socalTECH

JUNE 20, 2012

Sam Teller: Launchpad is an accelerator in Santa Monica. We were founded in 2009 by Mark Suster from GRP Partners. Last year, I joined up with Mark, and we raised a small fund and opened up an office in Santa Monica, one block from the beach. For readers, LaunchpadLA is all about?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

Search leverages selective filtering via XMPP versus site indexing; only real-time search player to do so. Self-reported 60mm daily unique as of Dec 2009, games played by 250mm people a month (AppData). Preliminary details: Social e-commerce site, based around celebrity and influencer-curated recommendations.

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socalTECH

JULY 23, 2010

This week, Santa Monica-based ThisNext (www.thisnext.com) said it has raised another round of funding for the firm's social shopping site. We started that in 2006, and sold it to Chicken Soup For The Soul in 2009. ThisNext.com has been a social shooping site, really for anyone and everyone, and for every product category.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2012

The firm says nearly 20% of all brides now shop for or sell a gently used wedding dress online, compared with just 6% in 2009 and they firmly believe Recycled Bride is helping make the sales even more possible. Recycled Bride was founded in 2009 in Santa Monica, CA. What is Recycled Bride? How does Recycle Bride work?

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Last month, Santa Monica-based ThisNext announced that it was acquiring Stylehive, an online site focused on fashion and beauty. For additional verticals, we'll expand that through additional acquisition or through organic sites launched internally. What verticals are you thinking about?

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socalTECH

MARCH 8, 2016

Santa Monica-based Tuition.IO (tuition.io) has s created a way for companies to both help their employees tackle that mound of student debt, as well as attract better and more loyal employees. Brendon McQueen: I graduated from Columbia in 2009, and was a first generation college graduate.

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socalTECH

JUNE 18, 2009

Our interview today is with Santa Monica-based OneCubicle (www.onecubicle.com), a new startup we ran across recently, which is looking to provide a more professional social networking site for younger people. Why did you decide to start yet another social networking site? Our demographic is the 22 to 32 year old.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

. • MOVIECLIPS : Launched December 2009 in Santa Monica, MOVIECLIPS is a premium online video destination offering audiences the largest and most diverse collection of movie scenes. The company has opened its API to approved sites for distribution and approved developers who want to build games, etc. with the clips.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

Marketing Director for Paypal Inc. CapLinked was founded in late 2009 by Eric M. Group buying sites and the big players such as Zagat and others joining in on the group buying industry. In this episode of TechZulu Live we had special guest Eric Jackson CEO of Caplinked and former U.S. Jackson and Christopher Grey.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 25, 2015

But that’s changing with a new crop of rich media platforms disrupting the ecosystem with new mobile and non-standard rich media ad formats, one of which – Jetpack – is located right here in Santa Monica. Jetpack was founded in 2009 by digital media veterans Marc Brown, Chris Tragos and Kevin Woolery.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

Let’s go create a ridesharing site. [00:26:32] ” Get lots of data points and say, “Okay, well, I kind of heard what people think about being located in Santa Monica versus Venice, the pros and cons. Be an intern” And by the way, this is 2009. You remember what 2009 was like, right?

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Frank Addante

MAY 24, 2007

► 2009 (3) ► May (1) A Tour of the Rubicon Project Headquarters ► April (1) "Pay it Forward" Event for Students & Aspiring Ent. There is a lack of technology innovation available for website owners and publishers to most effectively monetize their sites through advertising.

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