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FEBRUARY 7, 2013

For Ethan it came down to two companies – BuildOnline or Google. ” I proclaimed to Ethan, “Google is at $400 / share. ” So Ethan went to work as a product manager at Google Video. When Ethan was considering leaving Google we talked about it. “No choice at all!” Nice sweep!

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CTO Coach Google CTO Hire Yammer 359

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AUGUST 3, 2009

As should Eric Sikola and ExpenseBay who won the “Showoff&# judges competition ( Photos featured here taken by (cc) Kenneth Yeung – [link] ). The tone of the panel was set by David’s announcement that he was relocating to Silicon Valley (and dragging Geni & Yammer with him).

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Twiistup SoCal Southern California Yammer 228

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DECEMBER 17, 2009

Google had no clue that they were going to make so much money in sponsored search. Geni.com beget Yammer. We’ve proven that through innovation and experimentation we can do significantly more revenue than we’re getting through Google AdSense. They really just copied and out executed Overture (originally goto.com).

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Entrepreneur Startup Google Yammer 291

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MAY 19, 2010

Competition: McAfee , Symantec. I don’t like going against Google Docs or against 37Signals for project management. Yammer, Salesforce Chatter. If you watch the show you’ll hear a great story about how this team got their start by hijacking data from stars on the red carpet at the Oscars. Founded in 2007. Employees: 27.

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Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

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DECEMBER 22, 2011

Payment ready consumers (Amazon, iTunes, PayPal) and businesses (Google AdWords, Square). In the simplest form, new startups have a product that is INFERIOR to that offered by the competition but at a dramatically lower price with the seller opting for a very thin margin on their product. Why Deflationary Business Win.

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Startup Pricing Marketing Product 386