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This Week in VC with Farb Nivi, Founder of Grockit

Both Sides of the Table

Founded in January 2010 by Stephen Hood (ex-Delicious head of product), Dave Baggeroer (Stanford’s Institute of Design), and Josh Whiting (ex-senior engineer at Delicious and Craigslist). Current round: $8.1mm in Series C by S3 Ventures (lead), Adams Capital Mgmt, Triangle Peak Partners. Founded in 1999 in Austin, Texas.

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INNOVATION - A Scientist's Perspective

AeA Los Angeles Council

Washington is run by a CEO reporting to a 535-member Board of Directors. Just yesterday, I had a great talk with a Los Angeles-based computer game designer who has worked with the U.S. The report suggests that an NIF would boost productivity, innovation, and growth. government. and "new media" to connect with audiences.

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

Both Sides of the Table

MySpace was: scantily dressed, teenaged, middle-America, design chaos and on ad steroids. At the bottom end of the stack is storage (S3) and processing (EC2). SimpleGeo is designed with the idea that startups can create new mobile products without having to each build their own mapping functionality.