socalTECH

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

That big acquisition of Los Angeles family tree site Geni had an unwanted side effect: it took down the site for nearly five hours, Geni reports. Geni said it suffered unexpected downtime, starting at 7 a.m. Thursday morning, running until 10:40 a.m.,

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 21, 2009

Los Angeles-based Geni , the online family tree and genealogy web site started by David Sacks, was hit by unexpected downtime Tuesday and today, the firm told its users Wednesday afternoon. The company said it managed to get the service back online at 4:30am Wednesday. Tags: geni yammer downtime network issues family tree.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 16, 2009

West Hollywood-based Geni.com , the online family tree and genealogy site backed by the Founders Fund and Charles River Ventures, told its users today that it has created a new "Geni Lab" for experimental features from the firm. Tags: geni family tree genealogy translation software. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 19, 2011

West Hollywood-based Geni , the online family tree and family history service, said Thursday that it has promoted a number of employees, including naming two executives. Geni said it has named Justin Balthrop as its Chief Technology Officer, and named Michael Stangel as Vice President of Engineering. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 19, 2011

West Hollywood-based Geni , the online family tree and family history service, said Thursday that it has promoted a number of employees, including naming two executives. Geni said it has named Justin Balthrop as its Chief Technology Officer, and named Michael Stangel as Vice President of Engineering. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 19, 2009

Hollywood-based Geni , the venture-backed firm which has developed an online, Web 2.0-style style genealogy and social networking web sites for families, has connected the company's service with the popular Facebook social networking web site. Tags: social web2 geni networking genealogy facebook. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Geni is solving the problem of genealogy by inviting the world to build the definitive online family tree. Using the basic free service, users add and invite their relatives to join their family tree, which Geni compares to other trees. Tags: Events Social Media Startup Video Geni social Spotlight. Visit TechZulu for full story.

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socalTECH

JULY 6, 2009

Los Angeles-based Geni was one of the firms hit by a fire in Seattle, which took down the firm's payment processor, Authorize.net on Friday. According to Geni, due to the issue with Authorize.net, it was unable to process payments for the firm's virtual gifts and subscriptions on due to the downtime.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 24, 2008

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

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socalTECH

JULY 29, 2009

This morning, Knowledge Genie (www.myknowledgegenie.com) launched a new web site that helps experts and authors publish online information to the web. What is the idea behind Knowledge Genie? We call this a "Genie," and you can build a Genie using Knowledge Genie. How did the company start?

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 22, 2008

Los Angeles-based Geni, the online genealogy and social networking site run by ex-PayPal cofounder David Sacks, has rolled out two new features. The firm said that its Geni Pro version is available for less than $5 a month. The firm said that its Geni Pro version is available for less than $5 a month. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

We sat down with David to catch up on what Geni and Yammer are doing, plus got his insights into entrepreneurship and the Paypal mystique. David Sacks: As you know, Geni is creating a family tree of the whole world, and layering in a family social network and family wiki on top of that. What's the ultimate business model behind Geni?

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 23, 2018

According to Jam City, the Halloween gaming content has been rolled out across a wide range of its titles, ranging from Cookie Jam and Panda Pop to Family Guy: Another Freakin Mobile Game, Cookie Jam Blast and Genies and Gems. Jam City is led by former MySpace co-founder and CEO Chris DeWolfe. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 25, 2011

Frank Peters , angel investor and podcaster at the Frank Peters Show , says: start your own company, in the latest article in our Insights and Opinions section. "Is The genie was out of the bottle. Read the rest of Frank's piece, Grads: Save Yourself, Start A Company. Is it still hard to find a job?" READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Sacks has a very significant presence in Southern California's startup investment community, having invested in such companies as Comparably, Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, Clutter, and others; Sacks was also CEO of family tree site Geni when it was located in Los Angeles. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Geni.com offers up an online, family tree site, and was the parent company of Yammer.com, the enterprise micro-messaging startup sold by Sacks for $1.2 Geni was venture backed by Charles River Ventures and the Founders Fund. billion to Microsoft earlier this year. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 3, 2015

Santa Monica-based Crew32 , a stealth startup founded by Docstoc founder Jason Nazar, Betterworks, Geni, and Yammer co-founder George Ishii, and InvestedIn and MySpace co-founder Yadid Ramot, has raised $5.2M, as part of an ongoing $6.0M The filing indicates that 11 investors have so far invested in the company. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Tags: Business Culture Entrepreneurship Events Startup CallFire Coloft Distribber Geni Media Temple Namesake Social Annex Spotlight TekTrak Zugara.

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socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2016

in a funding round, and launched a new platform to help people compare pay and culture between companies. Nazar was the founder of Docstoc, which he sold to Intuit; his co-founders include George Ishii (Yammer/Geni), Mike Sheridan (DebtMarket), and Yadid Ramot (Investedin). READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JUNE 14, 2012

Yammer , the business focused micromessaging service which started as an offspring of Los Angeles-based family tree and genealogy site Geni , is reportedly in the last legs of a deal to be acquired by Microsoft for more than $1 billion. According to Bloomberg and other sources, the deal is expected to be announced as early as Friday.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2023

How GenY Entrepreneurs are Rocking the World of Business ,” was one of the first to predict that Gen-Y would lead the charge, bounce back from the last recession, and be big winners. With a concentrated point of focus, your company might be well positioned for growth this year. Donna Fenn, in her classic book, “ Upstarts!

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socalTECH

JULY 31, 2009

Sacks said that Geni, which spun out Yammer, remains in West Hollywood. Sacks revealed the move at the Twiistup conference Friday, explained the move by saying that "what I miss are all the technology companies are out of there, and I miss tapping the brain trust up there." READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2020

How GenY Entrepreneurs are Rocking the World of Business ,” was one of the first to predict that Gen-Y would lead the charge, bounce back from the recession at that time, and be big winners. With a concentrated point of focus, your company might be well positioned for growth this year. Snap up top talent.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 23, 2018

Brud , the actual company behind one of Instagram’s most popular virtual influencers (it’s a thing), has raised millions of dollars from Silicon Valley investors because this is 2018 and everything is awful. Our sources put the company’s funding somewhere around $6 million in its recent funding round. It worked. .

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Amazing Spotlight companies, a fantastic audience, and great conversation sparked by the mixing and mingling of the academic and business worlds. Tags: Business Culture Entrepreneurship Events Startup Video CallFire Coloft Distribber Geni Media Temple Namesake Social Annex Spotlight TekTrak Zugara. Visit TechZulu for full story.

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Tech.Co

APRIL 7, 2020

While most companies are able to continue operating with employees remote working, what about those businesses where the office itself is the revenue model? One such business is LABS, a shared office space company that has eight locations in London, plus one in Tel Aviv. LABS (@LABS_Worldwide) April 7, 2020. With losses of $1.4

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 27, 2012

By now you probably know that David Sacks , co-founder of PayPal and founder of both Geni & Yammer made some observations on Facebook that Silicon Valley “as we know it” was coming to an end. “In order to create a successful new company, you have to find an idea that. (1) How many ideas like that are left?”

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 22, 2010

12 is getting long unless your company is totally rocking! I then really quickly race through looking for some minimum qualifications such as companies for which they worked, education, grades, etc. You’re in it more for yourself than your company. OR … you make bad decisions about which companies you join.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

But, in running it now for the second half of January, the keyword that popped to the top was: Layoffs And this is definitely a sign of the times.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2009

There are now a second generation of entrepreneurs and companies that have learned from their last successes and are producing great new companies like TopSpin Media , Sometrics and GumGum. Twiistup 6 featured 12 showoff companies as the opening act of a 2-day conference. We have accomplished much yet have much work to do.

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Tech.Co

JANUARY 3, 2022

In no particular order, here are seven tech companies to watch out for in 2022. With investment being more at the forefront of social conversation, we may see massive growth from companies like Grifin in the coming years. SoLo Funds. As these calls happen in real-time, Jeenie charges a time-based rate, with calls costing $1 per minute.

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socalTECH

JULY 9, 2009

Advisors to the firm include David Sacks of Geni (formerly of PayPal) and Vince Thompson (formerly of AOL and Facebook). We were happy to find GRP, and we are huge fans of the company, and of Mark Suster specifically," Tanz noted, specifically saying that he was particularly happy to have found a local venture investor. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Social networking sites and microblogs are used not only to build company brands, but to foster productivity; social media tools help build communities around the question, "What are you working on?" This Panel will explore issues such as: How can companies best utilize social networking media? What are the risks and rewards?

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

The conference, held at the Westin South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, featured pitches by eight different companies vying for the attention--and pocketbooks--of venture capitalists. David Sacks, one of the co-founders of PayPal, pitched Geni.com, an online site focused on both family trees and social networking.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

A company like Moe will help legitimize the industry,” Bernstein tells TechCrunch. “I The company was co-founded by Eric Wei, a former product manager at Instagram who focused on the creator and influencer side of the business. Influencers, for their part, pay $48 per year for access to the company’s premium features.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2013

How GenY Entrepreneurs are Rocking the World of Business ,” was one of the first to predict that Gen-Y would lead the charge, bounce back from the recession, and be big winners. With a concentrated point of focus, your company might be well positioned for growth this year. Donna Fenn, in her book from a while back, “ Upstarts!

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2012

How GenY Entrepreneurs are Rocking the World of Business ,” seems certain that Gen-Y will lead the charge, bounce back from the recession, and be big winners. With a concentrated point of focus, your company might be well positioned for growth this year. Donna Fenn, in her book from a while back, “ Upstarts! Snap up top talent.

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