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GumGum Snags Media Exec For Advisory Board

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Los Angeles-based GumGum has snagged a media agency network executive as an advisor, the firm is announcing today, for its in-image advertising platform. GumGum''s advisory board also include David Sacks, the CEO of Yammer; Michael Jones, the former CEO of MySpace, and Vince Thompson, the Managing partner at Middleshift.

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Social Networking and Business Value

SoCal CTO

Companies also use social networking sites in the hiring process, and increasingly, to do innovative advertising (such as the recent Jack in the Box campaign). Does advertising work in the social networking world? an enterprise social networking platform provider located in Los Angeles, CA. What are the risks and rewards?

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The Perfect Pithy And Productive Investor Pitch

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Ebay+Soundcloud = us" and "FLIMBY=Yammer+Delicious+Gotomeeting.". Yammer for Education) & explanatory (e.g., All of these 10 companies allow previously disconnected user groups to connect and transact, in what is termed ecosystem business models or multi-sided platforms.". Math Doesn''t Lie. Explanatory. "A

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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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. Booyah – Develops a location based service platform that pairs the virtual world with mobile gaming. OTHER DEALS: 1. Total raised: $29.5mm. Go Boulder!

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The Amazing Power of Deflationary Economics for Startups

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Socially connected individuals and platforms that enable faster roll-outs of successful products. Google – They have led the deflationary pressure on advertising, bringing whole industries into chaos. They are bringing deflationary economics to local advertising. Unprecedented transparency of information. All deflationary.

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