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AppOnboard raises $15 million to let Android users try before they buy apps on Google Play

TechCrunch LA

Based in Los Angeles, AppOnboard sees itself as one of a new breed of LA startup that’s steeping itself in the local ecosystem and trying to be one of the cornerstone’s for a new technology hub in the southern California region. Company co-founder Jonathan Zweig has already had one hit as a Los Angeles-based entrepreneur.

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Let’s Get Weird, a SXSW Interactive Recap (2014)

Tech Zulu Event

Tons of great conversations about new startups, hardware, and the entrepreneurs building them. So consider this something of a recap, photo essay, and a personal thank you to all the great people who worked alongside us at SXSW this year. Founders, Entrepreneurs, and Celebrities, Oh My! Hustle hard, ride in comfort.

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Interview with Dan LeBlanc, CEO and Co-founder, Daasity

socalTECH

The challenge a lot of those businesses have, is likely have built their sites and are using a lot of different software-as-a-service platforms. Maybe they might be using a platform like Shopify to sell their products and power their website, and they might use Facebook for advertising, and maybe they're using paid search with Google.

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Fuel50: Helping Employees Figure Out Their Career Path, With Anne Fulton

socalTECH

That was in 2014, and that was our pivot moment. Anne Fulton: I've always been an organizational psychologist crossed with a serial entrepreneur. I can't help myself in being an entrepreneur. Some of our earliest clients were telecom and big Austrlian employers, so they became the proof point for our product.

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Dreamhammer's Dream Of Interoperable Drones

socalTECH

Dreamhammer is one of a number of robotics and drone-related startups here in Southern California. On top of that, we are making our platform available for third party application developers, similar to the way developers can create software for the iPhone or Google Android. What''s Dreamhammer? That''s a key factor.

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Venture capitalists ‘like and subscribe’ to influencers

TechCrunch LA

Next she took to Instagram, a new social media platform that quickly became the most effective tool in a blogger’s toolkit. I feel this responsibility to my industry to put the best business practices I’ve learned along the way into a platform so I can help other influencers.”. We are in phase three of the influencer economy.

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How Laudville Is Bringing Your Entertainment Life Together

socalTECH

Everyone thinks of Northern California as the place to do anything technology related, but for unique power users and entertainment enthusiasts like me, you realized that entertainment--my first love--is in Southern California. Phoebe Scott: The really big thing we''d like to get going in 2014 is mobile.