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How YP Is Growing A Giant Tech Team In Glendale

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Where does YP fit in a world dominated by Google and Yelp? With Google, they are obviously the big dog, no matter who you are talking about. Outside of Facebook, Google is the internet. Google has to go through channels like us just to get to an advertiser. The process was nearly flawless. If you look at Yelp''s U.S.

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

SoCal CTO

Facebook is about to try to dominate display ads the way Google dominates text ads - Chris Dixon , May 15, 2010 It is customary to divide online advertising into two categories: direct response and brand advertising. Through advertising or direct sales, these sites harvest intent. 8211; are mostly a loss leaders for Google.

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How YP.com Is Growing A Giant Tech Team In Glendale

socalTECH

Where does YP fit in a world dominated by Google and Yelp? With Google, they are obviously the big dog, no matter who you are talking about. Outside of Facebook, Google is the internet. Google has to go through channels like us just to get to an advertiser. The process was nearly flawless. If you look at Yelp''s U.S.

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Peering Into The Mobile Games Future With Josh Hartwell of Mobile Deluxe

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really, that opportunity has only recently been realized fully with Apple in 2008, and later with Google. Speaking of Apple's iPhone and Google, it seems like you're one of the few mobile game firms for phones which has made the transition more or less smoothly into this new world of iOS and Android.

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13 Red Flags To Avoid In Your Investor Funding Pitch

Startup Professionals Musings

Sales projections are less than one percent market penetration. Smart entrepreneurs highlight their own positives in competitive positioning, rather than competitor negatives. Even Google, one of the most successful recent companies, only achieved $85 million in their fifth year. Spends time denigrating key competitors.

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Embrace Losing – It Will Make You Stronger

Both Sides of the Table

I believe that it is part of the DNA of an entrepreneur – being so competitive that you’re practically sick when you lose. They’re competitive. There are other great VC’s in SoCal and there is always the allure of the NorCal guys flying down and talking about how they invested in Google, Facebook, Yahoo!

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Embrace Losing – It Will Make You Stronger

Both Sides of the Table

I believe that it is part of the DNA of an entrepreneur – being so competitive that you’re practically sick when you lose. They’re competitive. There are other great VC’s in SoCal and there is always the allure of the NorCal guys flying down and talking about how they invested in Google, Facebook, Yahoo!