Remove Entertainment Remove Funding Remove Help Remove RSS
article thumbnail

The Power of Twitter in Information Discovery

Both Sides of the Table

First, A Primer: Portals, RSS, Feed Readers & Delicious - When the web started we needed directories to find information and thus Yahoo! Then came RSS ( Really Simple Syndication ) widely credited to Dave Winer for driving the spec & adoption. And the company that helped websites publish RSS? was bought by AOL.

RSS 349
article thumbnail

YouTubers Come Of Age – Google Scores A Solid Return On Its Video Development Fund

InfoChachkie

Mark Suster , fellow venture capitalist and serial entrepreneur, has written extensively about YouTube’s evolution from dogs-on-skateboards to its current status as an entertainment medium rivaling cable television networks. Mark provides an excellent primer regarding the future of Internet TV HERE. YouTuber (Show Title). Total Views.

Google 133
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

How This Startup Kicked Oracle’s A$$

InfoChachkie

You can watch Marten tell his entertaining story in the following 15-minute excerpt from his UC Santa Barbara talk. I started helping them with strategy in 2000 and then. A large US company filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against MySQL while the company was in the midst of raising its first round of funding. Share and Enjoy.

Oracle 229
article thumbnail

From Startup Newsletter To Best Selling Book: How This Entrepreneur Pulled It Off

InfoChachkie

Dear Friends, We have no income and no venture capital funding. So we were connected to people that helped us get our money back. from university professors, to VCs, to entertainers, the bankers, to other entrepreneurs, and that''s what the media picked up on.". So in a sense, we crowdsourced our advisory board and.

article thumbnail

63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of

SoCal Delicious

Subscribe to RSS. Subscribe to RSS. Features like this, as well as our daily interviews wouldn’t be possible without the amazing support of our sponsor eMinutes – a law firm here in Los Angeles that focuses on helping entrepreneurs structure their companies. We want to help them, and will. Idea Mensch.

article thumbnail

Tech Titans Peter Thiel, Matt Jacobson, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Mich Mathews, Elon Musk Buy Homes in Los Angeles

SoCal Delicious

In growing numbers, Silicon Valley executives—long based in tech strongholds like Santa Clara and Palo Alto—are buying homes in Los Angeles, as the lines between the technology and entertainment businesses grow blurrier. Venture capitalist and hedge-fund manager Peter Thiel—PayPals co-founder and Facebook s.