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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. So Nolan is behind the design of the games? My other, non-marketable skill included philosophy.

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Interview with Jennifer Sargent, HitFix

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Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based HitFix (www.hitfix.com) an online news site focused on entertainment, announced it had raised $2M in a funding round. What's the story behind HitFix and where do you fit in the entertainment news landscape? It was the fall of 2008, when Lehman Bros. My previous background was at Variety.

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Inside the Realms of Ruin

TechCrunch LA

“The Ruin stirs, and the Five Realms rumble,” a now-archived web announcement read on Thursday morning. Federa added that the entire Solana network is designed to keep fees low in the long term. By 2008, FanLib was sold to Disney , which shut the site down soon after.

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Social Networking and Business Value

SoCal CTO

Focusing on the entertainment, automotive, technology, retail and financial sectors, Sam oversees all aspects of the groups advertising relationships in conjunction with Google Team managers and sales leads across the region. He is known for being able to monetize the social web. He was raised and educated in London.

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CallFire Bootstraps 50,000 Signups and Hires Former NetZero CEO

Tech Zulu Event

CallFire serves clients in a diverse array of industries, from automotive, education and entertainment, to finance, healthcare, marketing and real estate. Ron Paul’s presidential bid, the Arizona League of Conservation Voters and the 2008 California No on Prop. Clients have included MoveOn.org, Rep.

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Its BlogWorld Time! Los Angeles Get Ready!

Tech Zulu Event

In 2008, Mitch was named Canada’s Most Influential Male in Social Media, one of the top 100 online marketers in the world, and was awarded the highly prestigious Canada’s Top 40 Under 40. iJustine) is an internet personality, actress, life-caster, vlogger, designer and most of all a popular YouTube content creator.

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Its BlogWorld Time! Los Angeles Get Ready!

Tech Zulu Event

In 2008, Mitch was named Canada’s Most Influential Male in Social Media, one of the top 100 online marketers in the world, and was awarded the highly prestigious Canada’s Top 40 Under 40. iJustine) is an internet personality, actress, life-caster, vlogger, designer and most of all a popular YouTube content creator.