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Content, Commerce, and Cosmetics: A Look At IPSY's Subscription Business

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Los Angeles�as the center of the entertainment industry�has begun to adopt a new role as the center of online video in recent years�and has also with the e-commerce industry and expertise here from the technology industry. It was cofounded by Michele phan in November of 2011. What is IPSY? It's all about self expression.

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Digital Family Reunion '11 Holiday Party

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Thursday, December 8, 2011 -- Digital Family Reunion '11 Holiday Party. On Thursday, December 8 from 6 to 11 pm, the Southern California technology and business communities will gather for Digital Family Reunion 2011 at Wokcano Restaurant in Santa Monica. See [link] (more)

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What Mattered in 2010: Jim Armstrong, Clearstone Ventures

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What are the technologies, companies, or things you think the community ought to pay the most attention to in 2011? First is B2B commerce, which is monstrous, but business buying decisions need a real support system of information in context before the purchase is made. I am focused on two.

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The Future of Shopping | Vidzey Interactive Videos

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Enter Vidzey , the in-video shopping platform that seamlessly combines media, entertainment and e-commerce. We discuss advertising, Vidzey’s story, technology, business, interns, and entertainment. Valuable personality traits in his previous life working in entertainment, no doubt. FROM THE BEGINNING. Crazy right?

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LA Tech Startup Innovators and Fun Facts

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Their Behavioral Marketing Platform even broke new ground at ad:tech 2011 winning an innovation award. Entertainment Tech: Atom Factory. E-Commerce: Nasty Gal. Silicon Beach Fest is Digital LA’s bi-annual startup entertainment festival featuring panels, showcases, hack-a-thons, and more. Incubator: Amplify LA.

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Decoding the Secret of iPhone Game Popularity, With William Volk, Playscreen

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William Volk: One of our other real big hits is Bocce Ball, which was our first Playscreen title in January of 2011. In the entire history of that entertainment system, there were only 785 cartridges released for the US and the Americas. It's almost as much running an e-commerce site, as you are running a game.

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Interview With CEO Jason Njoku iRoko Partners | Africa’s Netflix Set To Disrupt US TV & Cable Market

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Iroko Patners had , a souring relationship with YouTube, Google Ads Words, Amazon Web Services even though the movie streaming firm had about eight million YouTube streams a month, with a $1 million revenue run-rate in 2011. It’s very exciting to see the enterprising minds out there, pioneering African business and commerce.

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