Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Geni is solving the problem of genealogy by inviting the world to build the definitive online family tree. Using the basic free service, users add and invite their relatives to join their family tree, which Geni compares to other trees. Tags: Events Social Media Startup Video Geni social Spotlight.

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Geni Social Media Company Companies 79

socalTECH

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Sacks has a very significant presence in Southern California's startup investment community, having invested in such companies as Comparably, Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, Clutter, and others; Sacks was also CEO of family tree site Geni when it was located in Los Angeles. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 3, 2015

Santa Monica-based Crew32 , a stealth startup founded by Docstoc founder Jason Nazar, Betterworks, Geni, and Yammer co-founder George Ishii, and InvestedIn and MySpace co-founder Yadid Ramot, has raised $5.2M, as part of an ongoing $6.0M No details on the startup have yet been announced.

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Yammer Geni Santa Monica Funding 100

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Geni.com offers up an online, family tree site, and was the parent company of Yammer.com, the enterprise micro-messaging startup sold by Sacks for $1.2 Geni was venture backed by Charles River Ventures and the Founders Fund. billion to Microsoft earlier this year. READ MORE>>.

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Geni Sites Acquisition Los Angeles 153

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 22, 2010

This is part of my startup advice series. It’s still important advice for startup founders and something that I’m passionate about. Tools like Identified.com haven’t existed for me to do this in an automated way as they are starting to emerge. Yes, if you were a startup CEO I would probably cut you some slack.

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Startup Geni Google IBM 392

socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2016

Santa Monica-based Comparably.com , a new startup led by longtime entrepreneur Jason Nazar, has raised $6.5M Nazar was the founder of Docstoc, which he sold to Intuit; his co-founders include George Ishii (Yammer/Geni), Mike Sheridan (DebtMarket), and Yadid Ramot (Investedin). READ MORE>>.

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Cornerstone OnDemand Yammer Geni Santa Monica 100

socalTECH

JULY 11, 2012

A virtual currently startup, Pocket Change , with links to Southern California has just raised $5M more in funding. The firm, which provides virtual currency handling for Android game makers, is the startup of Ari Mir, who formerly co-founded GumGum, and Amos Elliston, who served as CTO at Geni and SVP of Engineering at Yammer.

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Yammer Geni Funding Southern California 164

socalTECH

MAY 25, 2011

Frank Peters , angel investor and podcaster at the Frank Peters Show , says: start your own company, in the latest article in our Insights and Opinions section. "Is Professor Mike McCarthy politely answered, yes it is, very difficult; before I started shooting my mouth off I wanted to confirm my assumptions.

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Geni UCI Company Companies 154

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2023

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. But the insights I see from her book and elsewhere are equally applicable to startup founders of all ages, and businesses of all ages. Snap up top talent.

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Capital Geni Layoffs Entrepreneur 93

socalTECH

JULY 31, 2009

According to Sacks, the entire firm--including its engineering team and executive staff--is moving to the Bay Area, to be closer to the startup scene in Silicon Valley. Sacks said that Geni, which spun out Yammer, remains in West Hollywood. Tags: microblogging geni sacks david move valley silicon angeles yammer. READ MORE>>.

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Yammer Los Angeles West Hollywood Geni 113

socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2011

Santa Monica-based BetterWorks said today that it has expanded its services into San Francisco and the Bay Area, and is planning on opening up in New York and Boston soon. Craig's co-founders include Zao Yang, the creator of Farmville, and George Ishii, co-founder of Geni and Yammer.

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Yammer Geni Santa Monica Web 218

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

Southern California's top startups showed up in force Friday at the Westin South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, for the Technology Council of Southern California's annual VentureNet conference. socalTECH was a media sponsor of the conference).

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2020

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. But the insights I see from her book and elsewhere are equally applicable to startup founders of all ages, and businesses of all ages.

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Geni Layoffs Entrepreneur Outsource 172

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2013

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, and be big winners. But the insights I see from her book and elsewhere are equally applicable to startup founders of all ages, and businesses of all ages. Snap up top talent.

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Startup Geni Entrepreneur Layoffs 98

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Tags: Business Culture Entrepreneurship Events Startup CallFire Coloft Distribber Geni Media Temple Namesake Social Annex Spotlight TekTrak Zugara.

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Geni Company Companies Screening 106

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2009

The evening cocktail party was an 80’s theme and lived up to the traditional Twiistup fame with an open bar, elaborate costumes, Hollywood lighting and poker games until 4 in the morning. The tone of the panel was set by David’s announcement that he was relocating to Silicon Valley (and dragging Geni & Yammer with him).

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Twiistup SoCal Southern California Yammer 228

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

The Obama administration wants to speed up cancer research with its “Cancer Moonshot” program—packing 10 years’ worth of work on prevention and treatment programs into five is one of its rallying cries. X : The report starts by recommending a national cancer patient network. GENIE is one of several ongoing.

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Geni Research Study Summary 40

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Tags: Business Culture Entrepreneurship Events Startup Video CallFire Coloft Distribber Geni Media Temple Namesake Social Annex Spotlight TekTrak Zugara.

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Geni Media Startup Company 65

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 27, 2012

By now you probably know that David Sacks , co-founder of PayPal and founder of both Geni & Yammer made some observations on Facebook that Silicon Valley “as we know it” was coming to an end. But then Marc Andreessen weighed in – as did I and several others – and the media picked up on his comments.

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Technical Review Venture Capital Yammer Google 299

TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Naturally, the next step in Bernstein’s evolution from blogger to businesswoman was a technology startup. ‘People say we’re crazy’ As venture capitalists wake up to the business opportunity, they’re seeding startups that help influencers go from hobbyists to professionals. Benett/Dave Benett/WireImage).

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Platform Marketing Tool Venture Capital 170

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 23, 2018

Last week, the Los Angeles-based startup led by Trevor McFedries , outed itself as the collective consciousness behind the virtual celebrity Lil Miquela and her less well known contemporaries Blawko22 and BermudaisBae in a choreographed melodrama worthy of Los Angeles’ best reality television.

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Social Media Los Angeles Media Geni 254

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

-The Scott Sanfilippo Interview Media Optimization Firms Are Red Hot In Southern California in 2009 Proliferate - Aggregate - Integrate Startups Uncensored #4 - “Finding and Working with Partners” SoCal VC’s absent from Forbes Midas List Top Five Best Uses of an Entrepreneur's Legal Dollars What Data Crunchers Did for Obama An Evaluation of Web Strategy (..)

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Layoffs Woodland Hills Southern California Orange County 159

socalTECH

JULY 9, 2009

Santa Monica-based GumGum , the online startup headed by Ophir Tanz which licenses photos on a CPM basis to online publishers, confirmed it had raised $2.6M Advisors to the firm include David Sacks of Geni (formerly of PayPal) and Vince Thompson (formerly of AOL and Facebook).

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Invest SoCalTech GRP Partners Geni 100

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 11, 2011

Co-founder of Yammer, and Geni. Come by yourself and team up or bring your engineering/product design friends. Demos and awards start at 5:30pm. Sizhao Yang: Co-founder of BetterWorks. Co-creator of Farmville and the technical platform for Zynga. George Ishii: Co-founder of BetterWorks. Early designer of Paypal.

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Santa Monica Yammer Geni Southern California 72

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2010

How GenY Entrepreneurs are Rocking the World of Business ,” seems certain that Gen-Y will lead the charge, trounce the recession, and be big winners. But the insights I see from her book and elsewhere are equally applicable to startup founders of all ages, and businesses of all ages. Snap up top talent.

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Startup Geni Layoffs Entrepreneur 51

SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

He has performed this role since the company’s inception after Yammer was spun-out of Geni Inc. (a Prior to his roles at Geni and Yammer, David was the National Manager, Business Development & Business Affairs at LoopNet, Inc. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. in Computer Science.

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Social Network Networking Yammer CTO Hire 150

Tech.Co

APRIL 7, 2020

While the companies that occupy its offices may be sharing spaces, its the regular communication and meet ups that make the ‘vibe' of the Labs offices. With fewer people coming into the office, companies may find they make savings by downsizing their own physical spaces, and could lean on co-working spaces to pick up the slack.

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Newsletter News Geni Services 153

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2012

How GenY Entrepreneurs are Rocking the World of Business ,” seems certain that Gen-Y will lead the charge, bounce back from the recession, and be big winners. But the insights I see from her book and elsewhere are equally applicable to startup founders of all ages, and businesses of all ages. Snap up top talent.

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Entrepreneur Geni Layoffs Outsource 93

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 1, 2013

What football insights the Oreo team could offer might have been in question when the game commenced, but when the lights blacked out at the start of the third quarter, the light bulb went on for 360i crew. In 2009, two rogue employees filmed themselves spitting on pies and sticking cheese up their nose before placing it on the doughy pizzas.

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Media Social Media Geni Mentor 45

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Santa Monica-based Bird , a new startup focused on "last-mile" electric vehicle sharing, has raised $15M in a Series A funding, according to the company. According to Bird, it is offering up low cost, "last-mile" electric vehicle transportation from a subway or bus to their destination. Bird offers up electric powered scooters.

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Santa Monica Venture Capital Capital Funding 100

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 1, 2013

What football insights the Oreo team could offer might have been in question when the game commenced, but when the lights blacked out at the start of the third quarter, the light bulb went on for 360i crew. In 2009, two rogue employees filmed themselves spitting on pies and sticking cheese up their nose before placing it on the doughy pizzas.

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Media Social Media Geni Mentor 40

socalTECH

JULY 26, 2012

Findmypast.com , a British family history website, said today that it has launched--and has set up a new office in Venice, California, to run its U.S. which includes such competitors as Ancestry.com and MyHeritage.com, as well as local family tree startup Geni.com, which is in West Hollywood. operations. READ MORE>>.

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Venice West Hollywood Hollywood Sites 133

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Despite the fact that he can create things on Autodesk’s Maya that their own software designers may have never have dreamed up (or more accurately, that only a few people on this Earth can), being a ‘big wig’ was never May’s intention. Every film starts with a script; CG, live action, student short, the script is the bed frame.

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Technical Review Technology Examples Malibu 90

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Tech entrepreneurs and executives from Silicon Valley are moving south and buying up luxury homes in the Los Angeles area. He uses his former home, a just-under 900-square-foot beach bungalow two blocks away, to house Facebook employees visiting from up north. More than 600 tech start-ups have sprung up in L.A.

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Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 7, 2010

Should media companies offer their content on an ad-supported basis or get users to pay up front? In this session, you'll hear from the experts on what the future really holds for the app and if there is a genie in the bottle. Should brands offer e-commerce through apps? Meanwhile, what's the real ROI from appvertising?

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Mobile Media Case Study Advertising 40

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 28, 2011

Lately the topic of leadership & teams has been coming up a lot in my daily life. You do a startup and decide you want somebody to step in and run the company so you can focus on technical excellence. The toughest or coolest kids in class often like somebody who is willing to stand up to them – but not cross them.

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CTO Hire Technical Review Startup Demand 363

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 1, 2011

Happy New Year everyone! And what better way to ring in the new year then to give companies the chance to highlight their hard work and amazing product through TechZulu's Spotlight: LA Tech event. Visit TechZulu for full story.

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Product Geni Company Companies 72