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ReachLocal Buys SMB:LIVE

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Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal announced Friday that it has acquired SMB:LIVE , a developer of digital presence and reputation management products for the small and medium sized business market. Tags: reachlocal smblive merger acquisition software local advertising. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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This Week in VC with Jim Armstrong of Clearstone

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Hyper-local, flash marketing platform connecting consumers with local business offers; super majority of offers are restaurant and personal services; competitor to Groupon. the funding and market coverage. It’s clear that many companies are going to need to understand “authority&# in the social media era.

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Can You Really Build a Great Tech Firm Outside Silicon Valley?

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If you are talented, of course, you can get funded in any region with enough venture capital and obviously in markets outside of the Valley it is easier to get noticed and get access. Every developer, biz dev person, marketeer or sales rep on your team will be surrounded by scores of companies calling them like Sirens to switch teams.