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Gradient X Snags Exec From OpenX

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Gradient X , the online mobile marketing and advertising technology developer backed by GRP Partners, Rincon Venture Partners, Crosscut Ventures, Founder Collective, Double M Capital, Baroda Ventures, Siemer Ventures, and others, has snapped up some talent from OpenX with its latest hire. He was at Overture before it was acquired by Yahoo.

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The IT Summit Los Angeles 2017 [ LOS ANGELES ]

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The purpose of the summit is to provide educational and networking resources for the IT leaders in Southern California. The IT Summit was selected as one of the top ten “must-attend” events for CIOs and IT Marketers. April 2013 CTOsOnTheMove.com.

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Want to Start a Technology Company in LA?

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But it’s more atypical for investors located in this market. If we extend a bit North up the coast line we have many affiliate marketing innovators including ValueClick, Commission Junction and FastClick. So it’s always a trade-off. In these last two categories LA has as much of an advantage as any other market.

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Ryan Blair, HashtagOne: From Gang Member, To Entrepreneur, To Anti-VC

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We've made some investments here and there, and are now building a team, and making a lot of investments in SoCal tech companies. So, how is it you ended up going from a technology infrastructure entrepreneur at SkyPipeline, to the consumer market with Visalus? After we sold it to that public company, I founded HashtagOne.

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Some Thoughts on Branding Startups and Communities

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I kind of think LA is just LA and doesn’t need some clever marketing term. A market leader in content, music, entertainment, textiles, engineering, aerospace and trade. ZestCash, founded by Douglas Merrill, former CIO of Google [Hollywood]. ” So I thought about what was unique about me. North of the 101].

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Can You Really Build a Great Tech Firm Outside Silicon Valley?

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So it would be unwise to say that funding outside of Silicon Valley will be easier. If you are talented, of course, you can get funded in any region with enough venture capital and obviously in markets outside of the Valley it is easier to get noticed and get access. There are no $600 million funds in Los Angeles.