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Postmates is launching a new retail delivery feature as brick and mortar stores face 14% drop in sales

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Postmates is now rolling out what could be the biggest update to the company’s service in a long time — adding a retail option for users to shop local stores and for local merchants to set up a virtual on-demand storefront in the app. That could have an impact on retail sales that were already projected to be dismal.

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HelloTech: On Demand, In-Home Tech Support Via College Students Near You

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Los Angeles-based HelloTech (www.hellotech.com) wants to be the service that you refer all of your friends and family to, instead--by offering up low cost, on-demand, in-home technical support. We spoke with CEO and founder--and longtime startup veteran-- Richard Wolpert about the company. The service is $79.00

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Agent Ace: Using Algorithms To Help You Find A Real Estate Agent

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We spoke with Mazen Fawaz , founder and CEO of the startup, to learn why the company thinks it can do a much better job of finding you a real estate agent, by digging through home sales data. We mine historical home sales data, years and years of data, and determine who is the highest performer for a given type of house.

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Amplify LA's Paul Bricault On Startup Accelerator Lessons, Five Years Later

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Venice-based Amplify LA (www.amplify.la) is celebrating its fifth anniversary as a startup accelerator here in the Los Angeles area � one of the few in the area to have survived in more or less original form after the launch of a number of startup incubators and accelerators five years ago.

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Ten Of The Top Tech Companies For Employees In LA

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popped up consistently in an informal (and highly non-scientific poll) of a number of readers, executive recruiters, and others in the Los Angeles area, who cited growth, brand, profitability, and other factors in their suggestions to us of the top companies. Demand Media. The firm--which was started in the quiet and.

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How to Out Amazon, Amazon

Both Sides of the Table

If a consumer will pay a fixed price for a product or service then the battle over who gets the margin in any sale is between the person who merchandises a product and the person who manufactures it. What started as sheets now has dozens of SKU’s. where would you even start in terms of product selection? Get Physical!

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Interview with Tobi Bauckhage, Moviepilot

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How do a bunch of German moviemakers end up in Los Angeles, running a site helping studios to market and promote their films via their venture backed startup? That's the story we got from Tobi Bauckhage , the co-founder and CEO of Moviepilot (www.moviepilot.com), a German firm which is setting up shop in Los Angeles.

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