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75 Articles match "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.
LA was a leader in lead generation (LowerMyBills), comparison shopping (PriceGrabber, Shopzilla), social networking (MySpace … I know, I know – 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. ” Imagine you pour 5 years of your life into your next gig and it starts to become successful. Would 8221; The problem is that you’re opening yourself up to a claim by one of these people that you somehow stole their ideas. I 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.
LA was a leader in lead generation (LowerMyBills), comparison shopping (PriceGrabber, Shopzilla), social networking (MySpace … I know, I know – Los Angeles. People People either love it our hate it. All
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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. Julia Angwin’s book, “Stealing MySpace,” chronicles some of the businesses they got into. For startup entrepreneurs, it’s an incredibly motivating Summary:
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Wednesday, November 4, 2009
This is part of my Startup Advice series
at a startup that has already raised $5 million the chances of you making your retirement money on that company is EXTREMELY small. Let’s assume that the company raised it at a normal VC valuation, which means it gave up 33% of the company and thus $5 million / 33% = $15 million post-money valuation. I often have career discussions with entrepreneurs – both young and more mature – whether they should join company “X” or not. I
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Friday, May 15, 2009
Top officers of some of the leading social media websites and tools (including Facebook, MySpace and Yammer) will be on the Panel, and there will be panelists from the worlds of media sharing platforms (Pringo), online advertising (Stun Media) and law (Greenberg Glusker), the latter to highlight risks relating to such issues as corporate blogging and privacy. Speakers: * Jason Oberfest, Senior Vice President, Business Development of MySpace * Paul Ollinger, West Coast Vice President of Sales of Facebook * Sam Cimino, Sales Manager SW, YouTube * Majid Abai, CEO
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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. Van Natta said that MySpace's size had become "unsustainable," and instead, the firm needs to operate "as a nimble and entrepreneurial company with the adaptive mentality of a start-up." READ MORE>>
...Tags: Tags: myspace employee 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.
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Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Why listen: Roger teaches you what he learned from a startup that spent $20 mil before closing.
Why listen: Timothy teaches you to network with bloggers to create an insanely successful book or startup.
Why listen: Mark talks about how he recovered and went on to build a successful startup, after a previous business failed.
1. Rosalind Resnick - Founder of NetCreations
Why Why listen: Rosalind bootstrapped a company that she eventually took public.
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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. 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: Tags: social myspace networking executiv 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. No details of that new company have been released.
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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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Thursday, July 9, 2009
Brandon Watson came to Mixergy to talk about how he raised money for his startup, how he grew it, and why he had to sell it. Parents didn’t really have any tools to understand what their kids were doing on MySpace or chat rooms. From the start we knew we needed to pay salaries. Have you noticed how some entrepreneurs look at getting funding as the ultimate sign of success? Not only is funding not the finish line, but the mistakes you make when you get investors can cost you when you finally do get to the finish line and are ready to sell your company.
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