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Mark Suster, Nely Galan to Keynote Silicon Beach Fest

Tech Zulu Event

Silicon Beach Fest is gearing up to showcase the most promising startups and visionaries from across LA’s growing startup entertainment ecosystem. Mark Suster of GRP Partners and Launchpad was confirmed to keynote along with Nely Galan of Galan Entertainment, the first Latina president of Telemundo. June 20 – 21).

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Tapiture Taps Into Successful Social eCommerce And Secures $2.25M In Seed Funding

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Santa-Monica based Tapiture has grown in traffic by 300%, monetized from year one and raised $2.25 The curated design and photography-driven entertainment site is where GIFs and memes intermingle with stunning photography, video and the ability to purchase in app. million in seed funding since its founding in 2012.

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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

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A move to more urban environments (SF over SV, Cambridge over Waltham, London over Thames Valley, Santa Monica / Venice, Flatiron and so forth) as basically young people want to live where young people want to live. It was always more likely that auto industry commerce prowess would come from LA or Detroit.

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