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Universal In Licensing Deal With Hark

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Hark is based in Seattle but also is active in Los Angeles in business development; ElNaggar might be familiar to Los Angeles entrepreneurs for his short stint sourcing venture deals for Redpoint Ventures in Los Angeles. Hark negotiated the deal with Universal Partnerships & Licensing.

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What Mattered in 2010: Greg Martin, Archer Venture Capital

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We asked the same five questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next two weeks. I left a great firm, Redpoint Ventures (after 11 years), to start a new firm, Archer Venture Capital. 2010 was a momentus year for me personally.

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Ad.ly Co-Founders New Startup: Namesake

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Existence of the new startup has been circulating among Los Angeles entrepreneurs for the last month or so, but only recently reported elsewhere. Giang Biscan, who runs private networking events for entrepreneurs in the LA area, posted earlier this year in May that Namesake is working on "an industry network" effort.

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Thanks to our sponsors!

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Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com). Helping entrepreneurs succeed. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. Los Angeles-based executive search for emerging growth companies. It's time again for us to thanks all of our sponsors, who make our coverage of Southern California's technology industry possible.

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Looking At LA's Technology Future with Derek Norton

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Derek Norton is head of Los Angeles-based Watertower Group (www.watertowergroup.com), a firm which helps companies raise funding, one of the rare companies which has a track record and good reputation helping companies with fundraising, and also runs its own investment fund. Derek Norton: I'm a fourth generation Angeleno.

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Layoffs Hot Keyword for Second Half of January 2009

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Last month we Launched Los Angeles Tech and in the announcement we provide the Hot List for the first half of January 2009. This hot list is based on various social signals of what people are writing about, reading, bookmarking, searching, etc. You can go to the Hot List post to see what was hot then. Here's the rest.

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Thanks to socalTECH's Sponsors!

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Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com). Helping entrepreneurs succeed. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. Los Angeles-based executive search for emerging growth companies. Thanks to all of the sponsors and advertisers, who allow us to keep you updated on Southern California's high tech news and companies.

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