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Want to Start a Technology Company in LA?

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We have many seasoned entrepreneurs who have built successful companies here and made a lot of money for investors and themselves. I like to repeat the mantra, “necessity is the mother of all invention,&# meaning that because investors have this expectation you find entrepreneurs that focus on nearer term monetization.

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Sponsor post: Discount to tomorrow's DFR, and win a ticket to digiday:APPS

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Interview with Jose daVeiga, KlickSports

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I started as a tester, but in six months, I had risen to assistant project manager at CarsDirect. We can also grow this moel beyond sports, into the stock market, into entertainment, anywhere feeds are quantifiable and reasonable. It was 1999, and it was not like things are today! I then had the crazy idea to do something with sports.

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