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Join TinyComb @ Startonomics

by Jason Wilk on January 26, 2009

  • What’s Startonomics? It’s a one-day workshop designed by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs on how to create simple, actionable metrics; and how to use them to make better product and marketing decisions for long-term growth and startup success. You cannot miss the all-star lineup at the event set to begin February 6th @ 9am. I will be there covering the event all day, be sure to come and say hello if you are attending. Grab the last few tickets available here. Here is a taste of who is set to come:

Richard RosenblattDemand Media

Richard Rosenblatt

A serial entrepreneur and Internet visionary, Richard co-founded Demand
Media in May 2006 to become the leading distributed social media company.
Richard built, operated and sold numerous Internet media companies with a
combined value of over $1.3 billion. He served as CEO of Intermix Media,
Inc., and Chairman of Myspace.com, during which time the public market
capitalization grew from $70 million to over $650 million, until acquired by
News Corporation. Richard previously founded then sold iMALL, one of the
first Internet companies to recognize the power of user-generated content,
to Excite@Home for $565 million. Richard is a Southern California native,
with a BA from UCLA and JD from USC Law School.

  • 1:30 – 2:00 - Afternoon Keynote Address (Keynote)

David O. SacksYammer

David O. Sacks

David O. Sacks is the Founder and CEO of Yammer, Inc., a communications tool
for enterprises. Yammer.com launched at the TechCrunch 50 conference in
September 2008 and won Best In Show. Yammer was originally developed at
Geni, Inc., a startup founded by David in June 2006. Geni.com is creating a
family tree of the whole world, enabling millions of family members to
connect, share, and preserve their lives. Previously, David was the COO of
PayPal, helping to lead the company to a successful IPO and $1.5 billion
sale to eBay. He also produced the movie “Thank You For Smoking” for which
he was nominated for a Golden Globe.

  • 9:00 – 9:30 - Morning Keynote Address (Keynote)

Peter PhamBillShrink

Peter Pham

Peter is CEO of BillShrink. He was previously VP Business Development & employee #5 at Photobucket.com, and was responsible for customer acquisition, strategic partnerships, and corporate development. Photobucket was acquired in 2007 by Fox Interactive Media, a division of News Corporation. When Peter left in 2008, Photobucket had grown to over 61M users making it the #1 photo sharing site and the 38th most visited site in the US. Prior to Photobucket, he was involved in multiple enterprise startups in areas such as mid-range server computing, software as a service, solid state storage, and mobilization of enterprise software. Peter has held multiple roles including sales, marketing, reseller channel development, product, and strategy. He holds a BS in Biological Sciences with a minor in Business Management from UC Irvine.

  • 3:30 – 4:00 - Pitching & Packaging for Partnerships: How to Land Amazing Deals & Tell If They’re Working (Speaker)

Frank AddanteRubicon Project

Frank Addante

Frank Addante, a serial entrepreneur, has a successful entrepreneurial track record. The Rubicon Project is Frank’s 6th company. Before the age of 30, Frank started 5 companies, resulting in 1 IPO, 2 acquisitions, 1 failure (we call that one “a learning experience”) and his last venture, StrongMail Systems. Addante lead StrongMail from inception, to an initial cash-flow positive business, to becoming the market leader in less than 4 years, raising over $30 million in venture capital.

  • 4:30 – 5:00 - The A-Team: The Dynamics of Olympic Startups (Speaker)

Neil PatelACS

Neil Patel

Neil Patel is the co-founder of 3 Internet companies: ACS, Crazy Egg, and KISSmetrics. Through these 3 companies he has helped large corporations such as AOL, General Motors, Hewlett-Packard and Viacom make more money from the web. By the age of 21 not only was Neil named a top 100 blogger by Technorati, but he was also one of the top influencers on the web according to the Wall Street Journal.

  • 12:00 – 12:30 - Finding Users: The Metrics of SEO for Customer Acquisition (Speaker)

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More Layoffs: NBC And Viacom Follow In Line

by David Heyerman on December 4, 2008

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  • Just after Adobe and AT&T’s layoff announcements, like it’s going out of style, NBC and Viacom have also announced large scale downsizing.
  • NBC will be cutting around 500 workers, making up around 3% of their workforce.
  • Viacom will be cutting around 850, nearly 7% of theirs.
  • Everyone sing along with me…….”jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the wa…..wait……you’re fired!”

AW, AB, AW2

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Harmonix Founders Cashing In On Viacom Earn-out

by Jason Wilk on November 10, 2008

  • Alex Rigopulos and Eran Egozy, the guys behind Guitar Hero and Rock Band, are scoring a major bonus from Viacom.
  • Viacom bought Harmonix in 2006 for $175M from the two guys, but with an earnout tied to the deal if Rock Band were to do well.
  • Well, the game sold 7M copiesw this year and 26M extra tracks were downloaded, thus fulfilling the earnout.
  • Viacom paid the pair a bonus of $150 million this year under the agreement, and next year’s payout is supposed to be even greater.

SAI

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Video Layoffs @ Break.com and iFilm

by Jason Wilk on October 23, 2008

  • Break.com and iFilm.com, two amateur video content sites claiming to be ‘entertainment destinations for guys’ have announced 10% layoffs.
  • Break.com has showed traffic growth for the year, but claim they have employees inside that tie up money which could be better spent in other areas.
  • iFilm, which had the opportunity to be YouTube before YouTube, has struggled since its acquisiton by Viacom in 2005. This round of layoffs may be the their final white flag in their struggle to be something.

NewTeeVee, CNET Silicon Alley Insider

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