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TroopSwap.com Gets Boost From SoCal Angels, Expands In San Diego

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The firm said the funding will go towards expansion of its operations, to both Washington, DC and San Diego. Monestere, Craig, and Perdew are all U.S. ilitary veterans, with Monestere having served as a Green Beret; Craig having been a Marine; and Perdew as a former Army Ranger. READ MORE>>.

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Eight Repeat Entrepreneurs To Watch In SoCal

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Confident Technologies / Curtis Staker / San Diego - Staker is the former President of Websense, and has pulled together an experienced team with a depth of experience from the firm. His latest startup, Row 44, is providing hardware to Southwest Airlines and other airlines for wireless access, and has a number of announced wins.

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How Chinese Startup Tradesparq Is Looking To Grow In SoCal

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Michael Kleist: My business partner and I were both originally from San Diego. 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. We went from no suppliers to now over 160,000 suppliers, over two million products online. Tell us about your backers?

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Apps Alliance and MEDL Mobile Mixer

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This is the "got to get an invitation" event for what is shaping up to be a MOBILE Industry week in San Diego. Who will be there: Developers, Publishers, Executives and Investors that focus on the mobile market from San Diego and abroad. See [link].

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Southern California Investments On Uptick, Totals $686.5M For Q1

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San Diego was not far behind, with $222.4M Averitt explained that a combination of less money in early stage finance; more people starting companies; a good reputation in Southern California; and more mature tech transfer offices and processes within SoCal universities and institutes has helped in the investment uptick.

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Creating Raving Fans

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Friday, March 18, 2011 -- Customer Loyalty: Creating "Raving Fans" San Diego Software Industry Council. Imagine having your top customers consistently doing your selling for you -- and having new customers flooding through your doors without advertising to them! See [link] (more)

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Ten Of The Top Tech Companies For Employees In LA

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Readers in San Diego, Orange County, Ventura County, and elsewhere, please comment or send us your comments!). Los Angeles has a strong online advertising industry, and Rubicon Project is one of the companies we heard has been doing well and. Despite a huge number of companies, we found there are a number which. Rubicon Project.