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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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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

LA produced Applied Semantics that created AdSense and was bought by Google. If we extend a bit North up the coast line we have many affiliate marketing innovators including ValueClick, Commission Junction and FastClick. But ultimately we’re on the Internet to communicate, buy stuff, become informed and be entertained.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2011

.” 15 years ago when many of us first started discussing the future of the web, the smartest future thinkers about where this would all go would say that people interacting with websites would just scratch the surface of the power of the Internet. When machines can talk with others machines you will have a truly powerful Internet.

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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). Mark Suster, QD3, Brian Solis, Chamillionaire, Ian Rogers, Brian Zisk.

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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. The rest is just semantics. Similarly Facebook with Lee Linden of Karma leading their commerce efforts will surely think similarly. Products your friends bought, etc. Matt DeLoca.

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www.readwriteweb.com

MARCH 7, 2011

He began as part of Salt Lake Citys Wasatch Venture Fund (now Epic Ventures ), an affiliate of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, in March of 2001. 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. startupcto

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