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What am I Thankful for This Year?

Both Sides of the Table

In the market we’ve seen the massive uptick of SaaS valuations in the public markets and commensurate attention on private market fundings and valuations. Meanwhile while social networking was white hot 3 years ago it is now persona non grata unless your user numbers are insane. eCommerce was battered this year.

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Streamlining The Sports Recruiting Process with FieldLevel

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Brenton Sullivan: What we are is a private social network and platform for coaches to connect with each other, to exchange information on athletes. We worked night and weekends, fleshed out the concept, and in July and August of 2008 we launched the product, took on some angel funding, and started the process.

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Web 1.0 Entrepreneurs: we are roadkill unless we learn to run as fast as today’s founders.

Steve Reich

They did it entirely through social networking. inLife signed up dozens of merchants in Santa Barbara for their activity site. One of the founders wrote a Python script that sent out custom emails to a list they had developed. Then get VC funding, rent a cool space, hire a big team, rebuild and relaunch.

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TechZulu Presents: The Annual Startup Forecast

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He is currently a Managing Director of the Clearstone Global Gaming Fund and sits on the boards of IMI Exchange, Xfire, Playsino, ExpressCoin, GoCoin, FGL, Spicy Horse Games, KnCMiner.cn, Robocoin China and the Mastercoin Foundation. Mr. Csathy previously served as the CEO of social network and online video technology company Sightspeed, Inc.,

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Spotlight: LA Tech Fall Judges Include Mike Jones, CallFire, Idealab, Tech Coast Angels, Coloft

Tech Zulu Event

He has contributed to the success of dozens of companies, including the funding and strategic acquisitions of Movoxx, Tsavo and People Media. He holds a BA from the University of California, Santa Barbara, a JD from Southwestern University, and suffers from an addiction to cheeseburgers. Custom ad deals and partnerships.