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Dollar Shave Club's Secret Weapon: Snazzy Launch Video

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If nothing else, the video seems to suggest that Dollar Shave Club has, if nothing else, an eye for viral Internet marketing. Dollar Shave Club is offering up an online, subscription service which delivers high quality razors to customers on a monthly basis. READ MORE>>.

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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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Dollar Shave Club Gets $1M To Disrupt The Razor Industry

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Los Angeles-based Dollar Shave Club said this morning that it has raised $1M in a funding round, led by Kleiner Perkins and Forerunner Ventures, and also including Andreesen Horowitz, Shasta Ventures, and Felicis Ventures, along with angels Shevin Pishevar, Dennis Phelps, and David Hornig.

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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. They aren’t the only ones. Postie has raised $3.5

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Retina Finds $8M

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Los Angeles-based Retina, a startup that is using artificial intelligence for predicting customer lifetime value, said on Tuesday tht it has raised $8M in a Series A funding round. The company says its customers include Nestle, Madison Reed, and Dollar Shave Club.

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Retina.AI Finds $2.5M In Funding

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Los Angeles-based Retina has raised $2.5M Retina develops customer lifetime value software which companies used to determine how much their customers are worth to them, helping them to optimize their cost-per-acquisition. Retina's customers include Dollar Shave Club. READ MORE>>.

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FloQast Wins WP Engine

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Los Angeles-based accounting management software FloQast reported a win today with WordPress hosting service WP Engine. FloQast says its customers now include such companies as DoorDash, AdRoll, Indeed, Shopify, Ancestry.com, Twilio, Dollar Shave Club, Zillow and The Golden State Warriors. READ MORE>>.