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This Week in VC Episode 6 with @Jason Calacanis: Best One Yet

Both Sides of the Table

7mm in Series C; last round was in 2008; total $24mm raised – Investor: Bessemer (Byron Deeter)(lead); previous investor included Index Ventures, did not participate – Read more: TechCrunch , peHUB. WordStream – Provides software and services that help businesses manage SEM and SEO campaigns.

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Render Media: Creating A Digital Publisher In The Social Age

socalTECH

We came together in 2008, to focus on digital content. Back then, it was a much different game, and there was not much of an emphasis on social and more on SEO. Before social, with SEO, the average piece of content was about having the right keywords, right backlinks, and the right title, to make sure you got the search traffic.

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Interview with Billy Fried, Kijubi

socalTECH

In January of 2008, we launched CalActive , which we thought might be a regional business. We bat about 800 in terms of people buying off on the idea, who understand the bigger reach we have on the Internet, and the more SEO/SEM we do, which delivers business to them that they wouldn't have gotten otherwise.

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Recycled Bride Wants You To Save On Your Big Day | Wed Without Tears

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Tracy was married in 2008, and found the wedding planning process frustrating and expensive. She also had to learn every aspect of running a technology business on her own, teaching herself the necessary skills (social media, SEO, design, some light coding, etc) by simply Googling it. Business Model? What inspired you? Any funding yet?

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The first 6 steps to homegrowing basic startup analytics | Futuristic Play by @Andrew_Chen

SoCal Delicious

Where it might look something like: 1000, profile.photo.update, 1, 9:30AM 3/14/2008. For example, there might be a series of flows in how users come into the site, starting with ads, SEO, or otherwise. September 18th, 2008 at 8:00 am. Virtual Goods Summit 2008 + last week’s Twitter links » Add New Comment.

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Map of VC Investments

SoCal CTO

Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Attorney and Startup Business Advisor – Aaron Shec.

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Realistic Entrprenuers Guide to Venture Capital

SoCal CTO

Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Attorney and Startup Business Advisor – Aaron Shec.