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Homebound Gets $35M More For Home Rebuilding

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Homebound , a startup which rebuilds homes after disasters--and which has offices in Malibu--has raised $35M in a Series B funding, the company disclosed this week, bringing its total raised to $53M. The company's founders are Nikki Pechet and Jack Abraham.

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Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Backs Startup America Effort

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Malibu-based Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp. , the business credit and services firm headed by Internet vet Jeffrey Stibel, said Thursday that it is backing the Startup America Partnership , an effort to accelerate entrepreneurship and grow new jobs in the U.S. Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp.

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EventUp Hits Eight Locations, Plans Further Expansion

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The company, which now has operations in Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Miami, Chicago, Boston, Atlanta, said that the market is among a number of markets it plans to expand into during 2013, as it rolls out its service nationwide. the startup studio headed by former MySpace CEO Mike Jones. READ MORE>>.

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Down bad

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If things do fail harder and faster than before, the question is how quickly young startups and crypto communities can adjust to shifting fortunes. Subscribe to Chain Reaction on Apple , Spotify or your alternative podcast platform of choice to keep up with us every week. follow the money. TC+ analysis.

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Interview with Jeffrey Stibel, Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp.

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Stibel and his team have been instrumental in many local, successful startups, both public and private, and have moved Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp.'s s headquarters to Malibu. We caught up with Stibel last night to hear more about the deal and his aggressive hiring plans. When we started EdgeCast, we put it here.

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Catching Up With Jeffrey Stibel of D&B Credibility

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Jeffrey Stibel has been quietly building a technology powerhouse in Malibu, leveraging the D&B brand at D&B Credibility Corp. Stibel is also very active in supporting the Los Angeles startup ecosystem as an angel investor. Stibel is also very active in supporting the Los Angeles startup ecosystem as an angel investor.

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Interview with Aaron Hirschorn, DogVacay.com

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If so, you're probably familiar with the travails of having to find a kennel to place your dog into, are constantly worrying about how your dog is doing in that kennel, and probably are feeling a little guilty, too, about having them locked up all week while you are away. We believe we've come up with a solution.