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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

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He presented a system where your search results would be ranked based on companies bidding for placement and where merchants would be charged on a “cost per click” basis (CPC). Commerce: What is less known is just how important LA is as a commerce hub. These are industries ripe to succeed in LA & NYC.

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Interview with Robert Flynn, Aggregage

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Los Angeles-based Aggregage (www.aggregage.com) is looking to help aggregate the content across multiple blog publishing sites, and curate that information into specific, B2B niche vertical web sites. At that time, monetizing by advertising didn't exist, and web developers were having to hand roll those experiences. Robert Flynn: Yes.

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I Just Invested in @Burstly, a Mobile Ad Management Company

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The first big wave of this change came from the introduction of the iPhone, which was the first well built mobile device for using the web. Mobile traffic consumption is rising dramatically and everybody expects it to become the major commerce platform of the future. banner ads on a CPM, CPC or a Cost-Per-Install [CPI] basis).

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