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Geni Turns Family Trees Into Posters

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West Hollywood-based Geni.com , the online genealogy and family tree site, said Monday afternoon that it has rolled out a new product--one that takes the family tree from the service, and turns it into a paper poster. Geni said it also allows users to customize "almost every aspect" of the posters before printing. READ MORE>>.

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Interview with Milo Sindell, Knowledge Genie

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This morning, Knowledge Genie (www.myknowledgegenie.com) launched a new web site that helps experts and authors publish online information to the web. What is the idea behind Knowledge Genie? We call this a "Genie," and you can build a Genie using Knowledge Genie. The plans range up to approximately $190.

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Interview with David Sacks, Geni and Yammer

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We sat down with David to catch up on what Geni and Yammer are doing, plus got his insights into entrepreneurship and the Paypal mystique. David Sacks: As you know, Geni is creating a family tree of the whole world, and layering in a family social network and family wiki on top of that. What's the ultimate business model behind Geni?

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5 Strategies To Capitalize On Hard Times In Business

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How GenY Entrepreneurs are Rocking the World of Business ,” was one of the first to predict that Gen-Y would lead the charge, bounce back from the last recession, and be big winners. These are chances to broaden your product line, change distribution, offer new services. Donna Fenn, in her classic book, “ Upstarts!

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5 Key Recovery Strategies Counter Economic Downturns

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How GenY Entrepreneurs are Rocking the World of Business ,” was one of the first to predict that Gen-Y would lead the charge, bounce back from the recession at that time, and be big winners. These are chances to broaden your product line, change distribution, offer new services. Donna Fenn, in her book from the last decade, “ Upstarts!

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Tyler Jacks, Cancer Moonshot Panel Co-Chair, Discusses Roadmap

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The FDA agreed this summer to reorganize the way it evaluates drugs, diagnostics, and other cancer-related products. X : This sounds a lot like the GENIE project to pool patient data among seven top cancer centers. GENIE is one of several ongoing. Agreeing on what to do, and how to do it, is the first step.

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GumGum Confirms Investment Round

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Advisors to the firm include David Sacks of Geni (formerly of PayPal) and Vince Thompson (formerly of AOL and Facebook). Tanz also said that--despite hitting the venture markets at possibly one of the worst possible times ever to raise money--he never felt he wouldn't be able to raise a round, given the firm's tremendous growth and vision.

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