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Interview with Brett Crosby and Brew Johnson, PeerStreet

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I grew up in Thousand Oaks, went to USC, and we met each other way back in the 90's. Brew Johnson: At the high level, it's a marketplace, a lending platform for real estate. We said, let's create a technology marketplace and platform that creates benefits for those existing lenders, as well as investors. So, what is PeerStreet?

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Social Networking and Business Value

SoCal CTO

an enterprise social networking platform provider located in Los Angeles, CA. In 2005, Majid coauthored "Data Strategy" a book designed to help streamline information management within organizations. Formerly, he was Managing Director of both Product Management and of Business Development at Los Angeles Times Interactive.

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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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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. But, the platforms themselves exist, which makes the job quite a bit less risk in terms of the development process on the technology side. Plus, exposure through USC led me to the Tech Coast Angels. I found the process incredibly great.

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