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LaunchpadLA Application Deadline Nears, As Class Graduates

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Launchpad LA , the Los Angeles startup accelerator program which is run by Sam Teller, and was founded by venture capitalist Mark Suster, is gearing up for another class, to start next month. Interested in getting some help in getting your startup off the ground and funded? READ MORE>>.

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CrownPeak Raises $1.75M in Series C

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Los Angeles-based CrownPeak , a developer of web content management systems (CMS), has raised $1.75M in a Series C funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm today. The firm's software-as-a-service tools are used by customers such as Nissan, Earthlink, and Skype. READ MORE>>.

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JS Saturday | Javascript Beginner to Advanced in One Day!

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In a collaborative effort, Ria Consulting, LLC and Los Angeles Net Developers Group are hosting this event on November 10th, 2012 at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, California. Jason also spearheads customer-driven, innovative features and functionality throughout all of infragistics’ products.

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Interview with Lynda Weinman and Bruce Heavin, Lynda.com

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Not too many people are aware of the success and story of Lynda.com (www.lynda.com), started by Lynda Weinman and Bruce Heavin , and how the firm's now grown to a double-digit, multimillion dollar business which is known as THE source for online training on such things as web design, graphics software, animation, video editing, and much more.

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Interview with Ilya Pozin, Cofounder of Pluto TV

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In January, Los Angeles-based Pluto TV (www.pluto.tv) was acquired by Viacom for $340M, one of the largest acquisition deals so far in the region this year. I started a web design company, and ended up going to college in Florida, but kept on running the company on the side. It started to feel like the Matrix to me.

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Interview with Alex Benzer, SocialEngine

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We have about 8500 customers there, but only a small percentage have built great communities that took off, and the rest floundered. That's why we built FanMix, to solve our own problem, and help our SocialEngine customers to promote their own sites. Alex Benzer: My partner and I met here in Los Angeles, in high school.

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