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ValueClick Buys Greystripe

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Westlake Village-based online advertising firm ValueClick announced this morning that it has acquired Greystripe , an operator of a brand-focused mobile advertising network. Greystripe was venture backed by Steamboat Ventures, Monitor Ventures, Peacock Equity, and Incubic Venture Capital, and was based in San Francisco.

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10 Tests of Your Modern Entrepreneur Lingo Savvy

Startup Professionals Musings

See how many you have personally experienced already, or are currently mentioned in your business plan: Crowd-sourcing equity. Sites like KickStarter have for years offered rewards and pre-sales for crowd investments, but real equity won’t be legalized until sometime this year for people other than accredited investors.

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Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller

SoCal CTO

In some ways it is similar to early stage incubators such as Y Combinator, although FI is even earlier stage, focusing on developing the founders themselves as entrepreneurs as opposed to actual companies. and also to local advertisements. Great point about how social around photos has really moved forward over the past few years.

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Veteran LA law firm opens a Silicon Beach office and launches a pro-bono “Precelerator”

SoCal Delicious

Like any accelerator or incubator, companies and teams must be selected before being admitted to the Stubbs Alderton & Markiles Precelerator, but in a unique twist, the firm will not take anything in return for their participation, including equity or a guarantee of legal representation. Thanks to our advertisers.

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The Startup UCLA Accelerator Is About Entrepreneurship Not Investment Returns

SoCal Delicious

Participating companies get between $4,000 and $8,000 in addition to mentorship and office space while participating in the 12 week program, and have to give up zero equity in exchange. Thanks to our advertisers. the startup scene really is booming in la! continuity of quality of startups will be key! George Thiruvathukal.

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The Startup Guide To SXSW Panel Picking

Tech Zulu Event

Jason Glaspey, PIE (Portland Incubator Experiment). Entrepreneurism / Monetization Advertising, ecommerce, monetization. . Entrepreneurism / Monetization advertising effectiveness, content distribution, monetization. . Entrepreneurism / Monetization LBS, Location Based Advertising, Mobile Applications. . Unger, John T.

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Twiistup 007: Final Showoff's Additional Speakers and TZ Discount

Tech Zulu Event

As an undergradudate, Leila authored background papers for the World Bank's Development Research Group and Ashoka on equity and social rights. He currently works for Founders Fund and coordinates FF Angel LLC, a seed-stage investment program; as well as fbFund REV, a micro-seed incubator program for Facebook-related startups.