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"In Mashable's new video series, Behind the Launch, we're taking cameras behind the scenes at Vungle, an in-app video advertising startup. \nWe've seen the Vungle team build out its business development team, and in today's episode, they head up north to Seattle. The city may make you think of Starbucks and the Space Needle, but there's actually a substantial gaming community up there, which translates to exciting business opportunities for Vungle. Zain and Colin meet with Zipline Games and Zumobi on their business trip, and they end up signing some deals.\nHow do you get clients to go into business with you? Join the conversation on Twitter, #BehindTheLaunch. \nMissed earlier episodes? Watch them here!\nEp. 1: Meet VungleEp. 2: Bringing in a Closer\n\nEp. 3: How to Court Startup Investors\n\nEp. 4: A Promising, Yet Controversial Job Candidate\n\nEp. 5: An Urgent Need to Close Deals\n\nEp. 6: Teams That Play Together Stay Together\n\nEp. 7: Clashing With Your Co-Founder\n\nEp. 8: Our Startup Grows Up\n\nEp. 9: The Power of Networking\n\nEp. 10: Putting It All on the Line\n\nAbout Vungle\nVungle is a San Francisco-based company that purveys mobile video ads to promote apps. In May, Vungle announced that it had raised $2 million from big Silicon Valley and Alley names: Google Ventures, AOL Ventures, Crosslink Capital, Ron Conway's SV Angel, Dave McClure's 500 Startups, Charles Hudson's SoftTechVC\u2019s, Maynard Webb, Scott McNealy and Tim Draper. Vungle also has offices in the UK and Pakistan. \nZain Jaffer, CEO and Co-Founder \u2014 A successful and zany entrepreneur since age 15, Zain launched his first Internet company and built-up an impressive list of clients, including Google, Mozilla Firefox, MTV and Hilary Duff, before his 18th birthday. British.\nJack Smith, Co-Founder \u2014 Self-described lunatic marketer and hacker. Started his career as a freelance web designer at age 13, founded a video startup, MediaRoots, in college. Met Zain at King's College London University in 2009. British.\nBryant Chou, CTO \u2014 Full stack engineer and software architect with more than five years of experience developing mobile apps. He's an enthusiastic traveler who'll share his travel tales with you over a cold beer. American.\nMarta Bulaich, Chief Yoga Officer \u2014 Marta's first job was with the masterminds behind the TV infomercial legends Chia Pet and Clapper. After a career of working with various startups and venture capital firm, she came to Vungle to do public relations and center their chi in full lotus. American.\nBen Lindsey, Senior Software Engineer \u2014 A veteran of four Silicon Valley startups with experience in Internet advertising, large scale databases and agile programming. When not slinging code, you cam find him cooking organic food, listening to electronica, backpacking around the world or running marathons.\nColin Behr, Director of Business Development \u2014 Previously founded an Internet company, CyberPlanet Ltd, with Zain in 2004, and then moved to San Francisco to start another venture. Colin eventually went to University but dropped out after speaking with Zain about his new venture, Vungle. \nRay Myers, Software Engineer \u2014 25-year-old Linux geek who loves robotics and has been programming since he was 7. Ray is a Shotokan karate third-degree Black Belt, but you can usually find him at his computer, trying to make robots bend to his will. American.\nDavid Oh, Director of Business Development \u2014 By the power of the Force, David trained and honed his skills in marketing, game production and business development in the video game industry. He has traveled the galaxy crafting business deals with brands including Ubisoft, Google, HP and Humana. David enjoys mountain biking and hiking, with his sidekick Sarah, Empress of Chihuahuas.\nSarah Vungle, Resident Pooch \u2014 Sarah spends her days guarding the Vungle fortress and keeping peace amongst the engineering and business tribes. She enjoys battling the evil empire and licking the soles of her paws.\nSeries presented by Internet Explorer\n\n\u00A0\nBehind the Launch is presented by Internet Explorer. Learn how IE is building a more beautiful web through hardware accelerated graphics and modern web standards like HTML5. Get IE9 today or download the Windows 8 Consumer Preview, which features the new IE10 to see where we\u2019re headed. \n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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