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Digital Revenue Expert – Vince Thompson

SoCal CTO

My management book, Ignited, was released in 2007 and serves a guide and champion for middle managers. Our current focus is Actors and Actresses and we are moving into other verticals. Vince: On the consulting side we are working with a unique social network, a new television network and some original video content businesses.

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Raving Fans – How Our Themes Evolve

Feld Thoughts

We always talk about our key principles that we established when we started Foundry Group in 2007. We all like the entrepreneur a lot, but the company didn’t feel like it fit in any of our themes and was too vertically oriented for us. One of these key principles is a “ thematic investing approach.”

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β€œIt takes a very special founder to build a media business long term. I have not met many.” Five Questions With Howard Lindzon

Hunter Walker

HW: In 2006 you created Wallstrip, an online video company focused on the finance vertical. HL: I get approached on media startups all the time and was an angel investor in Business Insider back in 2007. Most founder and startup advice is available for free on the web and at your fingertips on your social networks.

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Google VP: Here's How to Get Bought By Us

mashable.com

In July 2007 Google acquired web security and archiving company Postini for $625 million. billion in April 2007. In July 2007 Google acquired web security and archiving company Postini for $625 million. billion in April 2007. I created {s}hareCLOUD — Private social networks for businesses– with Google in mind.

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Special: 20 Israeli Startups Come to London for β€œNew Media” Delegation

VC Cafe

Footbo - a football-centric social network that enables fans to follow leagues & competitions from around the world while easily connecting with fans from all locations. ForNova provides a B2B turnkey solution to enable building aggregation solutions for classifieds eCommerce, travel and many other specific content verticals.

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What Jonah @Peretti, CEO of BuzzFeed, Sees in the Future of Digital Media

Both Sides of the Table

https://medium.com/media/cc969482e7abf6b75d3c0958c8ee409d/href I moved to Los Angeles in 2007 and as a VC who had built his career as a programmer, database designer, program manager, CEO then VP Products at Salesforce, I wanted to build a portfolio of software investments. I asked Jonah in my interview how he became this viral guru.

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