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Popbase helps YouTube stars build closer relationships with their fans

TechCrunch LA

New platforms led by YouTube have emerged to change the dynamic of broadcast media — once dominated by the rigid programming of TV — while the internet has enabled new media stars to engage with their audiences in new, high-touch ways. Popbase is an app that operates almost like an interactive forum for new media.

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Start Engine Takes On Startup Acceleration

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In an unprecedented surge in startup support activity in Los Angeles this morning, another venture startup accelerator, Start Engine , formally launched this morning, applying the accelerator model to startup in the Los Angeles area. READ MORE>>.

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5 Keys To Growing What You Have Planted As A Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

It started with an email survey on your last stay at their hotel, but now includes requests for online product reviews, to social media input on the design of future products. Choose an agency partner who is pushing the envelope and remember to consider technology, media, and creative opportunities.

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5 New Rules For Getting Customers To Advocate For You

Startup Professionals Musings

It started with an email survey on your last stay at their hotel, but now includes requests for online product reviews, to social media input on the design of future products. Choose an agency partner who is pushing the envelope and remember to consider technology, media, and creative opportunities.

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TechZulu Presents 2012 Startup Forecast | Featuring Science, Tech Coast Angels, Amplify, StartEngine, upStart.LA

Tech Zulu Event

TechZulu is excited to invite you to the 2012 Startup and Entrepreneurial Forecast taking place on Tuesday Jan. We have a line up of amazing speakers who will share their insights and forecast for startup trends in 2012. Mike is actively involved with early-stage start-ups as an investor, advisor and board member.

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Interview with Howard Marks, Start Engine

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Are you an entrepreneur hoping to startup a company in the Los Angeles area? The latest to enter the scene is Los Angeles accelerator Start Engine (www.startengine.com), which was created by Howard Marks and Paul Kessler. Marks is the co-founder of Activision, and Kessler a prolific investor in the region. Howard Marks: Yes.

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Interview with Paul Bricault, Amplify

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If you're looking get your startup off the ground in Los Angeles, it always helps to have help from folks with connections to the venture and angel community. It's not a lot more, juts a little more, but it's because the Los Angeles is more difficult to sustain a startup than in Cincinnati or other places.

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