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Exclusive: Interview with CEO Barry Silbert on plans for the marketplace, including M&A and hiring SecondMarket, a leading marketplace for illiquid assets, such as private company shares - Facebook, Zynga, and Tesla Motors - on Tuesday announced it’s raised $15 million in new funding, giving the company a post-money valuation of $150 million.The new funds come from Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing, whose investments include Facebook, and Singapore state-owned investment firm Temasek Holdings PLC.  I sat down with Barry Silbert, the CEO and founder of SecondMarket, for the lowdown of where he plans to spend his new-found capital cushion, and why he even raised $15 million when his company already had $15 million in the coffers."It's the investors," said Barry, explaining that many of the new demand for stock available on SecondMarket has come from ...   [ Read more ]
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September 02, 2010
Former CEO of Gaia Online shares his view on the evolution of gaming and what’s in store for Gaia This summer, I caught up with Craig Sherman, formerly CEO of Gaia Oline, an online hangout/virtual world primarily for teenage girls. This interview was taken before Craig stepped down as CEO. ...
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August 31, 2010
Startup attracts 11 angel investors, including Keith Rabois, Russ Fradin, Dave McClure and more Empowering people with an ability to make connections and the tools to attract an audience is what the Internet is all about. And, Udemy hopes its new round of financing will help them do that for ...
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August 27, 2010
Vator’s Startup Sessions takes you into the creative startup culture of iPhone app developer, Smule (Note: This mini-documentary was originally posted in April 2010. But we wanted to highlight it again because we thought it was so cool.) I've been a fan of Smule since the company ...
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August 23, 2010
Craig Sherman, former CEO of Gaia, talks about continuous deployment and listening to the user Given the popularity of online communities, it’s always useful to hear from those experienced at building them talk about their failures and the lessons they learned from them. One of my favorites ...
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August 23, 2010
Profitable and growing, SideReel is becoming the place to track TV shows Despite the many number of video-tracking and video-search engines that have emerged and gone bust, SideReel continues to grow like gangbusters and become profitable. All this on just a relatively little amount of ...
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