Ultra Light Startups

Myopenbar.com is a website that lists where drinks are free, according to this New York Times article.  It was founded in 2005 by two friends and had over 30,000 subscribers in six cities (New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Miami and Honolulu) by the end of 2008.  The site has 30 employes and is [...]

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HotOrNot is a photo rating website founded in 2000 by two Berkley undergrads.  It was acquired by Avid Life Media in February 2008 for a reported $20 million.
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PlentyOfFish is a free internet dating site.  The New York Times says the owner, Marcus Frind, works 10 hours per week and earns over $10 million per year on the site.  The Wall Street Journal gives similar numbers and adds that the site is now the busiest dating site in the U.S.
Headquarters: Vancouver, CA
Platform: ASP.NET
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Check out the photos of this event…

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Kontera offers in-text advertizing
http://www.kontera.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In-text_advertising

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Vibrant media claim to be “the in-text advertising leaders”
http://www.vibrantmedia.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In-text_advertising

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