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APRIL 14, 2011

BetaWorks was an angel investor in Summize, which was purchased by Twitter for its search engine. I don't know if it's because of luck or independence, or just the vertical we were in or the combination of all three, we realized early on that Wall Street's definition of real time was different from Twitter's definition.

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OCTOBER 12, 2020

We're startng with advertising, but we want to do a really good job and not have things look like NASCAR. We think we can do the job with limited advertising and sponsored advertising, with a little bit of programmatic ads. I've worked on multiple apps and products at Wonderful in Los Angeles, where I am one of the partners.

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JANUARY 3, 2014

One new, Los Angeles startup-- Laudville (www.laudville.com)--recently launched its service to try to tackle that huge task, of bringing your content together. The rest of the model will include things like customized marketing and advertising in a more focused way, all about entertainment. One is it''s much more social. I love that.

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JANUARY 18, 2019

To better understand exactly where EV technology is today, we caught up with Caradoc Ehrenhalt , the CEO and founder of a Los Angeles startup, EV Safe Charge (www.evsafecharge.com), to chat a bit about his view of where EV charging technology today. It turned out, that was definitely the case, and that's how the company was created.

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JULY 20, 2011

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based HitFix (www.hitfix.com) an online news site focused on entertainment, announced it had raised $2M in a funding round. However, 18-34 year olds have been in high demand by marketers, TV advertisers, and consumer companies as an audience. That was back in 2000/2001.

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AUGUST 11, 2011

Towards the end of last month, Culver City-based ThinkNear (www.thinknear.com) announced a seed round of funding for its location-based mobile advertising service, with notable inclusion of such firms as IA Ventures, Google Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures, and others. Eli Portnoy: Yes, we definitely will be opening in LA.

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OCTOBER 31, 2012

For ThinkNear , it looks like the whole process paid off in less than two years, after the Los Angeles company went from the TechStars accelerator just last June, to a healthy acquisition by TeleNav earlier this month for $22.5M. We can point the customer directly in that GPS all the way to a retail location or advertisers.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Alex Benzer: My partner and I met here in Los Angeles, in high school. We're definitely Los Angeles natives, but we got the opportunity to do TechStars. Alex Benzer: I was a computer kid in high school, though I thought I'd go into advertising. Alex Benzer: We're definitely looking at taking money later this year.

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MAY 16, 2012

We sat down with the two Los Angeles founders and heard more about the service. It's been a self funded project, and we haven't raiesd any money yet, and haven't done any advertising. You mention flip flopping of positions--has it been difficult coming up with definite positions of the politicians? Taylor Peck: Yes, it has.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Sara Bordo: I started working on the brand side at Estee Lauder in New York, and DDB in Chicago doing advertising. I came to Los Angeles 7 years ago, and worked for a small entertainment marketing firm. My strengths and experiences, and of my team, is definitely one of technology people with a content anchor.

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MAY 16, 2012

We sat down with the two Los Angeles founders and heard more about the service. It's been a self funded project, and we haven't raiesd any money yet, and haven't done any advertising. You mention flip flopping of positions--has it been difficult coming up with definite positions of the politicians? Taylor Peck: Yes, it has.

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MARCH 16, 2015

Los Angeles-based FameBit (www.famebit.com) has developed a new platform which lets any content creator connect with brands, without the need for an agency or MCN, to help them grow their content and network. We''re definitely moving towards that. marketing advertisement youtubers hollywood content youtube startup interview famebit'

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JANUARY 18, 2019

To better understand exactly where EV technology is today, we caught up with Caradoc Ehrenhalt , the CEO and founder of a Los Angeles startup, EV Safe Charge (www.evsafecharge.com), to chat a bit about his view of where EV charging technology today. It turned out, that was definitely the case, and that's how the company was created.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2008

We recently ran across TravBuddy.com (www.travbuddy.com), a Los Angeles area travel site which allows travelers to meet others, share travel reviews, photos, and more, and had thought it would be great to hear the story behind the site. Eric Bjorndahl: We're primarily advertising driven, and we also do hotel and flight bookings on the site.

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DECEMBER 21, 2012

We're definitely one of the larger players in the market, but we're still completely independent. We're growing very quickly, and have around 100 employees, with offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Buenos Aires. Our largest offices is in Los Angeles, which is our headquarters. How did that come about?

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MAY 4, 2016

Brian Tan: We make our money on advertising. If you look outside Los Angeles, there has been a huge interest in a town in Oregon, because Twilight was shot there, and people are now going there just to check it out. That said, Airbnb properties are definitely a big part of it. How do you make money in all of this?

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FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Hamilton Chan is founder of Los Angeles-based PaperLinks (www.paperlinks.com), a new startup which is developing mobile applications which take advantage of QR codes--the 3D barcodes which are cropping up everywhere--to help users marketers go beyond just linking those codes to web pages, but also to power social applications.

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JUNE 1, 2011

We're not yet marketing or selling direct to advertisers, because we're really focused on growing and honing our platform. Although I've been in Los Angeles, my last company was actually based in Chicago. Clark Benson: We raised money from Draper Fisher Jurvetson in Palo Alto, Rincon Ventures, and a number of angels.

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OCTOBER 15, 2015

To get some insight into the growing world and business of e-sports, we caught up with Clinton Foy , a local venture capital investor at Crosscut Ventures in Los Angeles. Clinton Foy: That depends on your definition of big. Foy�along with a number of partners, including, Brian Lee of Honost Co.; That's what's exciting about this.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I was the senior guy there, and I ran the registry/gift services, national sales and advertising, and travel services. We did a seed round in January of 2008, and did our angel round which we closed last week. Lee Essner: It is definitively lead gen, and I said traditional lead gen, but it's really more an affiliate relationship to me.

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APRIL 15, 2016

Los Angeles-based Gatsby (www.thinkgatsby.com) has come up with a way to combine both ways to promote social sharing, as well as reduce shopping cart abandonment, via discounts which change depending on your social influence and sharing activity. Any plans to expand this to other social networks? Finally, What's next?

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JUNE 15, 2011

Last week, Los Angeles-based StarGreetz (www.stargreetz.com) debuted its celebrity-powered, personalized message service to the public, allowing both brands and artists to send highly personalized messages to their fans. They haven't had the board and advisors we have. That's more or less the key.

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AUGUST 10, 2009

Our interview this morning is with Babette Pepaj , CEO and founder of BakeSpace (www.bakespace.com), a local Los Angeles startup focused on social networking around food. Babette Pepaj: Yes, it's definitely very driven by social networking. We're making money from our advertising, and doing really well. What is BakeSpace?

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OCTOBER 2, 2015

Los Angeles-based InviteUP (www.inviteup.com) is hoping to solve that problem, with its own, mobile dating app�which centers its matches around actual places and times for meeting at coffee shops, restaurants, movies, and more. I am definitely not as organized as my b rother. Mitch Kahan: Working with family is always fun.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2009

We brought together Peter Cowen of Groundwork Equity , Mark Suster of GRP Partners , Rick Smith of Crosscut Ventures , and Richard Yen of Saban Ventures -- all of who will be on the judging panel for the Tech Coast Angel's Fast Pitch on February 24th, to give us a their hints and tips about pitching to venture capitalists.

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