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Calacanis Plans Competitor To TechCrunch

socalTECH

According to the report, Calacanis is developing a property called Launch , which will focus on deep analysis of companies. Calacanis has reportedly set the launch of his new site, Launch--as well as an associated, TechCrunch50-like event--for February. AOL was the buyer of TechCrunch.

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Jason Calacanis & John Suh at VentureNet 2008

Technology Council

One event, two technology superstars: Jason Calcanis & John Suh will be the featured speakers at this year’s VentureNet in Costa Mesa on September 12th. Jason Calacanis, CEO of Mahalo.com will be presenting &# New Challenges and Innovative Solutions for Publishers in a Web 2.0

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Geni Adds "Family Finder"

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According to Geni, the new feature will look through your address book and select anyone that the company's software thinks is related to you. The new feature also allows Geni users to invite other contacts to share photos, videos, and events. Geni operates a Web 2.0

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

Both Sides of the Table

” If your company was featured there (in the early days of what people called Web 2.0) But the obvious thing dawned on many people – the early-adopter, tech-obsessed readers of TechCrunch at the time were not necessarily the typical users of many company’s products. Perception = reality.

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Where LinkedIn Works for Me

SoCal CTO

When I was looking for speakers for an event last fall on Web 2.0 , LinkedIn was a great way to reach out. He is a frequent speaker at industry and academic events. Sometimes, Ill use LinkedIn to contact my network, but mostly I still just go to their profile and email them. in Computer Science.

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The Most Interesting Online Video Trend

Both Sides of the Table

It means the “ torso TV ” consumption patterns will be more important than the head or the long tail for the next era of media companies. You should only worry about this if you’re a large, traditional media company with fat margins. I first wanted to invest in this trend by backing a company called Filmaka.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Elements of Sustainable Companies

Frank Addante

► 2009 (3) ► May (1) A Tour of the Rubicon Project Headquarters ► April (1) "Pay it Forward" Event for Students & Aspiring Ent. Web Development & Marketing Technology) Exit: evolved into L90 (next company) Lesson: What you dont know cant stop you. ► October (1) New Video! .

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