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Why Most of Your Assumptions About Phone Calls are Wrong

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If you follow the tech media you would be subject to a lot of narrative biases that are completely off base – and this includes the value of email and phone calls. I’m sure you’ve heard the meme that “email is dead” – if fact if you Google it you’ll find a long list of articles that will mislead you.

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Interview with Michael Schneider, Mobile Roadie

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Actually, no thanks to Santa Monica-based Mobile Roadie. Michael Schneider: I was running a design agency, Fluid Design, in Santa Monica, which I started in high school. The luck was Taylor Swift signing up organically in late 2009, which was our first major artist. How did this all come about?

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Interview with Sean Broihier, Fine Art America

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more--or you can go online and use Fine Art America (www.fineartamerica.com), a Santa Monica company which is doing. photographer and live here in Santa Monica, you can take an image of the Santa Monica Pier. If someone loves your image of the Santa. all of that for more than a 100,000 members.

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Why Female Founder Office Hours is So Important

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Dan talks about a landmark case in 2009 that involved whether it was legal to strip search a 13-year-old girl. It surprised me how many male executives emailed me back with a list of 3 or 4 women on their team who might be interested attending the film. Now 33% of Supreme Court Justices are women (vs. My response was swift, “No!

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Launchpad LA – 10 Startup Companies to Watch

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They have developed a cloud-based platform for merchants to publish to multiple distribution networks, including social, mobile and email. MOVIECLIPS : Launched December 2009 in Santa Monica, MOVIECLIPS is a premium online video destination offering audiences the largest and most diverse collection of movie scenes.

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Interview with Matt Edelman, ThisNext

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This week, Santa Monica-based ThisNext (www.thisnext.com) said it has raised another round of funding for the firm's social shopping site. We started that in 2006, and sold it to Chicken Soup For The Soul in 2009. How long have you been at the firm now? Matt Edelman: It's been since April 1st. So let's talk about ThisNext.

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Los Angeles Startup Weekend August 2011 | The Complete Breakdown

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Friday evening, August 19th, rolled around and Startup Weekend LA was underway with attendees showing up at Coloft in Santa Monica around 6:00 pm and the classic Idealab keg there to quench everyone’s thirst. Feel free to email or drop a tweet with any questions about the journey, no matter what stage you’re in.