socalTECH

JULY 1, 2010

El Segundo-based imFORZA , an online Internet marketing agency, said today that it has been acquired and spun off from parent company The Design People. imFORZA provides search engine optimization, paid search advertising, social media marketing, and other related services.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Among the big changes to the site is a new focus on coupon deals, which highlights deals from local companies; new content and articles; weekly circulars and grocery store ads; and a number of social tools. The new design is far more content rich and social. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 6, 2014

It''s also home to many other prominent technology companies, including OpenX and NewEgg. Paid search advertising , invented at Goto.com --a spinout of Idealab--which was later acquired by Yahoo for $1.63 billion and became Yahoo Search Marketing. Any notable local inventors/technology we missed? Comment below!

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Tech.Co

MARCH 5, 2015

Bill Gross started Idealab in 1996 to create and operate pioneering technology companies. The structure of Idealab has allowed us to test many ideas at once and turn the best of them into companies, attracting the human and financial capital necessary to bring them to market.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 22, 2014

For our profile today, we had a chat with Jonathan David , the CEO of Los Angeles-based Tapstone (www.tapstone.com), a company providing media buying and optimization. We spoke with Jonathan about the company and where it fits into the advertising market. What is Tapstone all about? We''ve been operating now for seven or eight months.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 28, 2017

She told us about why so many Los Angeles investors are supporting the company and gave us an overview of what PartySlate is all about. I tapped my co-founder, John Haro, who I worked for at Agency.com, and at another mobile marketing company, and we talked about the idea, ideated, and I brought him on as co-founder. READ MORE>>.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

And for many companies a good deal of their business is still closed over the phone–through their call centers. This is especially true for companies with expensive and complex products or services that are more consultative in nature, like insurance, financial services, home services, education and travel, etc.

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