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How NinjaThat Taps The Power Of Students For Business Tasks, with Atif Siddiqi

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Do you have a small task (graphic design, page layout, UI) you wish you had someone do, in an affordable way? Some of the more popular tasks there are for designers, UX, photographers, and videographers. As a designer, I can post a mission, and you can check out my portfolio of work, which is then completed and hosted on the site.

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Interview with Elizabeth Amini, Anti-Aging Games

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The firm notably has Atari founder Nolan Bushnell as an advisor and serving as its chief game designer. So I actually started a graphic design company out of college, and got lucky with the web taking off at the right time. Elizabeth Amini: I actually ran into him in 2005, when he was a keynote speaker at a conference.

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Social Networking and Business Value

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In 2005, Majid coauthored "Data Strategy" a book designed to help streamline information management within organizations. A creator and producer of social media, Michael’s responsibilities include leadership for the design team, concept creation and strategic consulting for highly engaging interactive experiences.

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Guide to the LA Startup Community

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Southern California companies are second to only Silicon Valley in raising venture capital , there are three major universities to recruit talent – UCLA, Caltech, and USC – and a thriving startup community to mingle with. It was acquired by Experian in 2005 for $330M. It also was acquired by Experian in 2005.

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Ten Tech Entrepreneurs Who Are Putting LA on the Map

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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. Richard Rosenblatt – Demand Media. If there’s anyone poised to take over the world, its Musk.