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Mindshare LA Brings the Power of “Play” to Santa Monica

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It is important when the presenters come from a complex educational background that the content is curated in a digestable manner. will be held in Santa Monica April 26 th at the V Lounge. The post Mindshare LA Brings the Power of “Play” to Santa Monica appeared first on TechZulu. The next Mindshare L.A.

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Tongal Ramps Up Hiring

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Santa Monica-based Tongal , the crowdsourced, marketing and advertising content firm led by Rob Salvatore, has been ramping up hiring, saying today that it has added a significant number of people this month--including three executives to its senior leadership team.

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Tech and Entertainment Have a Home in Silicon Beach

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Malibu and Beverly Hills have long been hot neighborhoods for entertainment execs. As the line blurs between tech and entertainment, and as Silicon Valley seeks synergy with L.A.’s But it was the low-key, creative beach vibe of Venice and Santa Monica that spurred a spate of start-ups to seek offices and homes.

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March Capital Backs Nifty Games In $3M Funding

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Santa Monica-based venture investor March Capital is one of the lead investors in a new, video game publishing startup called Nifty Games , in a $3M funding round, announced on Tuesday by Nifty Games. He also was founder of Massive In-Game Advertising (acquired by Microsoft in 2006), among other firms.

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Interview with Nick Higgins, Joost

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Last week, Adconion (www.adconion.com) announced that it had spun out Joost (www.joost.com), its online video service, into a separate company, which is going to be based out of Santa Monica. Nick Higgins: Adconion was founded six years ago as an advertising network. Why spin out Joost separately? Why the expansion here?

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Mark Suster, Nely Galan to Keynote Silicon Beach Fest

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Silicon Beach Fest is gearing up to showcase the most promising startups and visionaries from across LA’s growing startup entertainment ecosystem. Mark Suster of GRP Partners and Launchpad was confirmed to keynote along with Nely Galan of Galan Entertainment, the first Latina president of Telemundo. June 20 – 21).

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GumGum Makes Images Profitable for Publishers

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The Internet thus far has been monetized by display, video, and in-text advertising — but the one place every user’s eye focuses on first are photos. After Tanz had sold his pre-Instagram photo-sharing app called MoJungle, he was intrigued with notion of bringing advertising to photos, and had no idea if it was even possible.