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Bolstering the Partner Ranks at GRP

Both Sides of the Table

GRP’s biggest winners over the years have not only come from LA (Overture, CitySearch, TrueCar) but from Chicago (Envestnet, Ulta), Las Vegas (HDI), Baltimore (BillMeLater), New York (DealerTrack), London (LastMinute.com) and other locations. How can you do a job half time? Pretty well as it turns out.

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Announcing a Deal I’ve Wanted to Talk About for a Year

Both Sides of the Table

They decided early to only book very high quality vendors so they build a system that could pull in Yelp & CitySearch reviews and they set the standard that it had to be highly rated. MyTime aims to be the first industry-wide platform to help create consistency across the SKUs in services businesses. So there you have it.

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LA Tech Startup Innovators and Fun Facts

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Their roster of success includes numerous pioneering tech companies, many of which continue to be industry leaders today — Overture, BillMeLater, CitySearch, and more. Their Behavioral Marketing Platform even broke new ground at ad:tech 2011 winning an innovation award. Make sure to check out Both Sides of the Table !

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Guide to the LA Startup Community

SoCal Delicious

Demand Media is an online media company operating two strategically-linked businesses: an integrated content and social media platform, and registrar solutions. Citysearch is an online guide that offers information and recommendations regarding local businesses including restaurants, shops, bars, hotels, and others. LowerMyBills, Inc.

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Why You Should Start a Company in. Los Angeles

SoCal Delicious

The city has, however, quietly been home to some of the most successful online companies to date, including CitySearch (sold to Ticketmaster for $260 million in 1998), Overture (acquired by Yahoo for $2 billion in 2003), eHarmony and LowerMyBills (bought by Experian for $330 million in 2005). startup scene so hot. What makes L.A.

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How to Develop Your Fund Raising Strategy

Both Sides of the Table

He knows the history of all of the payment gateways, mobile payment platforms, credit offerings, remittance companies, etc. When I was reading the Fab.com website I noticed that the CEO refers to Fab’s “one thing” as being design. They’re the place focused on design. They think design wins.

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