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Yahoo! vs Facebook: Lame Lawsuit, Good Timing ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

March 13, 2012. While it was still a college-focused SNS, Facebook of course launched in 2004 and there were plenty of other examples of social networking already… Friendster (2002), LinkedIn (2003), MySpace (2003), Orkut (2004). Leader on Mar 5 2012. 10 July 2012, 7:05 pm Why Do VC’s Have Ownership Targets?

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How to Get Funding from Billionaire Investor Mark Cuban and Other Stories

Up and Running

In 2003, Ben Luftman, fresh out of law school, started Luftman, Heck & Associates, LLP, with partner, Jeremy Heck. Founded in 2012, FINEX Cast Iron Cookware Co. In 2012, Vernetta Freeney was seeking funding to grow her business. After all, what have you got to lose? It just feels right,” says Mike Whitehead, FINEX founder.

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The App is Dead (OK Not Really, But The Browser Is Back)

www.readwriteweb.com

By Richard MacManus / May 10, 2012 05:30 AM / View Comments. Alex Schleifer , GM of the Media Lab at SAY Media. SAY Medias Alex Schleifer is the lead designer for ReadWriteWebs re-design (currently in process) and his quote above captures why mobile websites are enjoying a renaissance. social media. RWW SPONSORS.

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10 of the Most Successful Investors of the Last 10 Years

The Startup Magazine

Holmes founded a company known as Theranos in 2003 when she was just 19 years old. He founded an apparel company in 2012 and it has been quite successful. In 2018, Live Current Media bought it for $5 million. He started it in 2009 with 10 employees and sold it to Susino Umbrella in 2014. This sale turned him into a billionaire.

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For Those Recently Laid Off From Google, Leaving Your Job Doesn’t Mean Losing Your Identity.

Hunter Walker

Google was about 1,000 people when I started in 2003, which means last week’s layoffs were more than an order of magnitude larger than the entire company I’d originally joined. Originally Published June, 2013 [and lightly edited/updated] hunter@google.com: From 2003–2013, it was a pretty powerful email address for me.

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29 Seriously Inspiring Interviews For Aspiring Entrepreneurs

YoungUpstarts

Pete Cashmore at Bloomberg Venture , July 7, 2010: By this point, anyone familiar with new media, technology, social media, and the Internet know Mashable, seeing as how it’s currently one of the largest, most profitable blogs around. 9, 2012: Thanks to Emily May’s Hollaback! Beh Weng Wei at Tech65.org

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You Are Not Your LDAP: Why Leaving Your Job Doesn’t Mean Losing Your Identity

Hunter Walker

hunter@google.com: From 2003-2013, it was a pretty powerful email address for me. The role connected me with notable technologists, investors, and media industry figures. This was the role I kept until I left Google roughly 15 months later (with another brief absence for paternity leave in 2012. Obviously he’s an engineer).

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