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Interview with Jeremy Gocke, Fliptu

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Jeremy Gocke: With Fliptu, we're aiming to fix the disjointed media and product discovery process for consumers and brands. I like to refer to that as the ultimate brand fan page, or to take the example from the apparel industry, where I come from, a virtual look book for a brand. What is Fliptu? The numbers tell the story.

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Page Howe: Why Everyone In LA Ought To Have a.LA Domain

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We recently ran into Page Howe , the Chief Engagement Officer for the.LA (www.la) domain name extension, who sat down with us and told us about why he's out making the rounds with community groups and events, promoting the use of.LA Page Howe: LA is a domain name that works perfectly for companies and brands in LA. domain name.

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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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Congrats To All The Winners and Thanks To Our Speakers at #REACHNeXT!

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Verizon , Monster Products , MerchLabs , HIRED , Instart Logic , Zeel , Shootly , Move Loot , Microsoft , American Laser Company , Zirx , DoorDash , Drizly. Without further adieu, I present to you the winners of the 1st annual REACH NeXT conference: Entertainment: Storygami. We thank you! Health & Wellness: Green Way Labs.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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But truthfully both Dana and I are more aligned with the lean startup principles and believe you only go FAT when you’ve really proved out your product / market fit. Interesting that Booyah is led by a former game producer, Keith Lee, who formerly launched very large products for Blizzard Entertainment.

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Inside the Realms of Ruin

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For example, when Tumblr announced it would roll out Post+, a paid subscription product, the company used fan fiction writers as an example of a content creator who could profit from the product. By 2008, FanLib was sold to Disney , which shut the site down soon after.

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Its BlogWorld Time! Los Angeles Get Ready!

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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. Lisa Stone co-founded BlogHer in 2005 with Elisa Camahort Page and Jory Des Jardins. Jace Hall is the President and founder of HDFILMS INC.