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Userplane Extends Chat App

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Santa Monica-based Userplan has extended the firm's chat applications, saying Tuesday that the firm will connect users of its chat application across different web sites, regardless of where they are on the web. The developer of web widgets said that the cross-platform chat is available on any social networking with an open API.

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Reflections On 2017: Michael Jones, Science Inc.

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Our team has an eye for identifying legacy industries and nascent trends, and creating platforms for innovation. Coinbase, the online platform for buying, selling, transferring, and storing digital currency. Are there any technology innovations, gadgets, devices, software, that particularly caught your eye in 2017.

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Reflections on 2018: Michael Jones, Science Inc.

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Our investment in PlayVS and the subsequent launch of their Season Zero high school e-sports platform was very exciting. Often from this learning are they were able to improve, make better choices and continue to take bold actions to scale their company. What was the biggest news for your company in 2018? He is also a long-time entrepreneur.

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A Cocktail of LA Tech | Tech Cocktail Winter Mixer

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Events like these and ones in the future, say TC, are aimed at helping startups get exposure by giving them a platform to present themselves in an expo-style in a small focused environment. Social Annex – A social commerce platform that integrates into your business website to socialize everyday ecommerce actions.

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Interview with Mike Jones, Science Inc.

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I thought it would be interesting to raise a tranche of money, to have a platform where we could incubate our own concepts, work with the best entrepreneurs around, and build new businesses. I'm excited to grow companies quickly, and show how we can build really great companies out of this platform. I've very excited about it.

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TechZulu Presents 2012 Startup Forecast | Featuring Science, Tech Coast Angels, Amplify, StartEngine, upStart.LA

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A serial Internet entrepreneur, Mike has founded, advised, invested and sold numerous businesses, including application platform Userplane, which he led from startup to its acquisition by AOL, Tsavo Media, Movoxx, PeopleMedia, Brizzly and Myspace.

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Spotlight: LA Tech SuperDemo Announced! | Mike Jones Former Myspace CEO

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A serial Internet entrepreneur, Mike has founded and sold numerous businesses, including agency PBJ Digital, application platform Userplane, which he led from startup to its acquisition by AOL, Tsavo Media and Myspace. Mike continues to be actively involved with early-stage start-ups as an investor, advisor and board member.

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