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FEBRUARY 20, 2015

A new, Los Angeles-based startup, MomStamp , recently said it has launched, to help mother connect with their extended network and better get referrals from "friends of friends" to local service providers. momstamp referral mother friend refer startup friends facebook' READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Cabin , the startup which has been running overnight trips on luxury buses between Los Angeles and San Francisco--aiming at digitally connected, tech-savvy consumers looking to move between the technology hubs--has re-launched its service, saying that it has "completely re-engineered" its buses and services.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

A new, Los Angeles startup, myRight , is hoping to help users with some basic legal questions, through a new service geared around asking users questions-and-answers about their legal questions. Have a legal question?

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MARCH 7, 2013

Scopely , the Los Angeles developer of game monetization services, told its supporters today that it will pay $5,000 in cash to anyone who refers job candidates that result in a hire for the company. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Los Angeles-based domain registry operator XYZ , the domain name extension registrar led by Daniel Negari, is under fire for agreeing to censor domain names that China finds offensive. A spokesperson for XYZ did not respond to comments on the WSJ article as of press time. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 18, 2013

Are you a fan of the NFL or NBA--and wish you had an easy reference to the players and picks in the draft for those two sports leagues? The app--which is free--is the brainchild of David Rabie and Joe Sarafian, two Santa Monica entrepreneurs who were born and raised in Los Angeles.

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DECEMBER 10, 2018

Good Money , a new Los Angeles digital banking startup founded by Gunnar Lovelace, the co-founder of Thrive Market , announced on Monday that it has raised $30M in a Series A funding round.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Los Angeles-based mobile game developer SGN has renamed itself Jam City , and says it is expecting $400M in revenues next year--and is eyeing a possible IPO. Jam" refers to two of the company's most popular titles--Cookie Jam and Juice Jam. Financial details of that licensing deal were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Los Angeles-based mobile game developer SGN has renamed itself Jam City , and says it is expecting $400M in revenues next year--and is eyeing a possible IPO. Jam" refers to two of the company's most popular titles--Cookie Jam and Juice Jam. Financial details of that licensing deal were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 15, 2011

Los Angeles-based Scopely , the stealth-mode startup which announced a funding round this week, has a unique pitch to potential employees: the firm is offering up $11,000 wrapped in Bacon, an oil painting of the new employee, Cuban cigars, a year's supply of beer, and more prizes to new employees or people who refer friends to work at the startup.

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DECEMBER 27, 2017

Today, we have a contribution from Anna Barber , the Managing Director of Techstars LA (www.techstars.org), one of three startup accelerators run by Techstars in the Los Angeles area. In 2018 I hope we will see some maturing of what we refer to as a whole as "blockchain" but really meaning three separate things.

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DECEMBER 9, 2013

Los Angeles-based storage software developer Inktank has linked up with Servergy , a developer of power optimized, data center servers, to create a platform for large scale storage applications, the two said this morning.

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APRIL 4, 2014

However, in a bid to rejuvenate and re-energize the industry, a new effort-- Swarm --has just launched to bring together local software entrepreneurs, venture capital, and angel investors, in an attempt to bring new life to the region. Others involved in the effort include investor Brant Cooper, and Cooley''s Eric Otterson.

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AUGUST 1, 2011

Los Angeles-based FamilyFinds , the family-oriented, daily deals site headed by former LowerMyBills.com founder Matt Coffin, said Monday that it has launched two new, major features to the service. FamilyFinds.com offers typically include family-friendly events, products, and services.

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JUNE 7, 2011

StyleMint , the newest, celebrity e-commerce site being launched by Los Angeles-based BeachMint , is set to launch July 1st, according to details sent to supporters of the site. The launch date was included in the small print as part of a T-shirt giveaway promotion to refer friends to the site.

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MARCH 29, 2013

Over the past several years there have been a plethora of incubators and accelerators springing up all over southern California and particularly on the west side of Los Angeles. How you get referred into these shops is a subject for another post. Angel List. LAVA (Los Angeles Venture Association). SoCal Tech. Built in LA.

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AUGUST 30, 2010

Los Angeles-based Mail.com , the online media network run by Jay Penske, is being sued by The Gross Family Foundation, a New York-based charity, over its use of "FASHION ROCKS" to advertise and promote its own multimedia services. According to a lawsuit filed Monday in the New York Southern District Court (The Gross Family Foundation, Inc.

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MAY 30, 2012

The issue with most companies that I saw, is that they are outside of technology, and they just don't have access to the traditional funding sources like angels and venture capitalists. All of those companies already raise capital, they just don't use the traditional venture capital and angel ecosystem. I think that's pretty exciting.

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JULY 13, 2011

According to Edmunds.com, it is asking people who see classified ads referring to an Edmunds escrow service to report it to the web site hosting the ad; it also encouraged users to check with the Better Business Bureau or online to verify any escrow services are legitimate. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 17, 2011

Los Angeles-based Goldstar , the online, discounted event tickets service run by Jim McCarthy, is getting close to hitting 5 million tickets sold on the site, according to an email to users by CEO and co-founder Jim McCarthy. The business is directly aimed at the issue of unsold inventory at entertainment venues. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 4, 2011

One of the stealthiest Los Angeles startups to emerge in the last few months has been Namesake (www.namesake.com), headed by Brian Norgard and co-founded by Dan Gould. We actually go to Quora all the time, and refer back to Quora as a knowledge source. But, our end goals are different.

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OCTOBER 3, 2019

For years, Los Angeles-based Soylent (www.soylent.com)--which makes all-in-one meal replacement drinks, bars, and other productsdanced around the origins of the name, which is tied to a dystopian 1973 science fiction film, Soylent Green , featuring Charlton Heston. In a city like Los Angeles, that's not a very popular opinion.

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DECEMBER 6, 2019

For our interview today, we talked with CEO and co-founder Jon Grishpul about the startup, which offers up its services for free to homeowners in the Los Angeles area. We only operate in Los Angeles County and parts of Ventura County, and from here, we're going to gradually build our network across other areas around Los Angeles as we expand.

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JUNE 24, 2009

Los Angeles-based AudioMicro , an online stock music and sounds effects startup headed by Ryan Born, is announcing today that it is launching an updated site with a new interface, plus linked its offerings into SlideRocket, which offers an online site for creating presentations.

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MARCH 13, 2009

Los Angeles-based MySpace is launching a promotion centered around the upcoming NCAA March Madness basketball tournament Monday, with a promotion and $10,000 prize, the firm revealed this morning. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 24, 2011

One of the biggest complaints you hear from both entrepreneurs and investors in Los Angeles, is the lack of a credible, visible startup accelerator in the Los Angeles area. We caught up with Erik to hear more about MuckerLab, and its efforts to grow the Los Angeles technology ecosystem. Erik, thanks for the time.

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DECEMBER 10, 2008

The firm said the program will include application programming interfaces (APIs), code samples, method, and reference libraries. Big Stage is backed by Mission Ventures, Selby Venture, and the Tech Coast Angels. READ MORE>>

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AUGUST 10, 2012

A digital marketing tag is typically also referred to as a page code, which customers put on their websites when they want to deploy certain digital marketing solutions. As an example, if you're deploying Google Analytics, the way you deploy it is copying and pasting a page code on your website, also referred to as a tag.

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JANUARY 2, 2014

To shortcut what has been an antiquated way of connecting consumers with attorneys, Los Angeles startup LawKick (www.lawkick.com) has created an online, easy way to match up clients with lawyers, through a set of simple questions and answers about different kinds of legal problems. It sounds like you have some angel funding?

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MAY 28, 2015

Los Angeles-based HelloTech (www.hellotech.com) wants to be the service that you refer all of your friends and family to, instead--by offering up low cost, on-demand, in-home technical support. Richard Wolpert: Our plan for the next couple of months is to focus on Los Angeles. That resonated with a lot of people I talked to.

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AUGUST 7, 2014

Los Angeles has been in the midst of a technology boom over the last few years, with many of high profile startups growing in the area. We discovered that the model didn''t really scale, because the frame of reference of an individual is so unique, and also because business professionals don''t have all that much money to spend.

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DECEMBER 9, 2008

San Francisco-based investment firm Saints Capital , and Los Angeles-based venture capital firm Rustic Canyon Partners said Tuesday that they have formed a new fund, Saints Rustic Canyon, L.P., the parent firm of the Los Angeles Times before its acquisition by the Tribune Company. Financial details of the sale were not disclosed.

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OCTOBER 11, 2018

Kelly Perdew: I think you know that, since 2004, I have been an angel in LA. In 2014, a West Point buddy of mine, and also a serial entrepreneur, Craig Cummings started working together to find entrepreneurs we liked, to help them an invest in them, along with Luis Villalobos of the Tech Coast Angels.

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APRIL 10, 2015

Los Angeles-based SpringRole (www.springrole.com)--which is backed by Science, Inc.-- We wanted to go beyond the walls, beyond those employees, and build a network of people who want to refer others. However, you quickly tap out available referrals your employee base. That is very limited. How do the referrals work?

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OCTOBER 22, 2020

I find that a lot of people are referring people to me, hearing when someone is moving to LA, to talk to Z. Having been active now in Los Angeles, is there anything Los Angeles hasn't taken advantage of but should? Brad Feld has this mantra, give first, and I think that kind of curiosity and giving first pays off now.

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JULY 16, 2012

Los Angeles-based Fliptu (www.fliptu.com), headed by Jeremy Gocke , thinks it has this figured out, by providing a central place to access a brand's content, across social networks. I like to refer to that as the ultimate brand fan page, or to take the example from the apparel industry, where I come from, a virtual look book for a brand.

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MARCH 16, 2017

Earlier this week, Derek Norton , a long time advisor to the media, Internet, and technology industry in Los Angeles, announced a brand new venture capital fund called Watertower Ventures (www.watertowerventures.com). Derek Norton: We're investing in Los Angeles, the Bay Area, and New York. Tell us about the new fund?

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