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Real investments in virtual worlds continue

The Way of the Web

Don’t forget back in 2004, David Storey paid $26,500 in Entropia , then Jon Jacobs invested $100,000 in a virtual space station in Entropia in November 2005, and of course Anshe Chung became a millionaire via Second Life in 2006. Apparently both David and Jon have made their money back and more.

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Acronis taps a new CEO - Jason Donahue

Koka Sexton

a virtualization company that was acquired by IBM in 2005. Before that, he was CEO of Ejasent when it was acquired by Veritas in 2004. Prior to serving at ClearApp, Donahue was the CEO of Meiosys, Inc., Donahue also served as CEO of TeleComputing Inc. and Apptix Inc., Welcome to Acronis Jason Donahue.

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Remember the Milk and Everything else

Koka Sexton

Remember The Milk started in August 2004. They launched in October 2005. Remember The Milk makes managing tasks an enjoyable experience. What started as a simple idea soon became a huge web application with every feature imaginable (there’s a reason why this took more than a year to finish!).

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Remember the Milk and Everything else - Koka Sexton dot Com

Koka Sexton

Remember The Milk started in August 2004. They launched in October 2005. Remember The Milk makes managing tasks an enjoyable experience. What started as a simple idea soon became a huge web application with every feature imaginable (there’s a reason why this took more than a year to finish!).

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Happy Birthday to Me.

Koka Sexton

2004) * 1906 – Endre Kabos, Hungarian Olympic champion fencer (d. 2005) * 1917 – Jacqueline Auriol, French aviatrix (d. 2005) * 1920 – Douglass North, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate * 1921 – Georges Cziffra, Hungarian pianist (d. 2005) * 1917 – Jacqueline Auriol, French aviatrix (d.

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Happy Birthday to Me. - Koka Sexton dot Com

Koka Sexton

2004) * 1906 – Endre Kabos, Hungarian Olympic champion fencer (d. 2005) * 1917 – Jacqueline Auriol, French aviatrix (d. 2005) * 1920 – Douglass North, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate * 1921 – Georges Cziffra, Hungarian pianist (d. 2005) * 1917 – Jacqueline Auriol, French aviatrix (d.

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Understanding the Backchannel : Ruminate

Buzz Marketing for Technology

December 2005 (5). November 2005 (8). October 2005 (33). September 2005 (5). August 2005 (20). July 2005 (22). June 2005 (4). May 2005 (9). April 2005 (29). March 2005 (45). February 2005 (27). January 2005 (31). December 2004 (38). November 2004 (19).

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