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OCTOBER 17, 2019

I became a VC 12 years ago in 2007 when the pace of deals was much slower. We now serve many large clients like Dish Networks, Dignity Health, and U.S. If I use Invoca as an example: we handle tens of millions of phone calls for customers who want to drive sales calls into call centers. Why does that matter?

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JULY 21, 2011

Los Angeles-based MomentFeed (www.momentfeed.com) is looking to sort through that data to help marketers better tap into location based, social networking. Rob Reed: I was doing social media strategy consulting from 2007 until 2009, what I would really characterize as Social Media 1.0. How did the company come about?

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AUGUST 10, 2009

Our interview this morning is with Babette Pepaj , CEO and founder of BakeSpace (www.bakespace.com), a local Los Angeles startup focused on social networking around food. Babette Pepaj: BakeSpace is a food social network and recipe swap. So very much a social network involved? What is BakeSpace? Hello world?".

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MARCH 17, 2009

The firm recently relocated its headquarters from Hawaii, and we talked with Rob about why someone might need the service, how it's different from the scores of social networking sites on the web, and what problem it's trying to solve. In late 2007, we had a group of guys were creating concepts about social identity. networking.

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JULY 20, 2015

Shopzilla was then sold, and I worked for a couple of years at the acquirer, Scripps, until 2007. So, in September of 2007, I got back into it, and we got a group of people going on a new startup, DotSpots. The example is Twitter--Twitter is nothing without the link. So, that didn't scale well. That was between 2010 and 2012.

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JULY 20, 2015

Shopzilla was then sold, and I worked for a couple of years at the acquirer, Scripps, until 2007. So, in September of 2007, I got back into it, and we got a group of people going on a new startup, DotSpots. The example is Twitter--Twitter is nothing without the link. So, that didn't scale well. That was between 2010 and 2012.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2010

When Evan Rifkin of.App/Ads launched a new ad network for iPhone (and soon to be other devices) applications I knew he would have a very strong offering out of the box. He’s built two ad network companies – he knows what he’s doing. Another example. I met the CEO Brian Malewicz several times.

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JULY 6, 2015

An example of that is Craig's, which now has Craigs.la. We bought and sold domains, and it's now been over two million since 2007. Are domains till important, given how many people are now using mobile apps and social networks to get to the content they want? It's a shorter domain, with an LA look, style, and feel.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

On Island Paradise, for example, you get a plot of land, you can raise animals and farm crops on them, grow trees, etcetera. Zac Brandenberg: The company was founded in late 2007 by Adam and Donna Powell. They launched this business in 2007, with the concept of building another virtual world and large scale game.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Steve Jillings has a long track record of running successful startups in Southern California, ranging from such companies as FrontBridge Technologies (sold to Microsoft in 2005 for over $200M) and Vantage Media (acquired in 2007). For example, we handle all of the main languages, including dialects.

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APRIL 2, 2010

Example: if a VC is on their fourth $200 million fund that they just raised in 2009 then you might hear them talk about $800 million under management. For example, my firm, GRP Partners, has a $200 million fund that was closed in March 2009 and we have 4 investment partners. What is total assets under management? -

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JUNE 28, 2010

Founded 2007 in Boulder, CO. Operates a ‘Voice and Visual Mobile Advertising Network’ called MobileAd Xchange that delivers in-call voice advertisements and follow-up visual engagements (SMS, MMS). Example of publishers include: moviefone, Fandango, Jingle, SayNow, and voice blogs. Competitors: Google. Total raised: $18.3mm.

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Venture Capital Blogging Startup Fandango 230

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DECEMBER 6, 2011

I know lots of people think they don't have time for that, but there are those moments when you're in a coffee shop with twenty minutes of free time, or when you're plane delayed, or even if you're at a networking event or conference, and you are curious who is around you. And who knows, they might be a really good fit.

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AUGUST 3, 2012

John Mudge: We launched IBN Sports in January of 2007, focused on creating an interactive, broadcast network for sports. We have our own site, IBNSports.com, and we also work with partners schools to create a presence on the network. What is IBN Sports? The other obvious piece for us is distribution with television.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Los Angeles-based ManiaTV (www.maniatv.com) is one of the companies, having moved here in 2007 from Denver to take advantage of the local talent. We started as a live, 24/7 television network--really live, 24/7--168 hours a week of live TV. Peter Hoskins: In 2007, we took a fantastic soundstage at Pico and Fairfax.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

We spoke with Derrick Oien, president and co-founder of the firm, about the company's mobile social networking applications, as well as about his view on penetrating the mobile carriers. What exactly are your mobile social networking applications? On the server side, we have a gateway to integrate with social networking partners.

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JUNE 8, 2011

It's the biggest portion of our revenues at our company, and our clients include the Buffalo News, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, JDate, Spark network, and many entrepreneurs. For example, if a customer has a question on a purchase, we answer that. It looks like a lot of your execs have background at Active Network?

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AUGUST 6, 2009

For example, the biggest load in a small business or home is the HVAC system. Because we have a network inside each home or business, we can provide device information that is pertinent to the touch panel, including things like pricing information, information about the whether, and other customized news and data.

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MAY 19, 2010

An obvious example that comes to mind is Roger Ehrenberg, whose fund Information Arbitrage , is looking at companies in these categories. Founded in 2007. Huddle allows users to maintain an interconnected network of secure online workspaces for file sharing, ideation, project management and virtual meetings. Time will tell.

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AUGUST 27, 2012

In 2007, we tried to launch it for the iPhone web, and the platform still couldn't handle it. So, for example, with our Bocce Ball game we saw that people didn't like the interface of other games out there, so we looked at creating a very good, scrolling interface based on interfaces that people liked in other popular games.

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Mobile Startup Software Review Platform 216

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APRIL 27, 2014

I started in 2007 with a thesis that my primary investment decision would be about the team (70%) and only afterward about the market opportunity (30%). Of course these are great places to network with other investors, meet great entrepreneurs and keep your connections strong with senior execs at larger companies like Yahoo!,

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AUGUST 8, 2016

We caught up with founder and CEO Mike Mothner --who we first interviewed back in 2007 --to catch up with the company, gets some hints and tips on growing a company, the challenges of bootstrapping, and why Wpromote hopes to be buying more companies in the future. But, we haven't had that support network from a growth perspective.

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JULY 15, 2009

Don Patterson, the co-founders of Irvine-based Quub (www.quub.com), which has taken research which Dr. Patterson was working on at UC Irvine and applied it to the world of Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, and other social networking sites. What you enter goes out to Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and internally to our own social network.

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MARCH 12, 2019

For example, you can earn points for reducing your speeding, and those points can be redeemed at brick sand mortar and online retailers, and also other reward programs. We had a new tablet we had developed back in 2007, and we were asked to come up with concepts to drive cellular usage.

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Artificial Inteligence Startup Commerce Platform 113

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Peter Shankman – PR Week Magazine has described Peter as “redefining the art of networking”, and Investor’s Business Daily has called him “crazy, but effective”. Prior to joining FM in 2009, she served as President at Scripps Networks Digital, where she led the charge on bringing Scripps more fully into the digital space.

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MARCH 1, 2011

After AltaVista, Mike spent a year doing business development for USA Networks ( now IAC – Interactive Corp ). For example, one time Mike went to David Liu, CEO of The Knot, and said ‘I know your wedding pages are very valuable. They sold in December 2007, but he started selling Quigo in 2004. We can do better.

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MARCH 29, 2010

The firm's CEO and founder, Jeff Green , was a co-founder of AdECN, the Internet advertising exchange acquired in 2007 by Microsoft. Can you give us some examples of the kinds of data you're using? Marketers use that data, for example, to only sell BMWs to those who can afford it and are their target customer. funding round.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 24, 2011

This might sound a bit off, but I actually thought the movie “The Social Network,” did a phenomenal job at depicting the essence a startup. For example, how Facebook evolved from other ideas and how two really simple concepts (exclusivity and relationship status) were fundamental to its success. Copyright © 2007-11 by J.

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Blogging Entrepreneur Software Review Course 219

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JANUARY 6, 2011

This might sound a bit off, but I actually thought the movie “The Social Network” did a phenomenal job at depicting the essence a startup. For example, how Facebook evolved from other ideas and how 2 really simple concepts (exclusivity and relationship status) were fundamental to its success. Copyright © 2007-11 by J.

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Entrepreneur Competition Software Review Course 232

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OCTOBER 21, 2009

The total number of M&A deals in the US this year is projected to be a paltry 225 transactions relative to more than 450 deals just 2 years ago, which was the norm between 2002-2007, varying only by around 3% per year. A recent example would be Compuware’s $295 million acquisition of Gomez , a networking monitoring company.

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Venture Capital Technical Review Southern California Company 241

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

You want to be able to target these buckets--for example, an advertiser like Warner Brothers might want to promote their Batman film and show a trailer to a user that fits a certain profile. We also just recently launched a standard API, which allows any social networking site to use our analytics code. So who is using your software?

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Social Media Advertising Social Network Userplane 113

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

In the example above, you may find that although radio listeners cost $50 more than your average cost per customer, they may correspondingly have a longer life and thus a higher lifetime than your average customer. Affiliate Network – Affiliates are third-parties which are only compensated when they perform a particular action on your behalf.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

You want to be able to target these buckets--for example, an advertiser like Warner Brothers might want to promote their Batman film and show a trailer to a user that fits a certain profile. We also just recently launched a standard API, which allows any social networking site to use our analytics code. So who is using your software?

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Peter Shankman – PR Week Magazine has described Peter as “redefining the art of networking”, and Investor’s Business Daily has called him “crazy, but effective”. Prior to joining FM in 2009, she served as President at Scripps Networks Digital, where she led the charge on bringing Scripps more fully into the digital space.

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JULY 29, 2009

If you want it to be private, for example if you're a consultant or teacher, you can share it with a pre-identified audience for that knowledge by publishing it privately and inviting others to log into Knowledge Genie to share that knowledge. The second example, is you can publish it in public.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2010

For example, if they own 15% of the company in a Series A round, then they will only invest an amount in the Series B round such that their overall investment remains 15%. Copyright © 2007-10 by J. In this situation, the company-friendly investor will maintain their agreed upon relative position in future funding rounds.

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JANUARY 31, 2011

6) Social networking is impacting all aspects of business, including recruiting. Rent.com was a great example of that. Copyright © 2007-11 by J. Another team member was nominated the Company Secretary during that same process, and I try to use the title as frequently as possible to show respect for his office. It’s fluid.”.

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