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APRIL 13, 2011

Huge thank you to Steve De Long for the write up. How did you start blogging? “My In 2004 / 2005 I was starting to get intrigued with user-generated content. In 2004 / 2005 I was starting to get intrigued with user-generated content. This time frame – 2005/2006 – web 2.0

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OCTOBER 1, 2009

There’s no doubt (at least anecdotally) that the pace of VC investments in early-stage technology companies has picked up in the past few months. I hear from several sources that Sequoia is very active in the market aggressively chasing several deals and even driving up prices on some early-stage deals.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 25, 2012

Inspired by the vast amounts of data from videos, photos, music, websites and blogs shared by the many friends and people they follow online and seeing how much time it takes to check all the content across many platforms, friends set out to come up with a solution and CHNL was born. In addition, Web 2.0 What is CHNL?

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2008

Scripped (www.scripped.com) is applying the world of Web 2.0 to the business of script writing, and is looking to combine a free online tool for writing scripts with matching those scripts with content producers. What we've done, is we attract those writers to our site, and have a revenue model based on the content.

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Content Writing Software Review Hollywood 138

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

Our interview this morning is with David Sacks, CEO of Geni.com, an online family tree and social networking site, as well as Yammer, the instant messaging startup spun out of Geni.com at TechCrunch50. 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.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

Jan Zands is the founders of Los Angeles-based phonesheet.com (www.phonesheet.com), a startup which is developing web-based software for tracking phone messages and action items. Jan Zands: It's a web based phone message manager. So what Phonesheet.com does is takes that antiquated system and modernizes it, using a Web 2.0

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Jason Nazar

AUGUST 15, 2013

“If You Build It…They Will Come”, may work for historical baseball ghosts, but it’s not a strategy you can rely on when starting an internet company.Driving traffic to your website is a formula that can be reverse engineered. Other than paying for traffic with advertising, there are only so many ways to get people to show up at your door.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 21, 2012

I mean they just had their formal product launch in April 2012 and was a runner-up in NBC’s Education Nation Innovation Challenge in October 2012, which hails in comparison to the recent contractual partnerships they are forming with education pillars. Pathbrite’s Web 2.0

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Alon Schwartz

MARCH 25, 2012

Not just for consuming content but for sharing content (aka, web 2.0) Microsoft was also late for the tablet/slate market and is working extra hard to catch up but with the iPad. But in the past few years things have changed. and lately for productivity and collaboration.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Traditional media companies published their stories on the web. was the 2-way web. Turns out everybody likes to produce content and take part in the “conversation.&# Massive uptake of user-generated content including blogs (e.g. I remember in the mid-90’s when banner advertising started.

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Ideas Advertising Google Technical Review 286

Jason Nazar

NOVEMBER 23, 2008

Is there a difference between tech startups in Silicon Valley vs. Los Angeles? They build obsessively user focused products, do a fantastic job at virally driving a ton of traffic, but usually have their head up their ass when it comes to making money. Peter Pham – best networker / connector in web 2.0.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 19, 2011

Things got so bad on one project that we ended up doing split shifts with teams of people programming from 8pm-6am and the next team arriving at 8am. Then the unintended consequences started cropping up. We started to realize that that most expensive part of computing was actually manpower. Sound familiar? For 5 minutes.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 2, 2008

Then, we spoke to the firm's founder, Alex Aydin, and discovered that he wasn't just your usual Web 2.0 Once that transaction was complete, I got up and started looking around. He wanted me to help on the financing side, so we started a company and did a few deals. We update all of that into our database.

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Jason Nazar

JANUARY 14, 2009

“If You Build It…They Will Come” may work for historical baseball ghosts, but it’s not a strategy you can rely on when starting an internet company. Other than paying for traffic with advertising, there are only so many ways to get people to show up at your door. Refreshing Content. Increase the production of your content.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 22, 2008

There are lots of slick entertainment platforms, but there are none that feel like Web 2.0, The virtual worlds haven't really kept pace on how end user content has driven the growth of the web. I draw the analogy to blogging--on the low end, anyone can set up a Wordpress blog. He just cold called you?

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SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 20, 2010

On CBS MoneyWatch: Why Debit Cards Are Dangerous BNET Business Network: BNET TechRepublic ZDNet ZDNet Members login Newsletters Site Assistance RSS Feeds Home News & Blogs Videos White Papers Downloads Reviews Popular Enterprise Web 2.0 Dion Hinchcliffe Get Enterprise Web 2.0 Dion Hinchcliffe Get Enterprise Web 2.0

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 18, 2011

I learned that he was originally with William Morris as a junior talent rep but wanted to be more in the business of helping digital startups. Great guy, I wonder WTF he’s up to? I gave them my thesis on the team & market but also told them it was obviously up to them to decide whether they were equally passionate.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

What I want to answer with this post (long though it may be) is: Why did Web 2.0 We were looking for what I call the “6 C’s of Social Networking&# – Communications, connectedness, common experiences, content, commerce & cool experiences (fun!). Social Networking in Web 2.0: The Present Era.

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Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318

Frank Addante

OCTOBER 31, 2006

► August (1) Stay Positive ► July (2) Go Fast, but Don’t Hurry The DNA of an A++ Team ► June (1) Setting up Shop - Picking an Office Space ► May (3) Startup 6.0 - the Rubicon Project: Internet Advert. Visit StrongMail Website Startup 4.0: Startup 3.0: What is the Rubicon Project???

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 12, 2010

You folks are just that awesome that we try and hook our readers up whenever we can so you are Welcome! Eric Ries is the author of the blog Startup Lessons Learned and the lean startup methodology. Dave McClure is a Silicon Valley tech entrepreneur, startup investor, and blogger. Twiistup 007 Speaker List: Peter Guber.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Great content again in September that meets at the intersection of startups, technology, product and being a Startup CTO. Chris Dixon , September 12, 2010 My most useful career experience was about eight years ago when I was trying to break into the world of VC-backed startups. Why You Should Write. Status / reputation.

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Frank Addante

MAY 3, 2006

► August (1) Stay Positive ► July (2) Go Fast, but Don’t Hurry The DNA of an A++ Team ► June (1) Setting up Shop - Picking an Office Space ► May (3) Startup 6.0 - the Rubicon Project: Internet Advert. No, it’ Startup 2.0: Startup 1.0: “The Bug Bite&# - The Internet Needs.

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Frank Addante

AUGUST 14, 2006

► August (1) Stay Positive ► July (2) Go Fast, but Don’t Hurry The DNA of an A++ Team ► June (1) Setting up Shop - Picking an Office Space ► May (3) Startup 6.0 - the Rubicon Project: Internet Advert. Visit StrongMail Website Startup 4.0: Startup 3.0: What is the Rubicon Project???

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Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

► August (1) Stay Positive ► July (2) Go Fast, but Don’t Hurry The DNA of an A++ Team ► June (1) Setting up Shop - Picking an Office Space ► May (3) Startup 6.0 - the Rubicon Project: Internet Advert. ► May (5) the Rubicon Project The Journey Startup 6.0: Visit StrongMail Website Startup 4.0:

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Some really great stuff in 2010 that aims to help startups around product, technology, business models, etc. 500 Hats , February 1, 2010 When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication? 500 Hats , February 1, 2010 When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication?

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