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el 02-Sep-2008 |  Former CBS Mobile chief Cyriac Roeding, who left the company in March to pursue other opportunities, has found one at VC firm Kleiner Perkins, where he'll be "entrepreneur-in-residence." Roeding will look to launch a company funded by the firm, which just partnered with Apple to launch a $100 million "iFund" for mobile investments.
Since leaving CBS, Roeding has toured the globe, gathering insights on cell phone use in the Amazon, India, Nepal, Bhutan and South Africa. His conclusion: "It showed me in an impressive way that mobile really is the No. 1 interactive medium in the world - certainly not PCs." So, build businesses for them.
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| Exit Interview: CBS Mobile Exec Cyriac Roeding | | CBS exec Cyriac Roeding, who started up the company's mobile Web unit in 2005, is leaving the company and will be replaced by longtime deputy Jeff Sellinger.
Roeding says he doesn't have a new gig yet, but will likely look start up a mobile company of his own. "The baby has learned to walk," he told us. "I am more of a serial entrepreneur."
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