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Interview with Jonathan David, Tapstone

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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. Jonathan David: This might sound like a cliche, but I consider myself a serial entrepreneur.

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Interview with Scott Morrow, Curatemedia

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Last month, Santa Monica-based ThisNext announced that it was acquiring Stylehive, an online site focused on fashion and beauty. If you compare that to comparison shopping service, who are basically arbitrage models--they leverage paid search to grow their distribution, buy traffic to arbitrage, and make money off each visit--all 3.3

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