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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.

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This Week in VC with Om Malik & Paul Jozefak

Both Sides of the Table

The strategy of GigaOm and where they differentiate in the market. Are “strategic investors&# (e.g. industry investors rather than VCs) a good idea for entrepreneurs. Releasing without making sure others are integrated and working would be in poor taste (but obviously legal). We talked about Facebook.

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

The Next Web

Venture Partners, and strategic investors salesforce.com and SAP. ” Box has hired David Quantrell to run the EMEA operations in partnership with Greg Strickland, VP of Global Operations and director of finance & business operations. Strength in experience. Crowded clouds.

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Trada – from the beginning

VC Adventure

In it, he describes our philosophy around seed investing and differentiates it from what others (but not everyone) in the market is doing. With the foundation of our operating philosophy in tact we turned our attention to what this new business should do. Of course coming up with the idea is the easy part.