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The Future of Couponing | How Social-Local-Mobile has Changed the Game

Tech Zulu Event

In April 2011, the Association of Coupon Professionals held an Industry Conference in Atlanta to address the present and future state of couponing. The industry had seen unprecedented growth in the past decade due to a combination of factors, one of which was the United States’ economic recession. “The Getting Mobile-Ready.

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Interview with Kian Saneii, Independa

socalTECH

One of the areas that startups and healthcare investors have turned their attention to in recent years, is leveraging the many advances in technology--wireless, smart phones, software, and more--and applying those to the health area. Kian Saneii: 2012 is a big year for us. We spoke with CEO Kian Saneii to learn more about the firm.

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ZunguZ Facebook Payment Application | Interview With The Founder Robert Sussman

Tech Zulu Event

As we know, developers always give their product a code name. We built a Proof of Concept in 2010, went into closed beta in 2011 and opened up to the public in Dec 2012. As a result, various rounds of global meetings were held with: Facebook – Head of growth markets. We liked the Z on the beginning and the Z on the end.

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Ten Tech Entrepreneurs Who Are Putting LA on the Map

SoCal Delicious

The top five tournaments for “StarCraft 2″ in the month of June 2012 had combined prize-pools of over $150,000. Adam Miller transformed his company into one of the world’s leading software-as-a-service companies, specifically in the HR world. In 2011, Business Insider ranked Legal Zoom No. Brandon Beck – Riot Games.

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Does the Size of a VC Fund Matter?

Both Sides of the Table

Some wait 5-7 years but usually this is because it’s proving more difficult to raise a new fund due to market conditions or the lack of returns in their current fund. Also, since most funds are 10-year funds there will be pressure in 2012 for this fund to start exiting its investments and return money to its shareholders.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

There are obvious reasons the industry has had less-than-desirable returns, including: massive over-funding of the sector, huge increases in inexperienced venture capitalists that took a decade to peter out, and the massive correction in the value of the public stock markets that closed many exit opportunities for half a decade.

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The Most Obvious Mobile Ad Unit and What the New York Times Got Wrong

Both Sides of the Table

According to Forrester Research (2011 report) 77% users who abandoned an online purchase cite the inability to speak to some as their primary reason for leaving. Higher conversion rates (10-15x online conversion) and higher value at closure (up to 2x higher) due to up-sell & cross-sell potential. We have ridden the mobile wave.

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