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Social Networking and Business Value

SoCal CTO

Companies also use social networking sites in the hiring process, and increasingly, to do innovative advertising (such as the recent Jack in the Box campaign). Does advertising work in the social networking world? In 2005, Majid coauthored "Data Strategy" a book designed to help streamline information management within organizations.

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Interview with Elizabeth Amini, Anti-Aging Games

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Elizabeth Amini: I actually ran into him in 2005, when he was a keynote speaker at a conference. We actually wrote the business plan in a business plan class at USC. They offered me a contract job at the intersection of science and graphics, which is satellite imaging, a dream come true. I ended up managing that project.

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Interview with Sherry Gunther, Masher Media

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In 2005/2006, I really saw that the trend was shifting from television to the Internet. As I watched my kids' eyeballs move over, as well as looked at the research data and advertising data which saw TV's share shrinking, I started looking into new media. Plus, exposure through USC led me to the Tech Coast Angels.

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Ten Tech Entrepreneurs Who Are Putting LA on the Map

SoCal Delicious

A SoCal native and graduate of both UCLA and USC, Richard Rosenblatt led the growth of MySpace from an unknown to a household name. Coffin sold LowerMyBills.com in 2005 for 300 million and took that money into the Los Angeles startup sector. Thanks to our advertisers. Richard Rosenblatt – Demand Media. Got A News Tip?