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MediaTrust Gets $3M

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Los Angeles-based MediaTrust , which develops an online advertising and marketing platform, announced Thursday that it has raised $3M in a new funding round. The funding will go towards its Performance Exchange (MPTX) product, a real-time, CPC advertising exchange. MediaTurst is headed by Peter Bordes.

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Burstly Opens Up Mobile Ad Service

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Los Angeles-based Burstly , the mobile advertising tools firm run by Evan Rifkin, said this week that it has opened up a new way for mobile application developers to sell their own advertising space. Burstly is venture backed by Founder Collective, GRP Partners, Rincon Venture Partners, and SoftBank Capital.

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Interview with Noah Auerhahn, Extrabux

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The site started as a concept that Jeff Nobbs, my co-founder, and myself developed while we were operating a cash-back and coupon website while we were attending USC. We then went out to raise money, and got started on development. Noah Auerhahn: Neither of us are developers, though we are both tech savvy.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

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Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly. billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. Both are massively funding other LA tech companies through what Fred Wilson once defined as “recycled capital.”

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Interview with Robert Flynn, Aggregage

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That will primarily be focused on ad sponsorships, and selling advertising via lead generation, CPC, white papers, and so on, to generate revenue. My career in the venture startup world started in about 1984--I'm not a completely young guy--and I actually did about ten years in venture capital. Robert Flynn: Yes.

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Pour And Stir II – Managing Your Cost Per Customer

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Google’s market capitalization is in the stratosphere for a reason – keyword search advertising is highly effective. Cost Per Click (CPC) or Download (CPD) – As the name implies, advertisers pay only for clicks on its advertisements or when a user downloads its software, case study or whitepaper.

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Africa’s Largest and Fastest Growing Social Network | Interview with LAGbook’s Chidi Nwaogu

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As a young African entrepreneur with little funding, you may want to meet new people on social networks that may help in the growth and development of your new internet start-up. We also raised fund for CPC advertising, which doubled sign-ups. This prevents people from making new friends or meeting potential business partners.