socalTECH

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Ribbon, the developer of a social commerce platform which lets users list items for sale, distribute that through their social networks like Facebook , and accept credit card payments--said today that it has raised $1.6M in a seed funding round.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 21, 2014

In light of a less than savory PR landscape, I saw this event to be an important call to attention to the developements towards the Bitcoin industry for 2014, as well as geographically important gathering of minds and enthusiasts in the space. He then dove into a keynote Q&A with Dan Held , developer of recently acquired Zeroblock LLC.

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socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2011

It's a very flexible, open platform, and is pretty open ended. We're not yet marketing or selling direct to advertisers, because we're really focused on growing and honing our platform. The hardest part, is if you want a platform which is a broad platform, and not just about one topic or genre, about all kinds of things.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

Knewton – “Online adaptive test prep and virtual classroom platform&# - I love the innovation that is coming from the test prep industry. Especially for their stage of development. Tumblr – “Microblogging platform&#. Other deals. I know the product intimately and it rocks. It sucked. It still does.

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