Clavier points out that consolidation means layoffs, and layoffs mean talent that can be snapped up by start-ups.

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"Figuring out an integration plan, who stays and who goes, what's important and what's redundant--it takes a long time, " says Clavier.

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Other investors included super angels Jeff Clavier and Mike Maples.

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Longer-term, Clavier says that integrating Yahoo!

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It was funded last Thanksgiving by VC firms Union Square Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz , along with more than thirty other local luminaries, including Ron Conway, Jeff Clavier, eBay and LiveOps executive Maynard Webb, and Digg founder Kevin Rose.

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Jeff clavier is another one.

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