| ============================================ BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- May 3, 2012 ============================================ To Subscribe: www.bayareatechwire.com o Mountain View-Based LinkedIn Acquires SF-Based SlideShare o Filing: Facebook IPO Price Range Between $28 and $35 Per Share o San Carlos-Based LifeStreet Media Raises $66 Million o Discovery Communications Acquires San Francisco-Based Revision3 o Cupertino-based D.E. Shaw Ventures Co-Leads $10 Million in IPS o Report: U.S. Government Cloud Spending to Hit $3.2 Billion in 2017 o Briefly Noted: Code Advisors, Immersion _____________________________________________ > Job/Event/Marketplace Classified Listings (Full Listings Below Stories) --Tales from the Unemployed: The Four Most Common Costly Mistakes to Avoid --Executive Briefing - Product Portfolio Briefing --Marketing Events Coordinator --Senior Manager, eCommerce – Redwood City, CA --Account Manager --Sr. Financial Analyst --Advertise on Bay Area Tech Wire and Reach More than 6,000 Subscribers Ad Descriptions Below Briefly Noted Section Post Job/Event/Marketplace ad: http://www.bayareatechwire.com _____________________________________________ o Mountain View-Based LinkedIn Acquires SF-Based SlideShare Mountain View, Calif. -- LinkedIn, the large professional social media network, announced on Thursday that it has agreed to acquire San Francisco-based SlideShare, the developer of a professional content sharing community. The transaction is valued at $119 million. In March, SlideShare had nearly 29 million unique visitors. "We built SlideShare to help professionals share presentations and connect people through content," said Rashmi Sinha, CEO of SlideShare. "What we can build with LinkedIn, the largest professional network on the Internet, is the most natural extension of this vision." SlideShare, founded in 2006, is backed by investors including Jonathan Abrams, Mark Cuban, Dave McClure, and Venrock. http://press.linkedin.com/node/1191 _____________________________________________ o Filing: Facebook IPO Price Range Between $28 and $35 Per Share Menlo Park, Calif. -- Facebook has released the price range for its upcoming initial public offering (IPO) at between $28 and $35 per share, according to a filing with the SEC. The share range would value the company at between about $75 billion and $96 billion. The filing shows the company plans to sell about 337 million shares, with nearly half of the shares coming from Facebook employees and investors. http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326801/000119312512208192/d287954ds1a.htm _____________________________________________ o San Carlos-Based LifeStreet Media Raises $66 Million San Carlos, Calif. -- LifeStreet Media, an in-app advertising company, announced on Thursday that Nautic Partners has made a $66 million equity investment in the company. LifeStreet provides in-app advertising for Facebook, Apple (iOS) and Android developers. LifeStreet said it has paid out over $100 million of advertising revenue to social and mobile developers. The company previously raised over $25 million for software development. http://lifestreetmedia.com/press/lifestreet-media-announces-investment _____________________________________________ o Discovery Communications Acquires San Francisco-Based Revision3 Silver Spring, Md. -- Discovery Communications, the large media company, announced on Thursday that it has entered into an agreement to acquire San Francisco-based digital video provider Revision3. Terms of the deal were not released; the Wall Street Journal reported the purchase price was about $30 million. As an independent Internet digital video production company with more than 23 million monthly viewers, Revision3 currently operates 27 digital channels. "Leveraging Revision3's vast experience in creating engaging online video content in a cost-effective manner, the transaction helps fuel Discovery's strategy of being the number one nonfiction media company on all screens," Discovery said in a statement. Revision3 was founded in 2005 by Kevin Rose (formerly of Digg and TechTV), Jay Adelson (formerly of Digg and Equinix) and David Prager (formerly of TechTV). Jim Louderback, the former editor-in-chief of PC Magazine and a veteran of TechTV, joined Revision3 as CEO in 2007 http://corporate.discovery.com/discovery-news/discovery-communications-acquire-top-digital-video/ _____________________________________________ o Cupertino-based D.E. Shaw Ventures Co-Leads $10 Million in IPS Cupertino, Calif. -- D. E. Shaw Ventures, the Cupertino-based investment firm, has co-led a $10 million fourth round of venture capital for Infinite Power Solutions (IPS), a manufacturer of solid-state, rechargeable, thin-film energy storage devices for embedded applications. Founded in 2001, IPS makes thin-film batteries to displace conventional coin cells, supercapacitors, and other micro-battery products. The company's batteries are paper-thin and support "ambient energy-harvesting" applications that create miniature, autonomous, perpetual power supplies. IPS' products are used in Bluetooth devices and other wireless sensor nodes, as well as providing backup power for clocks, memory modules, and solid-state drives. Other investors in the company include Applied Ventures, the venture capital arm of Applied Materials, In-Q-Tel and two additional strategic investors. http://www.InfinitePowerSolutions.com http://www.deshaw.com _____________________________________________ o Report: U.S. Government Cloud Spending to Hit $3.2 Billion in 2017 Herndon, Va. -- Deltek, a provider of information and data to government contractors, has released a new report that says that spending on vendor-furnished cloud computing services by the U.S. government will increase from $734 million in 2012 to $3.2 billion in 2017 -- an annual growth rate of 34%. "While IT spending by federal agencies is experiencing the same budget pressures as other segments of federal spending, the cost savings associated with cloud computing are serving as an enabler of its adoption inside many agencies," Deltek wrote. "Further, agencies recognize that streamlining their IT environments and sunsetting their legacy systems reduce costs and improve performance." http://finance.yahoo.com/news/deltek-predicts-operational-agility-cost-123000198.html _____________________________________________ o Briefly Noted: (San Francisco) San Francisco-based Code Advisors, an investment bank, announced on Thursday that JPMorgan Chase has agreed to make a $25 million minority investment in the company. Code Advisors that provides advisory and financing services on mergers and acquisitions, private equity raises, equity underwritings and investments in companies focused in emerging technology and media. http://money.msn.com/business-news/article.aspx?feed=BW&Date=20120503&ID=15065029&industry=IND_BANKING&isub= (San Jose, Calif.) Immersion, a developer of touch feedback technology, announced on Thursday that Paul Norris has been named its new chief financial officer. Norris was previously executive vice president, CFO and general counsel at Sonic Solutions. http://www.immersion.com/ =================================================== Job/Event/Marketplace Listings: =================================================== To Post in Job/Event/Marketplace: http://www.bayareatechwire.com 6000 Readers: 5 day ad: $120--10 day ad: $175--20 day ad: $300 > Tales from the Unemployed: The Four Most Common Costly Mistakes to Avoid by Stephen A. Laser You've lost your job. Now what? The way people react to unemployment varies from angry and frustrated to sad and depressed. For many workers, there is also the desire to take immediate action and go on the offensive to get hired as quickly as possible. After all, it is better to be proactive than reactive, right? Not necessarily. Stephen A. Laser, a business psychologist and author of Out-of-Work and Over-40, suggests you need to take some time to regroup and make a plan. Dr. Laser gives four common reactions to unemployment that can prove to be very costly mistakes at http://www.fairfaxcountyeda.org/bay-area-tech-wire ____________________________________________ > Executive Briefing -- Product Portfolio Management It's a fact! As your product portfolio grows, the market impact of your organization can quickly become diluted because traditional product management practices focus on improving the performance of each product. Executives and Senior Managers are invited to attend an Executive Briefing to learn how a Product Portfolio Management model improves your market value by uncovering and solving bigger problems beyond the limits of individual products. Business practices for evaluating markets, analyzing competitors, formulating strategies, developing requirements and executing product plans take aim at a completely different target - the performance of your company in key markets - and offers greater strategic value to your organization. Attend in 13 cities in April, May and June. $199 per person. http://www.proficientz.com/portfolio-mgmt-executive-briefing.html ____________________________________________ > Marketing Events Coordinator Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass LLP, a mid-size law firm is currently seeking a Marketing Events Coordinator with 3+ years of marketing events experience in a corporate environment to provide administrative support to the Marketing Department. This position reports directly to the Marketing Manager to plan, coordinate and manage all aspects of client seminars and receptions, sponsorship events, Firm events and retreats, and other special events. Candidate must have a Bachelor's degree and the ability to communicate clearly and effectively in one-on-one and small group settings with business partners and outside vendors. Additionally, candidate must be a self-starter, detail oriented, have the ability to organize and prioritize a number of tasks and complete them under time constraints. Strong computer, backend web development, HTML and graphics skills are required. Experience with Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign is preferred. Salary: DOE. Please include your salary requirement. Submit your resume and cover letter to the following link (or copy and paste the link to your web browser) https://home.eease.com/recruit/?id=1185751 ____________________________________________ > Senior Manager, eCommerce -- Redwood City, CA The Sr. Manager of eCommerce will provide leadership on key eCommerce initiatives within Shutterfly.com to continuously improve our customer shopping experience. Reporting to the Sr Director of eCommerce, this seasoned eCommerce professional will use site analytics to drive informed business recommendations, develop site tests aimed at optimizing business goals and serve as the business lead for selected eCommerce projects. This role is focused on driving a compelling and frictionless eCommerce experience for our customers. It is perfect for someone who is interested in using his/her business acumen, eCommerce expertise, and analytic skills to drive exceptional short- and long-term business results. Apply online at: http://www.shutterfly.com/about/positions.jsp?jvi=oW3aWfwP ____________________________________________ > Account Manager Come join PaperG, just named one of the Forbes' 100 Most Promising Companies in America, as we reinvent modern advertising. A PaperG Account Manager works as a key member of the Accounts team, where they will support PaperG's media company partners and help them thrive using PaperG's technology. Qualifications: College degree. A friendly and engaging personality - a must!. Excellent computer and Internet knowledge. High energy level. Resourceful, well organized, highly dependable, efficient and detail oriented. Knowledge of online advertising industry a strong plus. Send your resume to careers@paperg.com In your email or cover letter, let us know why PaperG interests you. ____________________________________________ > Sr. Financial Analyst Veracyte is a molecular diagnostics company that is pioneering the emerging field of molecular cytology. Our Finance team seeks an individual who will report to the CFO, with the ability to develop and maintain long-range financial models for the company's strategic plan, produce product revenue projections and forecasts and prepare financial analyses. They will also be able to analyze trends, manage components of the operating plan process, participate in the valuation of potential business development opportunities, and collaborate with R&D, Commercial and Operations functions. The ability to thrive in a fast-paced, challenging and highly diverse team environment is critical. To be a successful candidate you will have at least 4 years of finance/accounting experience, with a proven track record of incorporating applications of accounting principles, financial reporting, and cash management, and be an expert in Excel. It's important that you have experience in life sciences and knowledge/experience with Microsoft GP is a plus, as is an MBA. We would like you to share our commitment to teamwork and collaboration and be excited by the challenges of applying your expertise to an important, emerging area in diagnostics. To apply, please send your resume to jobs@veracyte.com For additional information, see our website www.veracyte.com ____________________________________________ Bay Area Tech Wire has over 6,000 subscribers who rely on it for their daily briefing of local technology news. Bay Area Tech Wire has various advertising offerings ideal for jobs listings, events, service offerings, and office space for rent. 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