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Interview with Anne Walls and John Singleton, WordHustler

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Anne Walls and John Singleton are co-founders of WordHustler (www.wordhustler.com), a local Hollywood startup looking to help writers connect with publishers. In their case, people write their scripts on a web site, and when they're done, they can submit them to contests with a single click. What's the whole idea behind WordHustler?

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Silicon Beach Fest Celebrates Tech Startups and Hollywood in LA | Pics, Highlights and What’s Next!

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“It’s great to get the tech and Hollywood communities together to celebrate digital innovation,” said Kevin Winston, creator of the Silicon Beach Fest, and Digital LA CEO/Founder. If u see an article or write a blog post, email us or leave a comment below with a link to your story and we’ll add it in.

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Interview with Youtuber Adorian Deck, On Making A Living On YouTube

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I'm a glass half full kind of guy, and it's more of my personal blogging channel. I started to meet lots of people, and really got into this community around personal blogging. What do you think of all the Youtubers who are using that to get into Hollywood--any thoughts there? Adorian Deck: It's pretty much a full time thing.

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Some Thoughts on Branding Startups and Communities

Both Sides of the Table

In his blog he says, “I responded that I thought it was stupid. I recommend that you start by writing down the attributes you would want people to think about when they think about your brand. ZestCash, founded by Douglas Merrill, former CIO of Google [Hollywood]. My views are pretty well known. I hate Silicon Whatever.

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Venture capitalists ‘like and subscribe’ to influencers

TechCrunch LA

First it was street-style photography, then came the launch of her popular fashion blog WeWoreWhat. People say we’re crazy, but we know creators are legit businesses,” Karat writes on its website — the company didn’t respond to a request to chat about what they’re working on.

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Interview with Bruce Nash, OpusData

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What's the story behind the site and how you got into tracking Hollywood numbers? Tags: movie office numbers opusdata hollywood content entrepreneur interview nash bruce. Bruce Nash: I had a tech background, originally, but I've always been a fan of the movies. We've found there is a big community of people who need access to our data.

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What Angel Investing & Florida Condos Have in Common

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I am avoiding “frenzied&# deals for all of the reasons Roger Ehrenberg talks about in his excellent blog post. I will write about some of these topics soon. I’m trying to pick themes that I think will map to macro trends over the next 5-10 years. I still love B2B application. I am really bullish on data-as-a-service.

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