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Inside the Realms of Ruin

TechCrunch LA

Then fans would be tasked with writing their own stories, submitting them to the Realms of Ruin universe by minting them as NFTs on the Solana blockchain. If the authors are inviting fans to write fan fiction about a universe they created, who owns the derivative works? Another unabashed proponent of fan fiction is N.K.

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Interview with Jennifer Sargent, HitFix

socalTECH

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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Tongal | Create Together & Earn Cash

Tech Zulu Event

The best part about Tongal is anyone who wants to write, act, direct, and/or animate videos can join for free. Tongal may have been out since 2008, but the combination of big name brands and a large community already puts Tongal on a whole new level.

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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. Mitch Joel – Marketing Magazine dubbed him the “Rock Star of Digital Marketing” and called him, “one of North America’s leading digital visionaries.”

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What I *Would Have* Said at TechCrunch Disrupt

Both Sides of the Table

A new group of investors have clustered around writing earlier-stage, smaller checks. At GRP we sat out 2007 and much of 2008 for that reason and we’re now looking pretty smart for doing so. It basically boils down to: educate, entertain, have a dialog, don’t be boring and don’t sit on large panels (doh!).

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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. Mitch Joel – Marketing Magazine dubbed him the “Rock Star of Digital Marketing” and called him, “one of North America’s leading digital visionaries.”

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63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of

SoCal Delicious

There are hundreds of entrepreneurs here in Los Angeles who are building awesome companies, writing awesome books, making awesome movies and are trying to solve important problems to help make this world a better place. He began developing the business model for scoreAscore.com in October of 2008. MUST be on this list!!