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Launchpad LA Receives VC Funding: $50,000 Per Startup

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But the most important metric has been the deep and lasting relationships that have been built with startups and also between senior executives. Sam & Adam will be joined by Josh Webb who I have worked closely with and who formerly worked at Idealab. 23 companies have gone through Launchpad LA. Each company will receive $50,000.

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Los Angeles Tech Launched - Hot List

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So here's the Hot List for 1/1/2009 - 1/15/2009 Top 5 Posts The 7 Ways to Get Traffic on the Web Why You Need To Lead A Tribe - Seth Godin LA Gets Dugg, Hammered, Screwed How To Get The World Excited About Your Business –The James Siminoff Interview Viral analytics and metrics - go viral young startup Top 20 Keywords SEO Metrics Marketing Social Media (..)

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Interview with Gladys Kong, UberMedia

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Later, we learned that knowing that about a user helps with targeting in advertising, and how that can help improve business metrics and help you make better decisions. We learned a lot when we opened up our technology for advertising, and figured out what metrics matter to them, and what problems had not been solved.

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Congrats To The Spotlight: LA Tech Winter Presenting Companies at Caltech

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We make it trivial to quickly aggregate and monitor your key metrics in real-time! Bill Gross founded Idealab in March 1996 and serves as the company’s Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. Idealab continues to explore a range of technology frontiers. SuperDemo: Bill Gross.

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This Week in VC – Scott Painter, CEO of Zag & TrueCar

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Scott’s first big foray into industry-changing companies came with CarsDirect, an IdeaLab company where he was the initial founder & CEO. And finally, Scott demonstrated his internal management tool for managing the metrics of his business. They raised around $350 million to try and sell cars direct over the Internet.

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