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Mahalo Cuts Staff

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Santa Monica-based Mahalo, the search and news site run by Jason Calacanis, has cut 10 percent of the firm's staff, Calacanis said in a post on his blog Wednesday. The cuts will give the company runway past 2012. and Sequoia Capital, and provides human-edited search pages and news summaries. READ MORE>>

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Identifying Pain in the First Step in a Sales Process – Here’s How

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If you haven’t already followed me on Twitter, that’s the fastest way to get blog updates. In my first enterprise software company we developed a methodology for sales that we called PUCCKA. Take for example the years 2010-2012 where every brand out there seemed to be buying Facebook “Likes.” Click here.

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Why Online Video Just Took One More Big Step to Legitimacy

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Anyone who reads this blog frequently will know that I am a big believer in low-cost video content and specifically the power of YouTube as a content creation & distribution platform. If you want to understand my thesis behind Maker you can read this article that outlines the trend , but in summary: People watch 5.3

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Some Thoughts on Branding Startups and Communities

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In his blog he says, “I responded that I thought it was stupid. Whatever you’re trying to brand – your company, your community or yourself – this is the first exercise I would recommend that you start with. The people I know in LA building serious companies ARE working their asses off. LA should be LA.”

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What Should You Do with Your Crappy Little Services Business?

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It’s nearly impossible to get a services company financed by VCs. They feel very confident they can hit $18 – 20 million in 2012. And stop effing around trying to create a product company.&#. You’re a small fish. Why Shouldn’t Most Services Businesses Raise VC?

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American Immigration: The Invisible Wall to Innovation

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The reality, however, of the coexistence between immigrants and their American peers is proving to be a one-sided pursuit, with qualified immigrants struggling to stay in the country to join the companies that they have co-founded. According to the official press release on Senator Moran’s blog. Take the U.S. and Mark Warner (D-Va.)

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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

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Not all of these products & companies came from Silicon Valley but the overwhelming majority did. Open source computing, which reduced costs to start a company by 90%. To be clear we will continue to see great infrastructure companies built and these will mostly come from Silicon Valley. All great communication companies.

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