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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

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The patents Overture held became known in small circles as Google’s ’361 problem as outlined here. Around $400 billion of imports & exports pass through the LA ports each year, which set the national high-water mark in 2012. acquired Overture for $1.63 billion (Upfront Ventures was an early Overture backer).

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Spotlight: LA Tech Judges and SuperDemo Bill Gross of Idealab!

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In college at the California Institute of Technology, he patented a new loudspeaker design and formed GNP Loudspeakers, Inc. Entries will be closed for company submissions at midnight of January 22, 2012. When: Thursday, February 2, 2012 – 7:00 p.m. Directions to the Spotlight: LA Tech Winter 2012. Event Details.

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MuckerLab Unveils Second Graduating Class to Investors

Tech Zulu Event

With over 9 million photo questions posted since October 2012, their users spend 170 minutes a month on the service. Subblime solves this problem by allowing channels to publish content audiences want and extend that to product recommendations from across the web. Members rate each other’s photos and tag with questions.

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