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Infusionsoft CEO Clate Mask talks about the challenges he faced while raising capital late last year in this episode of The Deal's Behind the Money online video show. Infusionsoft, which makes marketing software for small businesses, began raising its Series B last fall, just as venture capitalists were waking up to the realities of the recession. Nevertheless, Infusionsoft succeeded not only in raising a $7.9 million round but also in attracting a new investor in VSpring Capital, which led the round. VSpring managing director Scott Petty has joined Infusionsoft's board. (Both Infusionsoft and VSpring are based in Salt Lake City.) Existing investor Mohr Davidow Ventures also participated in the round, which closed in December.

Sequoia Capital on startups and the economic downturn View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: depression recession) Uber VC firm Sequoia Capital held a RIP Good Times emergency meeting for the companies it s backed. The message was clear. Get serious or get fucked. Here is the  actual Powerpoint presentation from that meeting for real. *Of course one of the best ways to save a few bucks, especially on pet meds is to use 1800PetMeds coupon code WEEK and save 10% off any purchase at 1800PetMeds. ShareThis

Argentinian start-up Popego brings together a user's digital life in one place, CEO Santiago Siri told me after he presented at TechCrunch50 Tuesday. The site creates interest profiles for users based on their Flickr photos, YouTube videos, blog posts, Twitters, and other digital content to help them find things and people that match their interests. Users input their social network usernames to help Popego get to know them, and can further filter the content by manually changing their interest profile or requesting to see only certain types of content. Popego's presentation went over reasonably well with the judges, but judge and Sequoia Capital venture capitalist Roelof Botha had some doubts. "I like that you're trying to solve the overload problem, but I worry about distribution and I don't know how I would see it gaining mass adoption. I'm also suspect about the business model." To watch the presentation or read more comments from the judges, check out TechCrunch's coverage here. --Kelsey Blodget, Associate Producer

In this podcast, John Doerr, partner at Kleiner Perkins Caulfield Byers, and Mike Moritz, of Sequoia Capital, talk openly about themselves and their lives in venture capital. The keynote session was recorded live at the National Venture Capital Association May 2008 annual meeting. Doerr and Moritz are among the most successful venture capitalists practicing today. Related posts:Venture Capital and Social Media: Spencer Tall and Allegis CapitalVenture Capital and Social Media Marketing PerspectiveVenture Investing in the Social Media Space: Sharon Wienbar of Scale Venture Partners

In this podcast, John Doerr, partner at Kleiner Perkins Caulfield Byers, and Mike Moritz, of Sequoia Capital, talk openly about themselves and their lives in venture capital. The keynote session was recorded live at the National Venture Capital Association May 2008 annual meeting. Doerr and Moritz are among the most successful venture capitalists practicing today. Related posts:Venture Capital and Social Media: Spencer Tall and Allegis CapitalVenture Capital and Social Media Marketing PerspectiveVenture Investing in the Social Media Space: Sharon Wienbar of Scale Venture Partners

In this episode John Federico, Chia-Lin Simmons and Steve Hatch ponder: The viewers: where have they all gone? They re definitely not watching network television. We think they re programming their own media diets when they want, how they want, where they want. Want an invitation to Joost? Send us email to comments AT odmcast DOT com. (Thanks to listener Jos Moreno for the original Joost invitation that started it all.) Chia-Lin has discovered Jaman.com and is in love with it. She may leave her husband to go work for Jaman in San Mateo, California. Are you listening, Gaurav Dhillon and Carlos Montalvo? John and his wife have occassionally watched DVD s in bed, using her 15 Powerbook. Jaman could be the next thing they start watching in that way. Steve thinks that s impractical for most people. He prefers Slingbox and its ilk. The demise of the traditional media in the digital age is overblown according Dick Parsons, CEO of Time Warner, one of the largest traditional media companies in the world. Dick needs to choose better analogies for his public speaking engagements. John is now reading real paper books on the train to work! (Go figure.) Steve still prefers to listen to podcasts on the train. Chia-Lin geeks out, reading books on her Treo 700P. Steve s looking for a good podcatcher for Windows Mobile. Anyone care to make a recommendation? Prime Time is any time for today s media consumer. Cox Cable has disable ad skipping on ABC and ESPN content delivered as Video-On-Demand. Fix that! Peter Chernin, President of NewsCorp, thinks that the big will get bigger thanks to consolidation. Traditional media will join with digital media to make for even larger media entities. We say, Duh. Welcome to the party. Odeo was sold to SonicMountain for a little more than a million dollars. NewsCorp and NBC have signed CNET video properties to its YouTube Killer video service Yahoo is closing Yahoo Auctions. And Yahoo Photos. And who knows what s next. Apparently, a good number of people from the Yahoo Mobile team have left for mobile and wireless startups. What is Yahoo s Core anyway? Correction from last week s show: YouTube s new advertising program will compensate its top contributors/producers Our wine this week was a Bogle Merlot and a 2004 Cycles Gladiator Pinot Noir. (We loved the Pinot.) Our closing music is Democracy from Alexander Blu. Send us email to comments AT odmcast DOT com or call our comment line and leave a message: 775-860-2263. You can also reach us via Gizmo Project by contacting username ondigitalmedia. Be sure to stop by http://www.odmcast.com to complete our listener survey - we d really appreciate it. For partner or sponsor information, contact jaf AT newrules DOT com. If you weren t able to download the latest episode, you can always catch it by calling our Podlinez number (818) 688-2754 from any telephone. (Long distance charges or cellular minutes usage may apply. Blah, blah, blah.) Technorati Tags: Gaurav Dhillon, Carlos Montalvo, Jaman.com, Jaman, Yahoo, Yahoo Photos, Yahoo Auctions, Flickr, Online Advertising, Advertising, NBC, Newscorp, CNET, Tv.com, Gamespot.TV, John Federico, Ken Gellman, Chia-Lin Simmons, Viacom, Sequoia Capital, CBS, VC, Venture Capital, Joost, Wine, Digital Media, On Digital Media, Podcast, Podcasting, Digital Audio, Downloads, Independent Films, Foreign Films, Media, Dick Parsons, Richard Parsons, Time Warner, Traditional Media, Big Media