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

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” It’s the most common refrain I hear from investors and even entrepreneurs these days. Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. “There’s something going on in LA.” LA By The Numbers.

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How Open Should a Startup CEO be with Staff?

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You took the risk to start your company. But I’m working on a large team of people trying to figure out how to make micro improvements to a paid-search algorithm. So as a startup CEO you constantly have to suspend disbelief. ” A startup CEO’s job is to absorb stress so the team doesn’t have to.

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Social Search – What Entrepreneur Needs To Know

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In contrast, social networking sites drove a record number of clicks, up 20% over the prior year. As noted in this recent Wall Street Journal article, Google has begun requesting that merchants include rating and review data to ensure that the efficacy of their search results. Image: Wikipedia.

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Interview with Dan LeBlanc, CEO and Co-founder, Daasity

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We spoke with CEO and co-founder Dan LeBlanc , a veteran of ProFlowers and FTD, on how he started the company and he problem the startup is solving for direct to consumer brands. What does your startup do? What's your background, and how did the startup come about? Dan LeBlanc: Daasity is about two years old.,

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Interview with Jonathan David, Tapstone

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Jonathan David: This might sound like a cliche, but I consider myself a serial entrepreneur. I started my first business at eighteen, a retail cell phone business on Main Street here in Santa Monica. I''ve now been in Santa Monica as an entrepreneur for thirteen years, at this point. What''s your background? READ MORE>>.

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Sustainable Strategies for Internet Startup Success

Startup Professionals Musings

It seems like everyone has an Internet startup these days. So what are the key strategies that can improve the success odds for your online startup? Search engines. If you web site is not optimized for search engines (SEO), all your online content and marketing efforts are wasted. like Google.

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Interview With Mike Mothner, Wpromote On Growth, Acquisitions

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We caught up with founder and CEO Mike Mothner --who we first interviewed back in 2007 --to catch up with the company, gets some hints and tips on growing a company, the challenges of bootstrapping, and why Wpromote hopes to be buying more companies in the future. So we are looking for clients looking for significant growth.