Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

M&A has shown some spectacular results including Zappos to Amazon for $928million , Sun to Oracle for $7.4 There is a lot of pent-up demand. Notice that I didn’t say “social networking.” Much like iPhone is the only mobile platform in town, Facebook is the only “closed network” social networking platform in town.

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Venture Capital Marketing Startup Social Network 255

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

We built this to support corporate portals--companies that have a corporate presence on the web--but also see that social networks like MySpace or Facebook could use this technology to allow users at their site to communicate in their native language with other users. You could use it to break down language silos in those social networks.

Startup 133

Startup Technical Review Social Network Content 133

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

We also incurred substantial software licensing charges from Sun Microsystems, Microsoft and Oracle. Such firms do not typically enter into investments with the intention of replacing members of the management team with either their own executives “in residence” or from their professional network.

Entrepreneur 157

Entrepreneur Invest Funding Capital 157

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

We also incurred substantial software licensing charges from Sun Microsystems, Microsoft and Oracle. Such firms do not typically enter into investments with the intention of replacing members of the management team with either their own executives “in residence” or from their professional network.

Entrepreneur 140

Entrepreneur Cloud Computing Invest Funding 140

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

But it did take Brad as a public spokesman, consummate networker and successful VC to help create legitimacy to let David’s ideas flourish. There is a long tradition of these and it’s what formed the original angel network groups. It takes both to build a community. The business leaders need to do their parts.

Venture Capital 317

Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Press 317

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Another client, Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, just closed on a deal to buy ex- Yahoo. Entrepreneurs love being around other entrepreneurs, and thats driving demand toward the beach," says Mr. Miller. Earlier this year, Mr. Rappaport sold a beach cottage in Malibu to a Facebook executive for $6.8 clients, brokers say. Thank you !

Los Angeles 44

Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 9, 2010

For decades the “layering&# of technology has allowed us to develop IT systems and networks in a specialized way that let’s best-of-breed technology solutions to emerge at each layer of the stack and to allow people with different skill sets to specialize in key areas without having to have competence in every technology arena.

Startup 343

Startup Technical Review S3 Services 343

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

Around 2001 Jonah was studying at MIT Media Lab and began running experiments in viral stories in an era before smart phones (2007) and before social networks took off (2004–2007) and before YouTube (2005). Imagine if Oracle got more vocal about Safra Catz’s relationship to Trump? Back then there were “email forwards.”

Buzzfeed 210

Buzzfeed Media Content News 210