeffrey Aaronson’s Improbable Journey with Steve Jobs, the Guy Who Changed His World (and Ours). Image source: ©Jeffrey Aaronson.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

The 2020 National Xconomy Awards complimentary two-week, 11-part, on-demand Meet the Finalists daily webcast series starts this Tuesday, Sept. 8 at 11 a.m. Registration is complimentary and includes access to a networking app with already more than 400 life science contacts. The daily series leads up to the Thursday, Sept.

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MAY 8, 2009

According to Demand Media , Armstrong will provide twice-daily updates on the event from Livestrong, and will also feature videos, blog posts, and other updates on the event. The site is jointly run by Demand Media and Armstrong, and focuses on health and wellness topics. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 17, 2008

Santa Monica-based Demand Media has released traffic statistics for its LIVESTRONG.COM web site, its joint venture with cyclist Lance Armstrong, saying that the site now has more than 4 million monthly visits and over 650,000 registered members. Demand Media also said that more than 4,300 groups have formed on the site. READ MORE>>

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 12, 2018

“ServiceTitan’s incredibly fast growth is a testament to the brisk demand for new mobile and cloud-based technology that is purpose-built for the tradesmen and women in our workforce,” said Battery Ventures general partner Michael Brown — who’s taking a seat on the ServiceTitan board.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 6, 2016

You also ran the risk that if you hired employees quickly and then demand wasn’t as strong as expected it was incredibility hard to fire people. I find it distracting that when you click on a link you’re taken away from the main blog and need to hit the back button to remember to finish the article.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

It’s why I always work hard to find images for my blog posts & why all of my keynote presentations are visual rather than bullet points with words. When I write a blog post I often see the words before I write them. I have a process I use for blog posts, too. I look carefully at who is speaking before me.

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socalTECH

MARCH 6, 2013

We caught up with co-founder and CEO Joey Flores to learn more about the service, plus hear more about the new on-demand service and the challenges it is trying to help musicians and labels deal with in the age of Internet streaming. But, since it was radio style, on-demand was something we didn't allow. What is Earbits?

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 18, 2010

I know that would be surprising to many readers since keeping a blog somehow convinces people that I’m a time management or productivity ninja. Here’s how I break down the four quadrants (and I’ve put my definitions in here – not Covey’s). The Urgency Addiction – Deep down I’m a procrastinator.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2010

I tend not to go into heat when I hear the latest buzz on the tech blogs about the latest gadgets. I actually wrote a long blog post about this but I’m trying to get TechCrunch to publish it before putting it on my blog. That’s always stuck with me. We’ll see. So for Hanukkah I asked for the FitBit.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

And I'm looking forward to more interaction now that she's blogging. BLOG: [link] LINKEDIN: [link] TWITTER: [link] What's a phone booth? Maybe you can blog about that? Just posted a blog about that: [link] I've been struggling a little with making the numbers work out for some social media activity.

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JULY 2, 2009

Santa Monica-based LIVESTRONG.com the online health and fitness joint effort between cyclist Lance Armstrong and Demand Media, said today that Armstrong will be adding exclusive content, including blog posts, videos, and photos, to the site as part of the 96th annual Tour de France.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2010

He wanted to create awareness for himself to generate marketing buzz and demand and then get the retail stores to pay wholesales prices for his cds. I had written a blog post on exactly this – how to not suck at group presentations – and what he said reminded me a lot of this post. He created demand.

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APRIL 14, 2010

Lolita was founder of ModernMom.com, which she sold to Richard Rosenblatt's Demand Media last year, and we caught up with Lolita to learn more about her newest venture. We don't think of ourselves as mommy bloggers, Gloss is not a blog but really an online magazine and community. What is Gloss Network?

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2010

We also discussed how to deal with pricing in angel rounds and a strategy I advocated in my “social proof&# blog post , which is to price your initial angel round really low and get in the best possible angels as a way to get momentum in the company. I have a link on my blog to the angel deals I’ve done, which is here.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 24, 2010

Tags: Social News TechZulu Law Video AOL Art Neill Bing Blogs BlogWorld BlogWorld Expo 2010 Christina Gagnier Copyright Creative Commons Demand Media Facebook Farhad Mohit FTC Guides Internet JD Lasica Lisa Borodkin Mozilla New Media Rights Startups TechZulu Live TZ Law Yahoo.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2020

As an advisor to many entrepreneurs, I still hear frequently the irrational exuberance that crowdfunding is the quick alternative for startups that are passed over by overly demanding angels or venture capital investors. Crowdfunding to gauge demand is not recommended, since failed campaigns don’t usually recover later.

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