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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

We were talking about a company, Factual (disclosure my firm is an investor), which was founded by one of LA’s most talented Internet entrepreneurs, Gil Elbaz , who as co-founder of Applied Semantics (purchased by pre-IPO Google for $102 million and now Google AdSense) is responsible for a large portion of the Internet’s monetization.

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MARCH 17, 2010

LA produced Applied Semantics that created AdSense and was bought by Google. LA was a leader in lead generation (LowerMyBills), comparison shopping (PriceGrabber, Shopzilla), social networking (MySpace … I know, I know – Facebook won – but it was still a big business). (my firm, GRP Partners, was an investor).

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OCTOBER 31, 2011

Of course we know that this is already happening as web services are now driving significant portions of the Internet and people are driving toward a future Semantic Web. And while networks of computers now regularly interact with each other, so too is the future of Twitter. Consider some simple examples.

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www.pakman.com

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

However look for Twitter to use Twittercards and link management (affiliate programs, “products in your stream”) to differentiate. This is consistent with the CPC pricing we see on the Outbrain network. The rest is just semantics. The Pressure on TV Networks, Ari Emmanuel and Cable Companies. Andres Moran.

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AUGUST 3, 2009

LA not only produced the obvious – MySpace – but also created the whole category of sponsored search (Overture), AdSense (Applied Semantics), Local Search (City Search), comparison shopping (PriceGrabber, Shopzilla) and lead generation (LowerMyBills). I think I could summarize the hour by saying, “don’t be a douche.”

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www.readwriteweb.com

MARCH 7, 2011

Roberts is in the news this week because of his high-profile critique of Angellist , the hot new investment network Robert Scoble has called the new Silicon Valley hype machine. He began as part of Salt Lake Citys Wasatch Venture Fund (now Epic Ventures ), an affiliate of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, in March of 2001. startupcto

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