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Mindshare LA Brings the Power of “Play” to Santa Monica

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Experts in play will include Thinkwell Group (theme park designers), Daqri (an augmented reality startup), and a group called The Power of Play (created by improv members of The Groundlings ). There will be a DJ, drinks, designer cake, and a clothing swap contest with prizes. Tickets can purchased here.

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GumGum Makes Images Profitable for Publishers

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The Internet thus far has been monetized by display, video, and in-text advertising — but the one place every user’s eye focuses on first are photos. At the tender age of 15, Tanz teamed up with his friend Michael Schneider (the CEO of MobileRoadie ), to create the design firm Fluid Design. from Carnegie Mellon University.

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Mark Suster, Nely Galan to Keynote Silicon Beach Fest

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Silicon Beach Fest is gearing up to showcase the most promising startups and visionaries from across LA’s growing startup entertainment ecosystem. Mark Suster of GRP Partners and Launchpad was confirmed to keynote along with Nely Galan of Galan Entertainment, the first Latina president of Telemundo.

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Interview with Elizabeth Amini, Anti-Aging Games

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The firm notably has Atari founder Nolan Bushnell as an advisor and serving as its chief game designer. So I actually started a graphic design company out of college, and got lucky with the web taking off at the right time. So Nolan is behind the design of the games? This is my third company.

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Social Networking and Business Value

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Companies also use social networking sites in the hiring process, and increasingly, to do innovative advertising (such as the recent Jack in the Box campaign). Does advertising work in the social networking world? In 2005, Majid coauthored "Data Strategy" a book designed to help streamline information management within organizations.

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Twiistup 007: Final Showoff's Additional Speakers and TZ Discount

Tech Zulu Event

The final showoff's have been selected, so that brings the count to a total of 10 showoff's plus a wild card from the demo night at UCLA (full list of showoff's below). Quilici received a PhD in computer science from UCLA, and from 1991-1999 was a faculty member at the University of Hawaii. . Twiistup 007 Speaker List: Peter Guber.

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Ten Tech Entrepreneurs Who Are Putting LA on the Map

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Graduating Magna Cum Laude with a BA in Econ/Business from UCLA and with a JD from UCLA Law, Brian Lee was a talented attorney. A SoCal native and graduate of both UCLA and USC, Richard Rosenblatt led the growth of MySpace from an unknown to a household name. Thanks to our advertisers. Brian Lee – LegalZoom, ShoeDazzle.