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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. He began programming courses at UCLA while in high school and went on to earn a B.S. GumGum is led by founder and Los Angeles native wunderkind, Ophir Tanz. He decided to pivot.

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Interview with Chris Lyman and Corey Brundage, SendLove.to

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Effectively, what Corey and I are trying to do, is distill the course of opinions on the web, and turn that into a consumable format. We're hoping to create a content rediscovery tool, which helps readers discovery yesterday's content and drive more advertising to publishers as a result of people finding that older, forgotten content.

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Spotlight: LA Tech | One Year, Recap, and Thank You!

Tech Zulu Event

As a result, the team transformed the advertising industry with the creation of the first in-image ad network. Of course, the evening wouldn’t have been complete without our fireside chat with Mike Jones , serial entrepreneur and former CEO of MySpace. Individual clips will be posted soon.

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Spotlight: LA Tech | One Year, Recap, and Thank You!

Tech Zulu Event

As a result, the team transformed the advertising industry with the creation of the first in-image ad network. Of course, the evening wouldn’t have been complete without our fireside chat with Mike Jones , serial entrepreneur and former CEO of MySpace. Individual clips will be posted soon.

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