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Interview with Tim Cadogan, OpenX

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Tim is the former head of Yahoo's Global Advertising Marketplaces unit, overseeing Display, Search and Video, and was VP of Search at Overture. One, is we give them software--known as an ad server--which helps them manage different ad streams they have. The software takes care of all of the optimization of that.

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myfab5 Wanst to Reinvent The Way You Find Food | Interview With Co-Founder Calvin Schemanski

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On myfab5, people rank their favorite places instead of giving them star ratings and write bite-sized reviews instead of writing long reviews. When talking to review site users, we found the top two reasons people don’t write reviews is because it takes too long and it is confusing. Any competition? Then don’t mention it.

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Embrace Losing – It Will Make You Stronger

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I believe that it is part of the DNA of an entrepreneur – being so competitive that you’re practically sick when you lose. They’re competitive. There are other great VC’s in SoCal and there is always the allure of the NorCal guys flying down and talking about how they invested in Google, Facebook, Yahoo!

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When Should You Allow Exclusivity in Deals?

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I must admit I discuss this very frequently with portfolio companies but hadn’t thought to write about it. Between the mid nineties until 2007 wireless carriers around the world religiously protected the software that went on to phones and they guarded the end consumer relationship by controlling this software.

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Embrace Losing – It Will Make You Stronger

Both Sides of the Table

I believe that it is part of the DNA of an entrepreneur – being so competitive that you’re practically sick when you lose. They’re competitive. There are other great VC’s in SoCal and there is always the allure of the NorCal guys flying down and talking about how they invested in Google, Facebook, Yahoo!

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Embrace Losing

Both Sides of the Table

I believe that it is part of the DNA of an entrepreneur – being so competitive that you’re practically sick when you lose. They’re competitive. We helped the write out their requirements for a system. They decided to re-open the competition for 3-4 more weeks. I don’t want to lose next time.

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Interview with Mark Suster, GRP Partners

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Mark has also been quite active mentoring entrepreneurs, We caught up with Mark to hear about what kinds of investments GRP is looking at nowadays, his view on the software-as-a-service market, and how best to approach him with a pitch. My own background, is I built and sold two software-as-a-service companies. That as unhealthy.