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Launchpad LA – 10 Startup Companies to Watch

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The VC’s & executives were then asked to make “commitments&# (in writing) to 3-5 of the companies that they felt they could make some sort of contribution to. We had software executives from Google, Yahoo!, DataPop : DataPop was founded by performance marketing veterans from Yahoo!,

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Is it a Good Idea to Have Ads in Tweets?

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Advertising is also what allows you to watch Hulu for free, use Yahoo! This is why many people are so excited by how much traffic they’re now generating from social media. And if they can monetize their follower base then they have an incentive to grow their base, Tweet more, engage more and write better quality Tweets.

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Can You Really Build a Great Tech Firm Outside Silicon Valley?

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I live in the city of Santa Monica. In my LA I often see computer screens open with entrepreneurs talking about digital media. That’s convenience when your VC is hoping to write the next $20 million check. You don’t have the founders of eBay, LinkedIn, Salesforce.com and Yahoo! Los Angeles.