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Linden Lab

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Linden Lab is the company that created The Second Life Grid platform and hosts the Second Life virtual world.

The Second Life Grid is the technology platform used to power the Second Life virtual world. In 2007, Linden Lab opened the Second Life Grid platform to the public, enabling businesses of all sizes to develop their own virtual world environments.

As of August 2008, Second Life boasts approximately one million active residents with 40-60 thousand online at any given time.

Milestones

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  Linden Lab acquired Enemy Unknown. (1/30/10)
  Posted 2/1/10 at 2:05pm via massively.com
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  Linden Lab added Bob Komin as CFO, COO. (1/10)
  Posted 4/20/10 at 9:16pm
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  Linden Lab acquired onRez. (1/22/09)
  Posted 1/22/09 at 11:23am via paidcontent.org
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  Linden Lab acquired XStreet SL. (1/22/09)
  Posted 1/22/09 at 11:23am via paidcontent.org
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  Linden Lab received $11M in Series B funding. (3/1/06)
  Posted 7/12/07 at 2:05am via news.com
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  Linden Lab received $8M in Series A funding. (10/28/04)
  Posted 7/12/07 at 1:58am via allbusiness.com
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  Linden Lab added Hunter Walk as Dir Product and Marketing. (2/01)
  Posted 11/12/09 at 10:58pm
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  Linden Lab added James Currier as Board.
  Posted 7/12/07 at 1:29am
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  Linden Lab added Ginsu Yoon as VP, Corporate Development.
  Posted 7/12/07 at 1:32am
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  Linden Lab added Tom Hale as Chief Product Officer.
  Posted 10/14/09 at 2:49pm
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  Linden Lab added Robin Harper as VP, Marketing & Community Develop.
  Posted 7/12/07 at 1:30am
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  Linden Lab added John Zdanowski as CFO.
  Posted 7/12/07 at 1:34am
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  Linden Lab added Bill Gurley as Board.
  Posted 7/12/07 at 1:28am
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  Linden Lab added Jed Smith as Board.
  Posted 7/12/07 at 1:27am
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  Linden Lab added Philip Rosedale as Founder, Interim CEO.
  Posted 7/12/07 at 1:24am
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  Linden Lab added Mark Kingdon as CEO.
  Posted 4/23/08 at 9:21am

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Screenshots

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Above: Home Page
Uploaded: 1/12/10

Products

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Second Life

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Website	Secondlife.com
Stage	Live
Launch Date	June 30, 2003
Tags	virtual-world

Second Life is an Internet-based 3D virtual world where inhabitants - known as “Residents” - can create, buy, sell and experience virtual content. While the foundation of the world was created and is still hosted by Linden Lab, almost all of the content is user generated, accounting for more than 250 terabytes of data. With almost 15 million registered users from over 100 countries and a fully functioning economy with more than $300 million Linden Dollars transacted annually, Second Life offers a diverse virtual world experience.

Though mostly contained in its virtual domain, Second Life reaches into the outside world. There are large organizations present in Second Life, and many third-party services are also available that allow residents to convert Linden Dollars back into real-world currency. In many cases, digital properties within Second Life are sold for substantial amounts of real money.

Above: Second Life Screenshot -- #1
Uploaded: 2/5/08

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Second Life Teen

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Website	teen.secondlife.com
Stage	Live
Launch Date	July 12, 2007
Tags	virtual-world

A youth-oriented version of Second Life. The target demographic is teens between 13-17 years old. Because Second Life sanctions adult material, Linden Labs decided to open up a very similar, yet “safer” arena for those underage.

Above: Second Life Teen website
Uploaded: 3/13/09

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Sources

1. Linden Lab acquires Avatars United, Enemy Unknown AB (massively.com) [edit]
2. Linden Lab Acquires Two Virtual Goods Trading Sites (paidcontent.org) [edit]
3. Linden Lab Acquires Two Virtual Goods Trading Sites (paidcontent.org) [edit]
4. Second Life Boosted with $8 Million in New Financing; Linden Lab and Benchmark Capital Aim for the Metaverse (allbusiness.com) [edit]
5. 'Second Life' scores $11 million in funding (news.com) [edit]