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I Just Invested in @Burstly, a Mobile Ad Management Company

Both Sides of the Table

Evan and I met regularly over a three year period from the time he was running Flux, which he sold to Viacom ( who was his strategic investor ). This is his third company that is in this related space and he was an early investor in Adconion. Optimization technology is not new. Good luck, guys.

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Three Startup Financing Myths You Should Avoid

YoungUpstarts

Going all the way back to Yahoo or Microsoft, the initial products (a directory for a nascent tech called the World Wide Web, and Microsoft BASIC,) didn’t look like billion dollar products at all. Like Jerry Yang who started Yahoo, as investors we are looking for entrepreneurs who are obsessed with a new technology.

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This Week in VC with Jim Armstrong of Clearstone

Both Sides of the Table

Palm (acquired by HP ) – In our interview we talked about how transformational mobile computing is and why it’s different than web computing (e.g. Investors: Google Ventures. Klout measures influence on topics across the social web to find the people the world listens to; assigns a Klout score to Twitter members.

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Meet the bold 20-year-old behind Spanish Firefox OS smartphone maker Geeksphone [Video]

The Next Web

It’s almost impossible not to be impressed with Javier AgĂĽera , a 20-year-old technology entrepreneur and engineering student from Madrid. The company is currently raising funding from a number of strategic investors and is looking to secure 1 million euros or more to accelerate growth.

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A Socially-responsible, Triple-bottom line Taco Shop: SMB Tech Talk from Chaia

Hunter Walker

This will help us create a web of loyal customers all over the DMV as we begin to focus on our next locations. HW: What’s a problem you wish a technology startup could solve for you? I’ve been asked if our investors balked at the idea of a socially-responsible, triple-bottom line taco shop?

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Box launches Box Accelerator as its COO reflects on working with young entrepreneurs

The Next Web

Box Accelerator uses patent-pending, intelligent routing technology and a series of new global upload endpoints to deliver content around the world at the highest possible speed, while maintaining usability, security and accessibility. Venture Partners, and strategic investors salesforce.com and SAP. Strength in experience.

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A Socially-responsible, Triple-bottom line Taco Shop: SMB Tech Talk from Chaia

Hunter Walker

This will help us create a web of loyal customers all over the DMV as we begin to focus on our next locations. HW: What’s a problem you wish a technology startup could solve for you? I’ve been asked if our investors balked at the idea of a socially-responsible, triple-bottom line taco shop?

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