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TripTrotting Scores Funding

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Altadena-based TripTrotting , an online community that helps world travelers find hosts, has scored a Series A round of funding, according to sources close to the firm. Details on the funding, and size, have not yet been announced by the startup. The firm is housed in the Los Angeles Business Technology Center. READ MORE>>.

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Interview with Dan Tamkin, Unified Dispatch

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It's a story you hear too many times: a venture or angel funded firm just can't figure out its business, runs low on cash, can't get another round of funding, and soon all that's left is a few chairs and servers. That's the story at Altadena-based Unified Dispatch , which was recently sold to the On-Demand Division of Veolia.

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Interview with Sean McCleese, Student of Fortune

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One of the firms looking to make its market in the area is Altadena-based Student of Fortune (www.studentoffortune.com). What's the story behind how you started the company? Sean McCleese: I went to Occidental College in Los Angeles, and I was a physics major. The professor had gone home already, so I started to look online.

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