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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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How ZestFinance Is Using Machine Learning to Reshape Lending, with Jay Budzik

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Jay Budzik: ZestFinance was founded in 2009, by Douglas Merrill, the former CIO at Google, in order to make fair and transparent credit available to everyone. We can help them reduce their losses and also increase approval rates with machine learning models. What does ZestFinance do? What kind of lenders are using your tool?

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When Should Technical Founders Become CEO?

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Case in point is the return of Larry Page to the role as CEO of Google. In many ways that might be one way to interpret even Facebook where Sheryl stepped in as COO but by all accounts ran much of Facebook for a few years (other than product). Much less has been said about when the technical CEO is the best person to run the company.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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Closing a VC fund in 2009/10 is a major achievement in and of itself. 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. Total raised: $83mm; Series B round (July 2009 for $43mm) valued company at $400mm.

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Interview with Brandon Hance, Audiolife

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For today's interview, we spoke with Brandon Hance, the firm's founder, about how his startup is helping musicians to sell both digital and physical merchandise on the web. The store allows in-page transactions, and never redirects them to another site, keeping them captive and leveraging impulse buys. What's the idea behind Audiolife?

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Interview with Scott Saunders, Payoff.com

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Scott Saunders, the CEO and co-founder, of the company is hoping to change that, by providing tools to consumers to help pay off their debt and achieve their life goals. The company already had momentum, and $350,000 in revenue, providing a special process to help banks communicated with defaulted borrowers. 500 company.

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Tealium Adds $35M to Expand Technology, Sharpen Customer Focus

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In a statement last week, Tealium said it created the briefing center to help its customers understand how its services can be combined to deliver compelling experiences. Tags are a creature of Web analytics, generating data that enable marketing teams to determine if users viewed a Web page or e-mail.