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Interview with Alex Benzer, SocialEngine

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We have some great mentors now. People we met there were Greg Cohn, who was recently head of yahoo games. Thanks to TechStars, we've got an awesome mentor who's co-habitating with us now, and we're learning something daily from him. I was really into graphic design in high school, and took several summer workshops at Caltech.

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Lead, Follow or Get the Fuck Out of the Way

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I sure wish the founders of Yahoo! But for years Yahoo! He has built an amazing facility, has established a design-centric credo, has assembled great mentors and certainly gets access to great talent. He said, “The reason I needed to go was the I believe that you either lead, follow or get the fuck out of the way.

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Spotlight: LA Tech Summer Judges Includes BetterWorks, CallFire, Idealab, and Tech Coast Angeles

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He also designed the Farmville iPhone application (top iPhone app), and worked on corporate development deals including Microsoft, Yahoo, Zynga Japan, and Zynga corporate strategy. and has led business analysis & user interface design projects for the U.S. In the past, Dinesh served as President of Skyy Consulting Inc.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

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And while none has yet had the lasting power of the much bigger NorCal successes I imagine his next moves will continue to be closely watched by those in the know and the countless younger LA entrepreneurs who count Rosenblatt as a mentor may leave an even more lasting impact. acquired Overture for $1.63 Yes, Google won.

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Guide to the LA Startup Community

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Codeita lets you design, code, and publish all from a cloud-based LAMP development environment. Mark founded Launchpad LA, a program designed to help mentor LA’s most promising first-time startup CEO’s. Ian Rogers – Topspin Media Ian Rogers was the GM of Yahoo Music before heading to Topspin Media in April 2008 as CEO.

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