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Retention Science Snags $7M

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Santa Monica-based Retention Science , the marketing software technology maker led by Jerry Jao, has snagged $7M in a Series A funding, according to the company. The new funding was led by Upfront Ventures, and also included. retargeting advertising analytics software capital venture science retention' READ MORE>>.

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Rubicon Project: LA's Next IPO?

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Rubicon Project , the online advertising technology firm headed by serial entrepreneur Frank Addante, looks like it may just be the next Southern California company to file for an IPO, based on a number of executive appointments made Tuesday. READ MORE>>.

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10 C-Level Positions That Are Red Flags For Funding

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The more conventional VP of Marketing role should cover branding, as well as other marketing advertising, design, public relations and customer service requirements. If your business is managing contracts and patents, it makes sense, but the CLO for most startups is LegalZoom on the Internet. Chief Risk Officer. Chief Security Officer.

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What Mattered in 2010: Jim Andelman, Rincon Ventures

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2) Advertising in the Facebook ecosystem. Facebook now accounts for a staggering 25% of all display impressions (up from 9% last year), and Facebook and its advertisers are finally beginning to understand how to leverage the platform's unique capabilities. 3) Cloud computing offerings as an enabler to lean startups. There are lots.

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LawKick: A Modern Way To Find Legal Help

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It occurred to us that a startup company with limited funding is not going to pay $5000 upfront, and that we would have loved to know the prices up front and not have to go through the same eight conversations eight times. It sounds like you have some angel funding? We haven''t gone to institutional funding yet.

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Catching Up With Joanne Bradford, Demand Media

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For Legalzoom, it's a very different model. We also do put a large amount of content on YouTube, which is not part of the channel program system that YouTube funded, on a regular basis. Even the concept of integrating an advertiser into video and embedding versus advertisement is something we've been working on quite a bit.

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Docstoc's Jason Nazar Talks About DocStore

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We launched Docstore about four or five months ago with a number of premium partners, including LegalZoom, CareerPress, LegalAcreements.com, and others, and now we are opening up the marketplace so that virtually anyone can sell high quality, professional content. Back to the company, what's your status now in terms of funding?