socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2016

The funding round was led by Crosslink Capital and also included Upfront Ventures, Lowercase Capital, Alpha Edison, Crosscut Ventures, Ludlow Ventures, Cornerstone OnDemand, 500Startups, Pritzker Group, Rincon Venture Partners, Accelerator Ventures, BAM Ventures and David Sacks.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 27, 2011

Craig has recruited the co-creater of Zynga's Farmville game, Sizhao Yang, as well as George Ishii, who was co-founder of Geni.com and Yammer, as co-founders. BetterWorks said that it is focused on allowing business owners to "create rewarding work environments quickly, easily and affordably".

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socalTECH

JULY 11, 2012

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. and Kamran Pourzanjani, who founded Pricegrabber.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 1, 2012

Jackson, and backed by such investors as Peter Thiel, David Sacks (Yammer), Joe Lonsdale (Palantir Technologies), and Dave McClure (500 Startups), as well as Hercules Technology Growth Fund, 7th Rig, and Wasabi Ventures. CapLinked is headed by Eric M. READ MORE>>.

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Technical Review Software Review Startup Yammer 153

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. I remember a discussion with an older VC who told me that in the early 90′s they wondered whether the VC industry had a future.

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socalTECH

JUNE 21, 2012

The firm's other investors include Peter Thiel (co-founder of PayPal), David Sacks (CEO of Yammer), Joe Lonsdale (co-founder of Palantir Technologies), Stephan Paternot (co-founder of TheGlobe.com), David Anderson (managing partner of 7th Rig), 500 Startups, and Wasabi Ventures.

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Technical Review Software Review Yammer Funding 113

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

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AUGUST 3, 2009

He got this VC talking so effusively about his entrepreneurial instincts that my wife accused me of having a “man crush.” (I don’t) I think this guy has the chance to be the Digital Puffy if he can amass a team to help young artists own & manage their digital careers.

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Twiistup SoCal Southern California Yammer 228

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FEBRUARY 7, 2013

RedBeacon was the 3rd winner (year 1: Yammer, year 2: Mint.com) – not bad company. And I certainly didn’t want him having to trapse up-and-down Sand Hill Road informing every VC of his next idea. The company was called Red Beacon. I acted as the occasional mentor, advisor and coach to Ethan. Nice sweep!

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

We've had a class of people who have gone on to start fantastic companies, such as LinkedIn, YouTube, Yelp, and Yammer. Tags: management investment investor saas software venture capital entrepreneur interview paypal caplinked jackson eric. they are some truly remarkable people, creating remarkable companies. READ MORE>>.

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Southern California Entrepreneur Software Review Yammer 243

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DECEMBER 17, 2009

I don’t think most VC’s do. But in most situations a VC will want to be able to judge how you perform over time. It’s what prompted my post on how to build relationships with VCs. Geni.com beget Yammer. I’m sure that happens. I could go on and on. Great entrepreneurs pivot.

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Entrepreneur Startup Google Yammer 291

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MARCH 22, 2010

If you’re Yammer , Mint or RedBeacon (all winners) you’re knighted with wonderful coverage. Use the fact that you were on an anointed list to build credibility when you eventually approach journalists (and VC’s, customers, employees). Many other great companies are not. - They see journalists as a means to and end.

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Tips Startup Press Blogging 307

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MAY 22, 2010

This week I was preparing for my weekly This Week in Venture Capital web show and was researching some of the deals that were announced for the week. One of the companies that just announced $10 million in funding was a company I had never heard of called Huddle.

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Screening Screencast Web Yammer 266

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DECEMBER 12, 2016

The trailblazer in the category of course was Twitter and David Sacks quickly spotted the use case for enterprise and launched Yammer, which was purchased by Microsoft for more than $1 billion. And of course we welcome Microsoft Ventures. We believe that chat-based communications will be another i/o for all enterprise applications.

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Software Mobile Artificial Inteligence Oracle 105

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JANUARY 28, 2011

What results must you have in order to raise venture capital or garner good press coverage that helps drive customer acquisition (and also more funding!)? Phenomenal tech talent including the co-founder of Farmville- Zao Yang – AND ALSO the lead product designer – George Ishii – for Yammer & Geni.

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CTO Hire Technical Review Startup Demand 363

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DECEMBER 22, 2011

It’s no surprise that it has now become one of the most viewed networks of video programming in the world, achieving 500 million video views per month having only raised $3 million in venture capital. Of course I could go on and on including businesses like AirBnB, DropBox, Box.net, Yammer and so on. All deflationary.

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