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StartupRoar Adds Personalized Subscriptions

SoCal CTO

That means that the site now allows users to sign-up and have their content personalized based on their interests. What's new now is that the site allows you to sign up and provide your Twitter and LinkedIn information. The site will look at your activity on these sites and the content of what you share.

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Interview with Simon Anderson, DreamHost

socalTECH

However, the founder recognized back in early 2011 that they wanted to take the platform to another level, and get DreamHosting in front of a much bigger audience, worldwide. I was hired back in the middle of 2011, and have now been ceo for about two and a half years. So, for us, competition is good.

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ReachLocal's Zorik Gordon On Daily Deals

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Earlier this week, Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal (www.reachlocal.com), which helps small and medium sized businesses place online ads, announced a deal to buy daily deals site DealOn.com. Zorik Gordon: We're going to be moving pretty quickly with integration, and rolling out aggressively in 2011.

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Everything You Need to Know About Hyperloop

Tech.Co

Hyperloop One set up a development site in the desert outside of North Las Vegas Nevada where the company conducted a series of tests, this included establishing the Apex Test and Safety site and conducting a live Propulsion System Open Air Test. Hardt Global Mobility.

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How Chinese Startup Tradesparq Is Looking To Grow In SoCal

socalTECH

In 2011, we built our site, and in 2012, last year, we started getting content. No knock on China, but with LA having the advertising agency we think we''ll be able to improve on the design side on our site. It''s also a dog-eat-dog world over there with the competition. Michael Kleist: We started in 2010. READ MORE>>.

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The Old Ways Of Social Media Marketing Are Broken

Startup Professionals Musings

Teens fueled that growth when in 2011 12% of teens reported using Twitter. SocialBakers , a site that tracks data, reported in December 2012 that 1.4 That won’t build any competitive advantage. They are going to Instagram, Tumblr, Snapchat, Kik, and other applications. In 2012 that number skyrocketed to 26%. Marty Zwilling.

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Collect, Organize, and Share on LoveIt | Interview with Ron LaPierre Co-Founder & CEO

Tech Zulu Event

LoveIt is a site for individuals and groups to discover, collect, organize and share images they love in public or private collections. We did some informal research toward the end of 2011 when the “pinning” phenomenon emerged because we found it very interesting. What is LoveIt and why the name? What inspired you to launch LoveIt?