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Dollar Shave Club Makes Super Bowl Debut

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Los Angeles-based Dollar Shave Club made its Super Bowl advertising debut on Sunday afternoon, during the Super Bowl 50 broadcast, went head to head against Schick in running advertising on the big game. Advertisers during the football game spent between $4.6M for their spots this year.

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Interview with Michael Dubin, Dollar Shave Club

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Earlier this month, Los Angeles startup Dollar Shave Club (www.dollarshaveclub.com) made a huge splash with its launch of a subscription, monthly delivery service for razor blades. Dollar Shave Club came to me about two years ago, in December of 2010, when I met my co-founder, who was my friend's fiancĀ's father.

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The brains behind one of marketingā€™s biggest hits are out to reshape the industry againā€¦ with direct mail

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Postie , a new Los Angeles-based startup, has a vision for the future of advertising and marketing — and it’s direct mail. Unilever buys Dollar Shave Club for reported $1B value. Neddenriep, served as the chief technology officer for Science — a role he’s continuing at Postie.

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Dollar Shave's TV Push Powered By Convertro

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Fans of Los Angeles subscription razor firm Dollar Shave Club might have noticed a lot of the firm recently on television. Convertro said it has been working with Media Design Group , a direct response TV advertising agency, to help measure the efficacy of broadcast marketing. READ MORE>>.

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Retention Science Snags $7M

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Angels Brian Lee (Honest Company, LegalZoom), Michael Dubin (Dollar Shave Club), Tamim Mourad (PriceGrabber.com) and Andy Dunn (Bonobos) also participated in the funding. retargeting advertising analytics software capital venture science retention' The new funding was led by Upfront Ventures, and also included.

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socalTECH Jobs: Hot Technology Startups Are Now Hiring!

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Senior Frontend Engineer , Dollar Shave Club. Dollar Shave Club Ā the largest razor subscription service Ā continues to grow, and we are looking for a smart, passionate, and dedicated individual to join the Dollar Shave Club Development Team. Senior IOS/Mobile Engineer , DogVacay.

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Announcing The Socaltech 50: Southern California's Up-and-Comers

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Chance Barnett , Crowdfunder (Los Angeles, crowdfunding). Allison Beal , StyleSaint (Los Angeles, fashion). James Borow and Clark Landry (shared position), SHIFT (Los Angeles, Santa Monica, advertising). Josh Brooks , OnTheRunTech.com dba Post Cards On The Run (Los Angeles, mobile apps).