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EMC buys portfolio company Greenplum – more behind the story

BeyondVC

This was the year 2000 and the idea was that Metapa would allow any company to send any media asset over any content delivery network and our service would automatically transform the asset for viewing anywhere. We bought that company in 2003 and invested some more capital. This is also when we had to stare at the abyss for the third time.

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EMC buys portfolio company Greenplum - more behind the story

BeyondVC

This was the year 2000 and the idea was that Metapa would allow any company to send any media asset over any content delivery network and our service would automatically transform the asset for viewing anywhere. We bought that company in 2003 and invested some more capital. This is also when we had to stare at the abyss for the third time.

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Top 40 Startup Posts for August 2010

SoCal CTO

Productive Programming - Gabriel Weinberg , August 31, 2010 BIG disclaimer: I'm not formally trained in computer science (aside from two classes at MIT in 2000) and I haven't worked closely with that many programmers or teams (maybe 10 or so). They are: Fred Wilson: Lead Investors, Dipshit Companies, and Funding Every Entrepreneur.

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