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DECEMBER 27, 2018

He is Los Angeles's most active angel investor with more than $2.5B Lastly, the United States overall relations with China and their ever-growing influence on our technology industry will be vital to consider in the coming year. Mike Jones is an internet executive, investor and strategic advisor and CEO of Science, Inc.

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JUNE 9, 2009

Los Angeles-based Goodreads , the online social networking site focused on book readers, told its users today that it has launched a new feature similar to Twitter's "follow." Goodreads is backed by angels; its investors include people such as Michael Jones, now COO of MySpace, and formerly founder of Userplane.

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DECEMBER 26, 2017

He is Los Angeles's most active angel investor with more than $2.5B I believe we can expect a change in venture capital, with different ways of looking at early stage company value, and new ways to empower networks to participate in the growth of their respective products. He is also a long-time entrepreneur.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2011

The Los Angeles area has seen a surge in the last month in companies and organizations looking to bolster entrepreneurial activity and startups in Southern California. We're really focused on those three things, and doing it here in Los Angeles, here in Santa Monica on Second Street.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Mike Jones is an Internet executive, investor and advisor located in Los Angeles. A serial Internet entrepreneur, Mike has founded and sold numerous businesses, including agency PBJ Digital, application platform Userplane, which he led from startup to its acquisition by AOL, Tsavo Media and Myspace. Community Sponsor.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 10, 2011

Being their second time in Los Angeles I was really excited for the event organizers for getting their room as packed as it was. Userplane – A social media platform to help businesses, communities, and organizations manage their social graphs. As soon as I walked in I could detect a good positive vibe.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 30, 2011

A serial Internet entrepreneur, Mike has founded, advised, invested and sold numerous businesses, including application platform Userplane, which he led from startup to its acquisition by AOL, Tsavo Media, Movoxx, PeopleMedia, Brizzly and Myspace. Scott Sangster , President at Tech Coast Angels (Los Angeles)/CEO at OrganicStartup.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Mike Jones , Investor and Advisor Located In Los Angeles. A serial Internet entrepreneur, Mike has founded and sold numerous businesses, including agency PBJ Digital, application platform Userplane, which he led from startup to its acquisition by AOL, Tsavo Media and Myspace. Navy, Pfizer, & Unisys Corp. Event Details.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2008

One of the recent trends in the technology industry here in Los Angeles is the use of "coworking" spaces--flexible workspaces where companies can rent open office space. Mike's latest claim to fame was selling Userplane to AOL. BLANKSPACES (www.blankspaces.com) -- which is on Wilshire Blvd.--is They came here, and it worked.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

Sometrics is venture backed by The Mail Room Fund, a Los Angeles-based early stage fund backed by Accel, Venrock, and the William Morris Agency. I worked at Userplane, building social applications for sites like MySpace. The firm has also received investments from Greycroft Partners and AT&T. What's the idea behind Sometrics?

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

Sometrics is venture backed by The Mail Room Fund, a Los Angeles-based early stage fund backed by Accel, Venrock, and the William Morris Agency. I worked at Userplane, building social applications for sites like MySpace. The firm has also received investments from Greycroft Partners and AT&T. What's the idea behind Sometrics?

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 29, 2012

Both companies were in Los Angeles. Nate followed through on his views by investing in LA accelerator Science , run by the venerable Mike Jones , who is a former founder (UserPlane, sold to AOL), tech exec (at AOL and later at MySpace) and one of LA’s most prolific (and well liked) angels. Not bad, hey?

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