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Carving An Internet Niche With FamousBirthdays.com

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I love the web and love Internet marketing. We realized afer 2011 that we were spreading ourselves thin by trying to make five to ten websites great. Evan Britton: We had worked our tails off in 2011, but at the end of the year, all of our sites were flat. What''s your background and how did you decide to start the site?

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GumGum Makes Images Profitable for Publishers

Tech Zulu Event

Think about how many images are on the web. The Internet thus far has been monetized by display, video, and in-text advertising — but the one place every user’s eye focuses on first are photos. Tanz has been featured in Entrepreneur Magazine “Young Millionaires of 2011 Special Report.” Millions, billions, trillions?

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Los Angeles Startup Weekend August 2011 | The Complete Breakdown

Tech Zulu Event

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.

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Congrats To The Spotlight: LA Tech Fall Presenting Companies at UCLA

Tech Zulu Event

GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content. As a result, the team transformed the advertising industry with the creation of the first in-image ad network. Event Details. to 10:30 p.m.

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How to Profit: “Thank You Metrics” – Community First, Money Second

Tech Zulu Event

NOT just because they have the best deals on web based business tools. Being that the theme of the night was community, it was perfect that the event was held at CoLoft , a workspace in Santa Monica that focuses on start up entrepreneurs. I am a raving fan of AppSumo.com.

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Tech Titans Peter Thiel, Matt Jacobson, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Mich Mathews, Elon Musk Buy Homes in Los Angeles

SoCal Delicious

The narrow, 3-mile strip of land that runs from Santa Monica through Venice, and is now stretching down to Playa Vista, has been dubbed "Silicon Beach" due to the heavy concentration of Internet companies and executives there. 2012, compared with the same period in 2011. More than 600 tech start-ups have sprung up in L.A.

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Can You Really Build a Great Tech Firm Outside Silicon Valley?

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I live in the city of Santa Monica. Many of the Valley tech firms saw advertising as “beneath them&# and many VCs in the first boom encouraged people to focus on eyeballs rather than dollars. But one common theme I’m hearing from there in 2011 is that it’s impossible to recruit. Los Angeles.