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Ryan Blair, HashtagOne: From Gang Member, To Entrepreneur, To Anti-VC

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Ryan Blair: As you know, I sold ViSalus back in 2012, but ended up buying it back in 2014, and then we sold the company to a public company. We hired the ex-CTO of Sears, and other senior executives out of Disney in software. I don't know if you've read my book, but I started my career writing trading systems in a software company.

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myLINGO | Connecting Non-English Speakers with the Movies

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OP: It was 2012 when my brother and I took our cousin who was visiting from Poland to go see the movie Hugo. We also have Chris Cookson as a technical advisor. He’s a former President of Sony Pictures Technologies and former CTO of Warner Bros. Jeremy Zimmer, the CEO of United Talent Agency (UTA) – he’s our advisor as well.

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63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of

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63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of By mario on May 2, 2012 in Features , grid. There are hundreds of entrepreneurs here in Los Angeles who are building awesome companies, writing awesome books, making awesome movies and are trying to solve important problems to help make this world a better place. Idea Mensch.