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Interview with Dan Tamkin, Unified Dispatch

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That's the story at Altadena-based Unified Dispatch , which was recently sold to the On-Demand Division of Veolia. Back in 2003 and 2004, we were focused on the international market, and started outsourcing to India and the Philippines for call center services. Dan Tamkin: Veolia had been a customer of ours for awhile.

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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). Tell us a little a bit about the service, and what it provides? Sean McCleese: one thing we try to do, is to be open and upfront to our customers. Who are the people answering the questions?

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Interview with Kelly Tompkins, AdventureLink

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Last week, Altadena-based AdventureLink (www.adventurelink.com) announced that it raised a Series A funding round, for the firm's adventure travel reservation network. Their idea was to catch enough consumers to scale, but they didn't understand the cost of acquisition, of finding customers, marketing, and advertising.

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