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Her non-profit work includes board memberships with The Sunlight Foundation, StopBadware.org, and PersonalGenome.org;<ref>[http://people.forbes.com/profile/esther-dyson/87275 Forbes.com Profile]</ref> Ms. Dyson prefers to do good through her many business dealings, but recognizes the fact that private industry is not able to address all of the world's problems.<ref>[http://www.edventure.com/new-bio.html EDventure Bio]</ref> | Her non-profit work includes board memberships with The Sunlight Foundation, StopBadware.org, and PersonalGenome.org;<ref>[http://people.forbes.com/profile/esther-dyson/87275 Forbes.com Profile]</ref> Ms. Dyson prefers to do good through her many business dealings, but recognizes the fact that private industry is not able to address all of the world's problems.<ref>[http://www.edventure.com/new-bio.html EDventure Bio]</ref> | ||
===Investments Sold=== | ===Investments Sold=== | ||
A number of Ms. Dyson's investments have been acquired | A number of Ms. Dyson's investments have been acquired, notable sales include:<ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/esther-dyson/ Huffington Post Bio]</ref> | ||
* Flickr, sold to [[Yahoo!]] | |||
* Del.icio.us, sold to [[Yahoo!]] | |||
* Medstory, sold to [[Microsoft]] | |||
* BrightMail, sold to Symantec | * BrightMail, sold to Symantec | ||
* Orbitz, sold to Cendant | * Orbitz, sold to Cendant | ||
* Powerset, sold to Microsoft | * Powerset, sold to [[Microsoft]] | ||
* Plazes, sold to Nokia | * Plazes, sold to Nokia | ||
* Tacit, sold to Oracle | * Tacit, sold to Oracle | ||