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54 Articles match "Company","MySpace","Startup"
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Thursday, March 18, 2010
Los Angeles-based MySpace , under fire for selling its user data, said today that it is not selling its data. MySpace said that the data has been available through the MySpace Developer Platform, and allows software to pull publicly available, real-time data such as status updates, or when a user adds music, photos, or videos to their profile. Mike Jones, co-President of MySpace, said in the company's blog that "if a user does not wish to share their Real The firm said that its data is already available--free of charge--to third party developers, as well as such services as Google and its real-time search; and that it only shares data that users have made public.
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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
was recently interviewed for an article that appeared in Fast Company titled, “ Why you should start a business in LA .” 8221; If you’re interested in the topic it’s worth a read, but I thought I’d elaborate on the topic since it comes up all the time.
We have many seasoned entrepreneurs who have built successful companies here and made a lot of money for investors and themselves. But Los Angeles. People People either love it our hate it. All
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Monday, March 15, 2010
Rest ur feet and pull up a chair with good cheer! Tickets: $20 for WITI members $40 for non-members
Docstoc March Mixer and Startups Uncensored #15 – How to Persuade People – This month’s Startups Uncensored will be on “How to Persuade People”. Led by Jason Nazar, the “How to Persuade People” presentation will be geared towards startups and entrepreneurs to learn and review the skills that will help them raise money, hire great talent, and land partnerships.
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
Digital LA Digital Drinks - ‘Tis our lucky day!
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Monday, August 17, 2009
This is part of my ongoing series “ Start-up Lessons. ” This is a very important post to me because I find myself giving this advice all the time and if you don’t follow the basic advice here you can cause yourself much heartache down the line – even if your company ultimately becomes über successful.
Sometimes they’re working full time at a company or sometimes they’ve already left their employer and they’re bouncing around ideas with friends. These 8221; If you want to subscribe to my RSS feed please click here or to get my blog by email click here .
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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
was recently interviewed for an article that appeared in Fast Company titled, “ Why you should start a business in LA .” 8221; If you’re interested in the topic it’s worth a read, but I thought I’d elaborate on the topic since it comes up all the time.
We have many seasoned entrepreneurs who have built successful companies here and made a lot of money for investors and themselves. But Los Angeles. People People either love it our hate it. All
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Monday, March 1, 2010
RSS ); Why You Should Start a Company in... Los Angeles By: Laura Rich February 26, 2010
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Friday, March 20, 2009
first met Brad Greenspan, the CEO of the company that created MySpace, when he called me up to tell me that he knew how much money my greeting card company made and that he wanted into the business. That’s the way his company, eUniverse, worked. Julia Angwin’s book, “Stealing MySpace,” chronicles some of the Summary:
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Friday, May 15, 2009
Social networking sites and microblogs are used not only to build company brands, but to foster productivity; social media tools help build communities around the question, "What are you working on?" Companies also use social networking sites in the hiring process, and increasingly, to do innovative advertising (such as the recent Jack in the Box campaign). This Panel will Just a quick note that I'll be moderating a Technology Council Event : Social Networking as a Business Strategy May 19, 2009 - Culver City Social networking media are used on a daily basis to grow businesses and expand career opportunities.
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Wednesday, November 4, 2009
This is part of my Startup Advice series
often have career discussions with entrepreneurs – both young and more mature – whether they should join company “X” or not. I at a startup that has already raised $5 million the chances of you making your retirement money on that company is EXTREMELY small. I I usually pull the old trick of answering a question with a question.
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Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Why listen: Rosalind bootstrapped a company that she eventually took public. Why listen: Roger teaches you what he learned from a startup that spent $20 mil before closing.
Why listen: Premal teaches you how to launch an agile company quickly.
Why listen: Timothy teaches you to network with bloggers to 1. Rosalind Resnick - Founder of NetCreations
Why You’ll learn the trial and error that went into finding that golden idea.
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Los Angeles-based MySpace has chopped 30 percent of the firm's staff, saying Tuesday that the company is laying of 30 percent of its employees, or 400 people. According to a widely released memo from CEO Owen Van Natta, the moves were made "for the long-term health" of the company, and will cut the number of employees at the firm to 1,000. Van Natta said that MySpace's size had become "unsustainable," Tags: myspace employee jobs layoff employmen
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Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Los Angeles-based MySpace is reportedly losing three of its executives to a new startup, according to reports from a number of sources. No details of that new company have been released. widely leaked memo from MySpace's Chris Dewolfe said that Kapur, Benedetto, and Pearman will remain at the firm "for the next few weeks" to ensure a smooth transition.
...Tags: Amit Kapur, the firm's Chief Operating Officer; Jim Benedetto, SVP of Engineering; and Steve Pearman, SVP of Product Strategy are all involved in the new venture. A
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Thursday, March 18, 2010
Los Angeles-based MySpace , under fire for selling its user data, said today that it is not selling its data. MySpace said that the data has been available through the MySpace Developer Platform, and allows software to pull publicly available, real-time data such as status updates, or when a user adds music, photos, or videos to their profile. Mike Jones, co-President of MySpace, said in the company's blog that "if a user does not wish to share their Real The firm said that its data is already available--free of charge--to third party developers, as well as such services as Google and its real-time search; and that it only shares data that users have made public.
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