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Demand Media's Rosenblatt On IPO, Exits

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Richard Rosenblatt , the CEO of Los Angeles-based Demand Media said today at the Twiistup conference in Los Angeles, that he sees an IPO as a possible opportunity for the firm. Rosenblatt had suggested earlier this year at the Web 2.0 Tags: demand media exit content. conference the firm was looking at exit optioins.

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Web 2.0 & eHealth

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The market was recently forecasted to grow from $7.5-billion Across the globe, politicians are concerned about high security, accuracy and privacy demands. We’ve already seen how Web 2.0 eHealth is an emerging field in the intersection of medical informatics, public health and business. billion in 2008 to $11.3

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The Big VC Thaw – Why The Market is Moving Again (part 2 of 3)

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In my previous post, The VC Ice Age is Thawing (for now) I wrote about the reasons why the VC market came to a screeching halt in September 2008 and remained largely shut until at least April 2009. There are now signs the VC market has gathered pace meaning it’s a great time to be fund raising. There is a lot of pent-up demand.

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Most Startups Should be Deer Hunters

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But I believe that if you go down this road you will struggle to simultaneously serve the SMB market. The needs are too different as are the sales channels and marketing messages. Avoid the low end of the market – too elusive and hard to shake enough money out of them. And know that VC will be hard to come by.

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Why The Growth Of The Internet Is Driving EdgeCast's Revenues

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What is it about the content delivery network market which has enabled Santa Monica-based EdgeCast to go from startup to over $100M in revenues in only a few, short years? We have 35 POPs all over the world, in every major market, and we have more than 6,000 customers today. We caught on with the right product, at the right time.

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Five Clues To Web 3.0 Opportunities Here Now

Startup Professionals Musings

I’ve been doing some research to assess how much of it is reality, since I have to admit that I seem to have missed the clues to the transition to Web 2.0, After some work, I’m still convinced that much of the Web 3.0 buzz is hype, but things are changing on the Internet, and bits and pieces of Web 3.0 are appearing.

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Interview Eric Sikola, ExpenseBay

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Eric Sikola is CEO of ExpenseBay (www.expensebay.com), a Los Angeles-based, online, software-as-a-service startup which has created an online application which uses Web 2.0 The firm has taken the ease-of-use, interconnectivity, and other features we take granted from modern Web 2.0 How big is the firm now?

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