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How This Entrepreneur Raised $28,000 Using Airbnb to Fund Her Startup

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In one year of Airbnb Tracy netted more than $28,000. Instead of doing guest posts on TechCrunch or speaking at startup conferences, Tracy became a regular contributor on wedding and women’s lifestyle blogs. She did the math and realized that she could bring in more money through Airbnb than she could by having a roommate.

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Is it a Good Idea to Have Ads in Tweets?

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Banner or AdSense style ads placed either at the top of the page or down the right hand side (often called a skyscraper) would only net Twitter money for users that log into Twitter.com. But then I went to the Parnassus Group’s Twitter 140 conference run by Steve Broback and Brett Schulte. I believe Twitter will support this.

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Tech Titans Peter Thiel, Matt Jacobson, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Mich Mathews, Elon Musk Buy Homes in Los Angeles

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The narrow, 3-mile strip of land that runs from Santa Monica through Venice, and is now stretching down to Playa Vista, has been dubbed "Silicon Beach" due to the heavy concentration of Internet companies and executives there. Conferences. More than 600 tech start-ups have sprung up in L.A. Place a Classified Ad. Newsletters.