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OCTOBER 23, 2013

Last week, Savings.com , the online coupon site based in Los Angeles, made a big move into the world of grocery store coupons, from its existing business providing coupon codes and deals for the online world. We had been working on how to get them focused on online deals and e-commerce, and less on groceries. on sale for $1.00.

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Mobile Sales Startup Sites 140

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MAY 21, 2013

One of the largest concentrations of technical talent in Los Angeles is in Glendale, at YP (www.yp.com) -- staffed with a surprising number of Los Angeles startup vets. But, I think where we have a long term advantage is, the 600,000 advertise relationships and a strong presence with consumers.

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Technical Review Glendale Advertising Google 211

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JUNE 5, 2012

Allison Beal and Brian Garrett are trying to figure that out with their new, Los Angeles startup, StyleSaint (www.stylesaint.com). We then take that information and find trends and metadata, and all that content and sharing, and use it to drive e-commerce, and to design and manufacture apparel products.

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Startup Commerce Design Media 182

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FEBRUARY 4, 2013

When it's all about trading, swapping, lucky finds, and more--explains Dan Murillo , who is CEO and Founder of Little Black Bag (www.littleblackbag.com), an online e-commerce community based in Los Angeles. We think there is a new category of the e-commerce and shopping sector, the entertainment sector. READ MORE>>.

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Commerce Sites Entertainment Social Network 153

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MAY 21, 2013

One of the largest concentrations of technical talent in Los Angeles is in Glendale, at YP -- staffed with a surprising number of Los Angeles startup vets. But, I think where we have a long term advantage is, the 600,000 advertise relationships and a strong presence with consumers.

Technical Review 223

Technical Review Glendale Advertising Google 223

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DECEMBER 1, 2009

Toyota, Pizza Hut, NBA, Fandango, and More Share Their Success Stories with Mobile and Social Apps. Please join us at digiday:APPS on December 10th, in Los Angeles. The event will dive deeply into the challenges and success stories of the explosive mobile and social app market. Win a ticket to digiday:APPS.

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Fandango CarsDirect Case Study Santa Monica 124

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NOVEMBER 17, 2011

I founded NowLive a year ago, dedicated to producing and streaming live, professional events for the web and mobile, and anchored interactive. Sara Bordo: I started working on the brand side at Estee Lauder in New York, and DDB in Chicago doing advertising. What's unique about NowLive? We also are dong the Twilight premiere from LA.

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Paramount Entertainment Hollywood Content 187

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JULY 25, 2012

Users of the Instagram mobile application--which runs on iPhone and Android--are familiar with how that app has become one of the key ways people socialize and share their life with others, all via the service's photo sharing and comments. has been a reliance on advertising revenue. What's next on your horizon? READ MORE>>.

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Startup Commerce Web 2.0 Screening 174

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Those retailers look over at the online world, and wish they had the same kinds of tools that e-commerce retailers had to help them improve their business. Los Angeles-based Bridg (www.bridg.com), led by CEO and founder Amit Jain , has created a solution which it's been offering to those offline retailers for several years now.

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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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Startup Tips Web Platform 233

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NOVEMBER 11, 2013

LA Tech Summit takes place the following day and takes a more comprehensive look at the entire tech eco-system in Los Angeles, not just Hollywood. This one-day conference has been created and produced by David Beebe Projects led by Emmy winning Digital Entertainment Executive and Producer, David Beebe himself.

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Hollywood Screening Ideas Entertainment 100

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MAY 19, 2010

Our guest this week on #TWiVC was Dana Settle , partner at Greycroft Partners , a venture capital firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles. We also talked about the emergence of New York City as the “hot” new area of entrepreneurship, VC and innovation driven by the quantification of the online advertising industry.

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Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

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JULY 13, 2009

GRP has just recently closed on a new $200M fund, and Mark has been one of the more active venture capitalists in the Los Angeles area in recent months. We've invested in a fantastic company called Mobiclip, which provides high throughput video with low battery consumption on mobile devices. Why do I say that?

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GRP Partners Southern California Santa Barbara Rustic Canyon 157

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JUNE 12, 2010

Launched in 2007 in Los Angeles by Adam Bernhard and Konstantin Glasmacher. Competition: Gilt Groupe , Ideeli , RueLaLa (sub of GSI Commerce) , OneKingsLane , department stores like Saks and Neiman Marcus. Free experience is web and mobile app-based, has ads, limited skipping, and limited listening time (40 hours/month).

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Venture Capital Capital Metrics Competition 217

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JULY 10, 2011

Some will cite my investment two years ago in social-media advertising company Ad.ly Real-time information drives commerce. Location Aware – According to Dick Costolo’s statements at CES, up to 40% of all Tweets are sent via mobile devices, which is a hugely powerful asset for Twitter.

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Platform News Startup Invest 307