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Equity Monday: Clubhouse, Taboola and why the SPAC wave will get worse
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This is Equity Monday, our weekly kickoff that tracks the latest pri
Virtual social network IMVU raises $35M from China’s NetEase and others
The line between social networking and gaming is increasingly blurring, and internet incumbents are taking notice. NetEase, the second-largest gaming company in China (behind Tencent), is among a grou
How Roblox avoided the gaming graveyard and grew into a $2.5B company
There are successful companies that grow fast and garner tons of press. Then there’s Roblox, a company which took at least a decade to hit its stride and has, relative to its current level of succes
(Founder Stories) Eric Ries: Missing The Bullseye Made The Lean Startup
In this episode of <a href="http://www.techcrunch.tv/show/founder-stories">Founder Stories</a> with host Chris Dixon, Dixon sits down with <em>The Lean Startup</em> author, <a href="http://www.cr
The Year In Virtual Goods By The Numbers
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The global virtual goods industry put up some very impressive numbers this year. From <a href="http://blog.games.com/2010/
IMVU's Virtual Cash Cow: Doubling Revenues, Focused On Gaming (Video)
<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/imvu_1.jpg" />Just three years ago, <a href="http://www.imvu.com/">IMVU</a> was burning cash at a rate of half a million per month and still n
IMVU Gets Pretty Racey With Those Ads
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Thanks to reader tips we've had a chance to see <a href="http://www.imvu.com">IMVU's</a> racey ne
Virtual World Hangouts: So Many To Choose From
The avatars roaming many online virtual communities may be cartoonish and their activities inconsequential, but the recent sale of Club Penguin to Disney for $350 million (with $350 million in earn ou