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Spotlight: LA Tech Fall Judges Include Mike Jones, CallFire, Idealab, Tech Coast Angels, Coloft

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Alex Maleki , Member of New Venture Group at Idealab. Alex is a member of the New Venture Group at Idealab, headed by Allen Morgan. Alex previously helped lead the Proto Group at Idealab, working to determine the feasibility of new business ideas. Idealab continues to explore a range of technology frontiers.

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Advertising Wants to be Measurable – An Investment Thesis

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At at time where nearly all advertising was purchased on a CPM (cost per thousand) basis and not very measurable this was a huge innovation that should be credited to Bill Gross, the founder of IdeaLab. I believe that many social networks confused this idea. But higher value product sales often require a phone call.

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Julie Schoenfeld On Perfect Market's New Funding

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The second piece, is we distribute that across search engines and social networks. If you're coming through a social network, you're most likely sharing, a different experience. We'll be using much of the funding to expand our sales organization, and are hoping to bring on as many new customers as we can in coming year.

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Insteegram: Tech Meets Fashion | Interview with Founder Ed Park

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“I found it to be the best social network, connecting people on a deeper level. Kim was the Technical Lead at Triptrotting when it was incubated in Idealab and came on board to Insteegran last October. It will not be industry standard in which your percentage goes down as your sales goes up.

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Los Angeles Startup Weekend August 2011 | The Complete Breakdown

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When tickets went on sale over a month ago, we expected the regular ticket sales cycle, however we were more than surprised when Startup Weekend LA sold out in 6 hours! That’s right… just about the same amount of time it takes to sell out a Radiohead show at the Forum.