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Interview with Dan Tamkin, Unified Dispatch

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That's the story at Altadena-based Unified Dispatch , which was recently sold to the On-Demand Division of Veolia. How did acquisition come about? There was some perception we were bought by some vehicle operator for $50, but they're really a large corporation which has been growing by acquisitions since 2001.

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Interview with Kelly Tompkins, AdventureLink

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Last week, Altadena-based AdventureLink (www.adventurelink.com) announced that it raised a Series A funding round, for the firm's adventure travel reservation network. The round came from Anthem Venture Partners and the Mail Room Fund. We caught up with Kelly Tompkins, the firm's founder and CEO, to hear more about the firm.

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