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Joaquin Joins Catamount Ventures as Partner

in News on September 7, 2011 at 4:00 am PT

Longtime entrepreneur James Joaquin has joined Catamount Ventures as a partner, the early-stage venture firm said. He has worked at Apple, co-founded When.com, and was CEO of Ofoto, Xoom.com and, most recently, Xmarks. Joaquin has also been a venture investor and adviser working with Bridgescale Partners and Kapor Capital.

"Has Your Head Exploded Yet?" BoomTown Queries TEDsters on What They Learned

in News on February 11, 2009 at 11:30 am PT

While at the TED conference last week, I asked a variety of people in attendance at the elite gathering which presentation had blown their head off–figuratively, of course! TED, which feels like a four-year college in four days, had an eclectic range of speakers, many focusing on the awful state of the earth. But there were also less-dire presentations, such as one on how Brad Pitt’s head and range of facial expressions are now stored in a Sony database for all eternity. That’s a cold comfort amid all the global melting down, but BoomTown will not refuse it. Here’s some more TED reaction from the digerati.