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Interview with Mike Starkenburg, Image Metrics

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Los Angeles-based Image Metrics (www.image-metrics.com) recently landed a $6.5M, Series B funding round for the firm's facial animation products. More and more of the company began to move here, and we now have about 45 people total, with 30 of them here in Santa Monica. How'd you get involved at the firm?

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Business.com Boosts Analytics

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Santa Monica-based Business.com , which provides online directories for B2B purchasing, announced today that the firm has launched a new tool to help advertisers access pay-per-click metrics on the site. Business.com is now owned by R.H. Donnelley; the firm was purchased by R.H. Donnelley back in 2007. READ MORE>>.

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Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller

SoCal CTO

He has a really interesting background as a product manager and now an entrepreneur. Like many product managers, my background is fairly eclectic. That's where I learned I enjoyed interacting with customers and working with development teams to build and launch products. Tell me a bit about your background. How did it help you?

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How to Profit: “Thank You Metrics” – Community First, Money Second

Tech Zulu Event

NOT just because they have the best deals on web based business tools. He disclosed the struggles he went through in building a solid productive team. Being that the theme of the night was community, it was perfect that the event was held at CoLoft , a workspace in Santa Monica that focuses on start up entrepreneurs.

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A Tale of Two Tech Cities – Silicon Valley vs. Los Angeles

Jason Nazar

I’ve spent the last year running a tech company based in Santa Monica , CA and I’ve spent countless weeks in the Bay meeting with hundreds of tech founders. They build obsessively user focused products, do a fantastic job at virally driving a ton of traffic, but usually have their head up their ass when it comes to making money.

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

Both Sides of the Table

The consumer product they’ve created is called TrueCar. And finally, Scott demonstrated his internal management tool for managing the metrics of his business. Money to be used for hiring and additional product development. 2. -Analytics also extend to iPhone and web apps using Facebook Connect. Foursquare.

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

Tech Zulu Event

Mobile Web America, Inc. We make it trivial to quickly aggregate and monitor your key metrics in real-time! Everything happens in the browser (no software to download) and the finished product looks amazing on large screens! It’s a clutter-free, haggle-free, hassle-free solution to self storage. SuperDemo: Bill Gross.

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