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Four Sites To Add Adventure To Your Summer Travel Plans

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We've dug through our database of high tech companies, web sites, and startups and found four Southern California companies and web sites looking to cater to that adventure traveler in you. . AdventureLink is backed by Allegis Capital, Anthem Ventures, and the Mailroom Fund, and is run by adventurer Jeff Dossett.

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This Week in VC with Om Malik & Paul Jozefak

Both Sides of the Table

But he also says that it wasn’t a negative regarding M&A activities with competitors – this is sometimes seen as one of the pitfalls of strategic money. We also talked about how brands are increasing driving much of their traffic to Facebook and away from their own web pages. This is astounding and myopic in my view.

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Interview with Kelly Tompkins, AdventureLink

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The round came from Anthem Venture Partners and the Mail Room Fund. People are demanding more and more experiential opportunities out of their leisure holidays. You can see which agents specialize in that destination and activity, choose the activity, and enter your phone number, and your phone instantly rings.

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The Challenges (& Opportunities) of Starting a Tech Company in LA

Jason Nazar

He just pounded out design and code for a few weeks and got Plancast up on the web and users adopting his product right away. In Los Angeles we are at a disadvantage because the founder(s) often have no experience in building consumer web applications. In the bay area there are dozens of firms that are actively making investments.

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6 Top Trends For The Digital World In 2016

Tech Zulu Event

adult now spends a reported 5 hours and 38 minutes on the web – advances have been made in the way individuals and small businesses operate in the digital world, which will grow even more this year. The issue of cyber-espionage, targeting companies like Target, Home Depot and Anthem Insurance, continues to be a concern.