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13 Red Flags To Avoid In Your Investor Funding Pitch

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Others, like Guy Kawasaki , have irreverently called some of these “entrepreneur lies,” but I prefer to think of them as innocent enhancements or omissions that can kill your deal. It takes a huge upfront investment to attract users, before advertisers are interested. Entrepreneurs in this category are usually dreamers.

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Interview with Sara Bordo, NowLive

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Bordo has previously served at Paramount and MGM, in addition to a stint at SocialVibe.com. Sara Bordo: I started working on the brand side at Estee Lauder in New York, and DDB in Chicago doing advertising. My first studio role was in digital media at Paramount Pictures. What is NowLive all about?

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Ten Of The Top Tech Companies For Employees In LA

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Los Angeles has a strong online advertising industry, and Rubicon Project is one of the companies we heard has been doing well and. Frank Addante, who founded Rubicon, is a serial entrepreneur who co-founded L90, which was acquired. relationships and brand are paramount to get invited to review the best searches.".

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Interview with Ryan Scott, CauseCast

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Ryan is a serial entrepreneur, having previously co-founded email marketer NetCreations, and also has been an angel investor in local startups. We launched that section with Paramount, with the movie ad as the lead sponsor. I wanted to help bring some light to that without having it be advertising, which comes on as being disingenuous.

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Interview with James Citron, Mogreet

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So a lot of the other things that are impacting some other companies, particularly those with the 100 percent advertising related business models, aren't really impacting Mogreet. If I'm Paramount, for example--and we've done a number of campaigns with Paramount to help promote upcoming movies--you understand video content.

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Interview with Sherry Gunther, Masher Media

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As I watched my kids' eyeballs move over, as well as looked at the research data and advertising data which saw TV's share shrinking, I started looking into new media. What I truly feel is absolutely paramount to any successful entertainment project, is the content itself. There's always technology involved.

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