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Video: Iminlikewithyou's Charles Forman on selling virtual goods

Casual game site Iminlikewithyou will soon start selling virtual goods, founder and CEO Charles Forman (pictured) tells Tech Confidential in our Behind the Money video interview.Games on the mulitplayer site, such...


'Nothing to do with the economy," says Fred Wilson on role swap at Twitter

Evan Williams is the new CEO of microblogging service Twitter Inc., and Jack Dorsey is the new chairman, switching the roles they held just a few hours ago, a blog...


Video: 'Lonelygirl15' creators Beckett, Goodfried discuss new drama

"We call the shows that we produce 'social shows,' and they're very different from a TV show or a film," says Miles Beckett, a creator of YouTube hit "Lonelygirl15" and...


Twitter's Biz Stone says startup is working to fix "horrible user experience"

Twitter Inc. plans to offer more tools for people developing programs that run on top of the microblogging service, as well as more options for people trying to use those...


Weplay more than just a social network for kid jocks, says CEO Hansen

Although most people describe Weplay as a social network for kids who are into sports, CEO Steve Hansen prefers to think of the startup, which announced Tuesday it had closed an...


Iminlikewithyou actually has a business model

Iminlikewithyou may not have any revenue yet, but founder and CEO Charles Forman tells Tech Confidential he has a business model he will soon execute -- unlike many a Web...


Iminlikewithyou is indeed "the next David Karp"

It's official: Charles Forman, founder of Iminlikewithyou, emailed us Thursday evening with a link to Spark Capital Bijan Sabet's blog post announcing funding for the gaming startup."I'm thrilled to announce...


Angels "bake out" risk for VCs, says Angel Capital Association chair

John Huston, whose one-year term as the elected chairman of the Angel Capital Association, or ACA, begins July 1, hopes to continue the trade group's impressive growth and raise its...


Betaworks under the microscope

Betaworks might be the most influential early-stage investment firm no one's ever heard of. If it's take on Web 2.0 is right, that's sure to change. Tech Confidential takes...


Q&A with 'Lonelygirl15' creators Miles Beckett and Greg Goodfried

Miles Beckett and Greg Goodfried, creators of online video classic "Lonelygirl15," spoke with Tech Confidential on Thursday about their new production company, Eqal (pronounced "equal"), a reincarnation of their LG15 Studios/Telegraph Ave. Productions, and how...


'Lonelygirl15' creators launch new site with backing from Spark Capital

  Miles Beckett and Greg Goodfried, creators of "Lonelygirl15" -- an early hit on YouTube that pretended to be the video blog of a real teenager but turned out to be a professionally produced...


Seesmic buys Twitter client Twhirl

Seesmic, a service that makes it easy for people to have informal video conversations over the Internet and that recently raised $6 million from some of the most well-known tech investors in the...


Loomia's Dave McMurtry: Friends know what you want

Loomia Inc., developer of SeenThis?, a social recommendations application for Facebook, is announcing Wednesday that it has closed a $5 million Series A from Silicon Valley venture capital firm Asset Management Co. and...


Fred Wilson not investing in Seesmic 'anytime soon'

On Friday I asked Union Square Ventures founder Fred Wilson by e-mail if he is investing in online video blogging startup Seesmic. (Yes, I know it's heresy to pose such...


Google's Sacca: VC funds are too big

Google Inc. wireless guru Chris Sacca, who is leaving the search titan to launch his career as an angel investor, graced us with a quick e-mail interview: Tech Confidential:...



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