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Tech and Entertainment Have a Home in Silicon Beach

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Malibu and Beverly Hills have long been hot neighborhoods for entertainment execs. As the line blurs between tech and entertainment, and as Silicon Valley seeks synergy with L.A.’s But it was the low-key, creative beach vibe of Venice and Santa Monica that spurred a spate of start-ups to seek offices and homes.

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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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Tech Cocktail

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Tuesday, May 24, 2011 -- Tech Cocktail. Known for its entertainment scene which blossomed in the early nineteen hundreds, LA also has some of the best schools in the country in UCLA and USC. Los Angeles is the second largest city in the United States.

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TZ Presents: ‘Nice Guys’ DO Finish First In Business | Fireside Chat With Greg Cargill

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That work laid the foundation for Greg’s contribution in founding bigMETHOD in 2008, a social media agency that joined BLITZ in 2011. The 44,260-square-foot ROC–Santa Monica location, last occupied by Google, will have more than 200 socially conscious, shared-workspace environments with space for as many as 150 small companies.

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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.

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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. Corey Weiss , IPSY's Head of Business Development, is based in Santa Monica, and helps to run that effort.

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Carving An Internet Niche With FamousBirthdays.com

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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. Our company had actually acquired a few different websites about two and a half years back. It was discouraging.

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