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Divalicious Puts A Shopping Mall In Your Hand

YoungUpstarts

Serial entrepreneur Weyrich has started three Internet companies and three mobile app companies since the age of 22, and recently sold a Catholic Dating service he owned and operated in 2007 to a competitor. Other functions include wish lists, as well as social sharing via email, Facebook and Twitter.

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Labor Day! Let’s Celebrate the Workers

crowdSPRING Blog

Chris first came aboard as a consultant back when we were building the site in 2007 and became employee #2 in January 2008, 3 months before we launched. Diego is a world traveler and has promised to one day invite us all to his family’s ranch in Mexico! Chris is focused, loyal, flexible, and kind to everyone around him.

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Valuing Startup Employee Options

David Teten

is an online marketplace of qualified freelancers focused on Latin America (initially Mexico, my native country). To the best of my knowledge, there are no direct competitors in Mexico or Latin America. To bring the case in point to life, I will introduce my startup, Participa.me. Participa.me

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

Both Sides of the Table

It had grown stratospherically from 2004-2007 to 100 million users, which actually was slightly smaller in December 2007 then MySpace was. In May 2007 there were fears that Google was becoming a monopoly. Enter Facebook. Facebook was everything that MySpace wasn’t.

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Episode 112: Profitable Relationships with Dave Kerpen

Mike Michalowicz

He has also keynoted at dozens of conferences across the globe including Singapore, Athens, Dubai, San Francisco and Mexico City. He has also keynoted at dozens of conferences across the globe including Singapore, Athens, Dubai, San Francisco and Mexico City.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter March 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

billion in 2007, as investors worldwide tightened their belts in the wake of the global financial crisis. billion), and 33 percent lower than proceeds in 2007 ($3.79 Foreign direct investment in Israel reached $3.8 billion in 2009, compared with $10.8 billion in 2008 and $8.8 billion, 7 percent below 2008 levels ($2.74

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Facebook Acquires Israel’s Snaptu For an Estimated $60-70 Million

VC Cafe

Founded in 2007 by Ron Makavy, Micha Berdichevsky, and Barak Naveh, Snaptu raised a total of $9 million in three rounds: $3 million from Carmel Ventures, $5 million a year ago (March 2010) from Sequoia and $1 million from private investors, including Spotlab, an angel fund operated by former Israeli MP Neomi Blumental.