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Interview with Shaan Sethi, Jaanuu

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I moved down here to work as a large, $10 billion private equity fund with Ron Burkle, at Yucaipa Companies. The last piece, was we figured that we could disintermediate a broken, retail channel, by creating a customized, sophisticated, Web 2.0 Shaan Sethi: I think the medical market is quite different from traditional apparel.

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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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Interview with Greg Brogger, SharesPost

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Yesterday, Santa Monica-based SharesPost (www.sharespost.com) launched a new service of particular interest to the venture capital and high tech startup market, a new, online service which facilitates the buying and selling of private company stock. They've built successful companies, but looking at the IPO market they're essentially stuck.

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TechZulu Live to Premiere "TZLaw" at 5:15 p.m. PT Thursday, October 7, with IP Attorney Denise Grayson of "The Social Network"

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Technology and IP law are at the forefront of the movie, and themes include common issues in startups regarding cash flow, IP rights, tech development, product design and distribution of equity. She has specialized in entertainment and Internet law since 1998. reputation rating websites and advising technology startups.

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Should You Really be a Startup Entrepreneur?

Both Sides of the Table

One investor played chicken with me by threatening not to approve my next-round financing unless I gave him more equity. My SVP of Sales & Marketing quit 30 minutes before an important board meeting. It was well past the Internet boom, well into Web 2.0, And I had all the VCs play head games with me. I was baffled.

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Should You Really be a Startup Entrepreneur?

Both Sides of the Table

One investor played chicken with me by threatening not to approve my next-round financing unless I gave him more equity. My SVP of Sales & Marketing quit 30 minutes before an important board meeting. It was well past the Internet boom, well into Web 2.0, And I had all the VCs play head games with me. I was baffled.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register?

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Web Development & Marketing Technology) Exit: evolved into L90 (next company) Lesson: What you dont know cant stop you. DoubleClick, like other competitors, had already underwent a successful IPO and their market cap was in the billions and their resources were virtually unlimited. What is the Rubicon Project? Startup 3.0:

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