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JUNE 18, 2010

We also talked about how brands are increasing driving much of their traffic to Facebook and away from their own web pages. Founded in July 2007 by Mark Pincus , Michael Luxton, Eric Schiermeyer, Justin Waldron, Andrew Trader, and Steve Schoettler. Online service offering privacy certification for web sites. 406 Ventures.

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MAY 7, 2012

and photographer is an online web presence and an order fulfillment partner. AS I was working my engineering job, I got obsessed with programming and building a business for the web. building Fine Art America in 2006 as a part time project, and launched the web site in 2007. I grew it from 2007 through.

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socalTECH

MAY 10, 2012

San Diego-based MP3tunes , the online music locker service started by Michael Robertson, has filed for bankruptcy, according to documents posted to the web by an ex-employee. EMI sued MP3tunes in 2007, accusing the firm of violating its copyright. com, was sued by just about every label out there before succumbing to bankruptcy.

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MARCH 12, 2013

The company--which is in the business of operating a content delivery network (CDN) to accelerate the delivery of web graphics, multimedia, applications, and more to end users-- recently disclosed it more than doubled its revenues in 2012, and has grown to over 230 employees--all due to a huge amount of demand for CDN services by its customers.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 2, 2009

My intuition is that this is why when Twitter initially took off (around the time of SxSW in 2007) it was an open “publish to the world” platform and the trend continued. The currency of the real-time web is, for now, your Twitter address. People write their thoughts knowing that anybody else can see them.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Flektor, the online web slideshow and photo and video sharing site owned by Fox Interactive Media, appears to have completely disappeared as of this morning. The service's web site now goes directly to the MySpace home page. The service's web site now goes directly to the MySpace home page. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2008

Sodahead.com, which operates a web site where users can ask and answer questions, share opinions, and network with other users, said that it has now recorded more than 5 million votes and 8 million comments on the site. in venture funding since its launch in September of 2007. READ MORE>>

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socalTECH

JUNE 9, 2010

To understand why investors are finding the firm so interesting, and why the company raised such a large round, we spoke with Adam Bernhard , CEO of the firm, about the company and funding, how email has allowed the firm to get past the "Google trap" of marketing on the web, and where the firm is going. Adam, thanks for the time.

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Sales Email Startup Sample 224

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JUNE 28, 2010

Founded 2007 in Boulder, CO. Founded by Shervin Pishevar (COO of Webs). Web service that allows parents to monitor children’s activity on social networks in realtime for about $10/child/month. Scans the web for a kid’s activity in realtime and sends alerts. -Co-Founders Competitors: Google. Total raised: $18.3mm.

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socalTECH

JULY 21, 2011

Rob Reed: I was doing social media strategy consulting from 2007 until 2009, what I would really characterize as Social Media 1.0. That, combined with being early on the social web, was the nexus from where MomentFeed came about. How did the company come about? Could you give an example of how a customer might use your service?

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JUNE 12, 2010

Launched in 2007 in Los Angeles by Adam Bernhard and Konstantin Glasmacher. Free experience is web and mobile app-based, has ads, limited skipping, and limited listening time (40 hours/month). Formed in 2007 by UPenn students, Nat Turner, Scott Becker, Michael Provenzano, and Zach Weinberg, in Philadelphia.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

Because he was particularly attracted to the idea of positioning Quigo in the business of helping retailers with search, Quigo started building sophisticated technology for applied semantics stuff with web pages. So, what Quigo would do is analyze a web page for Overture and tell them what they thought it was about.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 13, 2011

Since its origin as an academic research project in 2007, Eucalyptus has become the dominant open source cloud solution, boasting over 25,000 clouds formed. The most typical use case is a scalable web service. You can manage across AWS (Amazon Web Services) and Eucalyptus, for instance.”. A good example is the shoemaker Puma.

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Cloud Computing Santa Barbara Platform Resource 212

socalTECH

MAY 19, 2009

Business.com claims that the metrics in the tool are unavailable through other web analytics programs, and specifically addresses limitations in such products like Google's Urchin analytics tools. Donnelley back in 2007. Business.com is now owned by R.H. Donnelley; the firm was purchased by R.H. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 19, 2010

I wouldn’t say it’s 1999 or even 2007, but it certainly has turned around. In Los Angeles Web Developer , I talked about the issues with finding developers in Los Angeles based the experience that one startup founder had. One recruiter tells me it’s “like 1999? Sorry, I wish I could be more help.

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MAY 19, 2010

Gilt Group is currently the largest private sale web site in US. Founded in November 2007 in New York City by Alexis Maybank and Kevin Ryan (co-founder of DoubleClick); CEO is Susan Lyne (ex-CEO Marta Stewart Living Omnimedia) Revenue estimates: $50mm in 2008; $170mm in 2009 (versus budget of $150mm); $450mm forecasted for 2010.

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Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

socalTECH

OCTOBER 21, 2008

Mail.com operates a free web-based email service, along with content sites such as HollywoodLife and OnCars.com. Quandrangle said that Mail.com was re-launched by founder and current CEO Jay Penske in May of 2007. Daniel Rosensweig and Andrew Frey of Quadrangle will join the firm's board as part of the funding.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 21, 2013

In 2007, Sarah joined Current TV. in 2007 (and) 2008 (and I realized) there is all this online video being consumed and it''s not being consumed on Current. During her tenure, "A director came into our offices and pitched us a web-series idea. these guys, even in 2007, had tens of millions of views. That video is.

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socalTECH

MARCH 3, 2009

The firm, which offers both free and premium mass notification systems, was started in San Jose in 2007 by Nahm and co-founder Kalvin Kim. Phonevite is angel backed, and allows users to record messages via the web or a phone, add phone numbers to send that message to, and schedule a time to send the message.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

The report, which compared the total number of searches for the terms between December 2007 and December 2008, found that there was an increase of 206% in people searching for the term "unemployment", a 156% increase in people searching on the term "bankruptcy", and 247^ increase in people looking for the term "unemployment benefits" year to year.

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socalTECH

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). Telesign provides authentication services for the largest web companies in the world.

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Marina Del Rey Startup IP Examples 238

socalTECH

MARCH 18, 2009

AudioMicro, which has raised funding from DFJ Frontier, operates a web site which allows video and other media producers to download royalty-free stock music, sound effects, music cues, and other musical elements. Born told socalTECH that the entry of iStock into the area "validates and expands the market" for micro stock audio. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2010

The company was founded in 2007, and the initial emphasis was to deliver to end users a personalized content portal on their smart phone, learning what they like anticipate what they'd like to see, and pay for it using personalized advertising. What is Sidebar all about? Patrick Kennedy: We have customers of different kinds.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 25, 2010

billion in 2005, and finally sold again to Google in 2007 for $3.1 For example, I was looking for web hosting, and kept on running into affiliate shills--which is a disease on the internet--where there are people who purport to talk about the best products, but are really pushing whoever is paying them the most money.

Startup 210

Startup Advertising Examples Santa Barbara 210

InfoChachkie

JUNE 9, 2011

Prior to Ranker, Clark founded four other successful companies, including eCrush, which he sold to the Hearst Corporation in 2007. However, from my understanding you might actually be the largest consumer website using "semantic web" technology – can you explain how that works? “In

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Google Organic Search Sites Startup 264

socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2011

One of the biggest forces that has emerged in the Internet in recent years has been crowdsourcing, the way the web has empowered users to drive the creation of content and information online. It actually closed on New Year's Day, 2007. Clark Benson: I'm a serial entrepreneur, and have had one prior Internet exit. Thanks, and good luck!

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socalTECH

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.

Social Network 147

Social Network San Diego Sites Startup 147

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 31, 2011

Value Prop Twitter Style : ZipRecruiter enables employers to post to multiple free job boards with one submission – the fastest way to get a job online across the web. We just made it really, really easy to get a job online across the web in a couple minutes. Copyright © 2007-11 by J. free weekly Infochachkie articles!

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MyLife CitySearch Web Technical Review 160

socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2009

YouMail offers a voice mail service which allows cell phone users to preview their voicemail messages in email or on the web, convert those voicemails to text, and provide personalized phone greetings to callers, depending on who is calling. All of those features are key features of YouMail's service.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2014

That allows our media buying team an dour content team to make moves, to buy more inventory on the web, and drive more traffic on the website, with the whole goal of bringing in more consumers and acquiring more customers for our clients. We rode that wave through 2007, until the housing market crashed, and we had to adapt.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 31, 2011

Value Prop Twitter Style : ZipRecruiter enables employers to post to multiple free job boards with one submission – the fastest way to get a job online across the web. We just made it really, really easy to get a job online across the web in a couple minutes. Copyright © 2007-11 by J. free weekly Infochachkie articles!

MyLife 157

MyLife CitySearch Web Technical Review 157

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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%). Web Summit. I was having dinner with a friend last night and we were chatting about venture capital and a bit about what I’ve learned. And there’s conferences.

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Venture Capital Invest Press Startup 374

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 6, 2011

Now, there are hundreds of millions of web sites and hundreds of billions of web pages. Copyright © 2007-11 by J. Now, there are hundreds of millions of web sites and hundreds of billions of web pages. You can build software a lot quicker and cheaper as well. How do you stand out?”. Meredith Publishing.

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Entrepreneur Competition Software Review Course 232

socalTECH

APRIL 16, 2010

I actually started my web site, CheapCheapCheap, while I was in college. I noticed that in the e-commerce realm, there was a tremendous uptick in sales, where people were promoting bargain hunting for nationwide merchants such as Amazon and Best Buy--especially as the recession hit in 2007 and 2008, and started taking a toll.

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Orange County Startup Sites Southern California 170

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NOVEMBER 14, 2010

I saw VCs doing crazy things in 2007-08 when I first entered the VC market – crazy prices, limited due diligence, large funding rounds. I continue to be excited about the Mobile Web (as distinct from the Mobile App). He said that data suggests people prefer to “buy high, sell low.&# And so it goes in tech investing.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 7, 2013

To understand that assertion, let’s observe how and when Google encroached on each layer of the technology value chain required to access any web service. Web browser – even a functional computer with an OS isn’t enough to access most Google services. Search is just another web application.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2012

In 2007, we tried to launch it for the iPhone web, and the platform still couldn't handle it. It had originally been a web-based, flash game, so we created a fascimile in 2010 with a list of loyal users.

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Mobile Startup Software Review Platform 216