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Michael Arrington (born March 13, 1970 in Huntington Beach, California) is a serial entrepreneur and the founder of TechCrunch, a blog covering startups and technology news. Arrington attended Claremont McKenna College (BA Economics, 1992) and Stanford Law School (JD, 1995) and practiced as a corporate and securities lawyer at two law firms: O'Melveny & Myers and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. His clients included idealab, Netscape, Pixar, Apple and a number of startups, venture funds and investment banks. He also co-authored a book on initial public offerings. In 1999, he left WSGR to join RealNames as VP of Business Development and General Counsel. Arrington worked in an operational role at a Carlyle backed startup in London, founded and ran two companies in Canada (Zip.ca and Pool.com), was COO to a Kleiner-backed company called Razorgator, and consulted to other companies, including Verisign.
Conflicts Of Interest Updated 10/23/12 That means I invest in a lot of startups. See Less. Chris Alden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - (Build 20100722150226) Career[edit] Alden is chairman and CEO of Six Apart, Ltd., the world's largest blogging company.
In 2006 Six Apart acquired Rojo Networks, Inc., creator of an innovative RSS feed reading service, where Alden was co-founder and CEO.[1] Before Rojo, he was CEO of Red Herring Communications, Inc., publisher of Red Herring magazine — described by the Wall Street Journal as the “bible of Silicon Valley” — which he helped launch out of his house in 1993. Prior to that he founded Computer Guides, a consultancy, and taught computer studies at Crystal Springs Uplands school. Alden also has a background in real estate development and hotel management, having worked for Western Land Corporation and Woodside Hotels & Resorts. In the non-profit realm, Alden is a board member and former board chair for Peninsula Bridge, which offers academic enrichment programs for low-income middle school students to motivate and prepare them for success in the next steps of their education.
Six Apart - About - Management - (Build 20100722150226) Quentin Hardy - (Build 20100722150226) Robert Scoble - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - (Build 20100722150226) Early life and education[edit] Scoble was born in New Jersey in 1965, and grew up about a kilometer from Apple Computer's head office in Silicon Valley.[1] In 1989 while studying in West Valley Community College he met Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Computer, and persuaded him to donate $40,000 worth of Macintoshes to the college journalism department.[2][non-primary source needed] In 1993 he dropped out without finishing his degree in Journalism from San Jose State University's School of Journalism and Mass Communications (he still has one class to complete).[3][4][non-primary source needed] Microsoft[edit] Scoble, Longhorn Evangelist In June 2003 Scoble accepted a position at Microsoft.
Fast Company[edit] Chamillionaire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - (Build 20100722150226) Hakeem Seriki (born November 28, 1979),[1] better known by his stage name Chamillionaire, is an American rapper and entrepreneur from Houston, Texas.[2] He is the CEO of Chamillitary Entertainment.
Chamillionaire was also the founder and an original member of The Color Changin' Click until the group split in 2005. According to Celebrity Net Worth, Chamillionaire has an estimated net worth of $15,000,000.[3][4] Music career[edit] 1998–2004: Beginnings[edit] 2005–2006: The Sound of Revenge[edit] 2007–2008: Ultimate Victory[edit] Mixtape Messiah 4, the fourth title in Chamillionaire's Mixtape Messiah series, was initially set for release on December 18, 2007,[25] but was released on August 27, 2008.[26] 2008–2010: Final Mixtape Messiah, Venom, and Major Pain[edit] Chamillionaire appeared on the remix for Weezer's song "Can't Stop Partying", from their album Raditude. 2011–2012: Departure from Universal Records and Playlist Poison[edit] Michael Arrington - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - (Build 20100722150226) Biography[edit] Born in Orange, California, Arrington grew up in Huntington Beach, California and Surrey, England, attended the University of California, Berkeley and graduated from Claremont McKenna College with a major in economics.
He went on to Stanford Law School and graduated in 1995. He practiced corporate and securities law at O’Melveny & Myers, and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.[5] Arrington left the practice of law to join Real Names, which failed after raising $100M.[3] Arrington was co-founder of Achex, an internet payments company, which was sold to First Data Corp for US$32 million and is now the back end of Western Union online. "I made enough to buy a Porsche. His other entrepreneurial endeavors include co-founding Zip.ca and Pool.com, acting as chief operating officer for Razorgator, and founding Edgeio. He identifies as a libertarian, saying, "I just see government as this thing that stops us from doing things.
Techcrunch - FriendFeed - (Build 20100722150226) TechCrunch (TechCrunch) on Twitter - (Build 20100722150226)... CrunchNotes - (Build 20100722150226) Anthony Perkins: Greater Talent Network Speakers Bureau - (Build 20100722150226) Exclusive Representation by Greater Talent Network Tony Perkins is a pioneering media entrepreneur and a highly recognized opinion leader in the technology business and investment editorial world.
He earned this distinction as the creator and editor-in-chief of Red Herring and the AlwaysOn network. Founded by Perkins in 1993, Red Herring’s revenues soared along with the rest of the technology world. Even so, Perkins recognized that only a few companies would be profitable over the long term. Using his remarkable foresight, he co-wrote the book The Internet Bubble: Inside the Overvalued World of High-Tech Stocks, which foretold the Internet bust and warned investors to get out quick. In the aftermath of the Internet stock bust, the technology and media industry recessions, and 9/11, Perkins helped guide Red Herring to become the last independent technology business magazine standing. Perkins’s public activities have included serving on President George W.