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NOVEMBER 10, 2015

Sean Percival , who was once among Silicon Beach's most visible startup entrepreneurs and activists, is taking his experience starting companies in Southern California to Norway--as the head of a new, seed stage venture fund. Mahalo, and MySpace. Mahalo, and MySpace. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 13, 2013

Sean Percival , the founder of Wittlebee and former MySpace, Tsavo Media, Docstoc, and Mahalo executive, has surfaced at hyperlocal news site Topix as VP of Marketing. Percival''s last startup, Wittlebee, had faced a fundraising crunch , which forced Percival out of the company.

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MAY 17, 2011

Padnos is a serial entrepreneur, who sold his last startup, BetterPPC, in September of 2008 to Tsavo, the media startup headed by current MySpace head Michael Jones. DONE claims that NBC agreed to sell the two domains via Sedo, but backed out in the last minute on the sale. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 7, 2011

Padnos sold BetterPPC in September of 2008 to Tsavo Media, the startup which was started by current MySpace president Michael Jones. NBC apparently agreed to sell the domain, based on emails included in the lawsuit, but then backed out at the last minute on the sale.

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DECEMBER 30, 2011

TechZulu is excited to invite you to the 2012 Startup and Entrepreneurial Forecast taking place on Tuesday Jan. We have a line up of amazing speakers who will share their insights and forecast for startup trends in 2012. Mike is actively involved with early-stage start-ups as an investor, advisor and board member.

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MAY 24, 2010

Padnos, whose last startup, BetterPPC, was acquired by Tsavo back in 2008, will remain an advisor to the company, and Audioo will become a separate division of AudioMicro. Yuri Baranov, President of Audioo, becomes COO of both firms.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Mike Jones may be known for his most recent role as CEO of MySpace , but this Internet entrepreneur is no stranger to the startup world. He’s had multiple exits and also advises private startups (his company Userplane sold to AOL for nearly $40 million and Tsavo Media drew a cool $75 million from Cyberplex ).

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JUNE 7, 2010

Padnos was the founder of Better PPC , a pay-per-click technology firm which helped small and medium sized businesses manage, optimize, and report on their PPC campaigns; Padnos sold BetterPPC in September of 2008 to Tsavo, the content startup headed by now-MySpace co-President Michael Jones. Padnos also has served at Yahoo!

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

We want to provide our audience with not only amazing presenting startups/newly released products (submissions still open Apply Here ) but also outstanding people that can help you grow as an entrepreneur and lead a successful business. Mike continues to be actively involved with early-stage start-ups as an investor, advisor and board member.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Mike has over 18 years of business development, marketing and management experience in businesses ranging from early stage start-ups to private equity and from mid-stage business to large turn-around operations. Mike continues to be actively involved with early-stage start-ups as an investor, advisor and board member.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Top for January 16, 2009 - January 31, 2009 Posts Are You Selling Online Yet? Here’s how to do it.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Chang is looking to open up two to three more similar spaces in the next year. The existing space on Wilshire is heavily used by meetups, business networking groups, as well as local startups, and we thought we'd talk with Jerome to better understand what the whole idea is behind the space and coworking.

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