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MySpace, Ad.ly Link On In-Stream Advertising

socalTECH

Los Angeles-based MySpace and startup Ad.ly , also based in LA, said today that they have linked in an in-stream advertising deal. is an investment of GRP's Mark Suster, who hosts This Week in Venture Capital along with Mahalo's Jason Calacanis. twitter tweets advertising. According to MySpace, it will use Ad.ly

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Eight Repeat Entrepreneurs To Watch In SoCal

socalTECH

Here are eight Southern California companies and the experienced, successful entrepreneurs heading up their efforts, who haven't had any problems finding investors--or customers--for their firms. His latest startup, Row 44, is providing hardware to Southwest Airlines and other airlines for wireless access, and has a number of announced wins.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

Both Sides of the Table

We also talked about the emergence of New York City as the “hot” new area of entrepreneurship, VC and innovation driven by the quantification of the online advertising industry. Another topic we debated early in the program was “lean startup” vs. “ fat startup ” where we both took the obvious hedge and said “it depends.”

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SMCLA: Google Analytics Recap and Video

Tech Zulu Event

The Google Analytics panel was a big success with a great turnout of over 150 people at the Mahalo office in Santa Monica. Our new volunteer board pulled off a great panel full of juicy tidbits of knowledge from start to finish. Google has a “Conversion University” with a TON of great training materials to get you up and running.

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How to Save MySpace

Jason Nazar

They also have a new management team, that’s headed up in part by Michael Jones (COO), the most all around talented internet executive I know. Having grown up in LA, and having started Docstoc down here, there’s a bit of a shared connection. This could also be done by leveraging a partnership (or buyout) of a site like Mahalo.