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Can You Really Build a Great Tech Firm Outside Silicon Valley?

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In my LA I often see computer screens open with entrepreneurs talking about digital media. I don’t see this changing much like I don’t see you building blockbuster movies outside LA or shift the media buying center of gravity out of NY. In New York you have access to fashion, media, art and of course, financial services.

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Want to Start a Technology Company in LA?

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And we’re left with a city with idyllic weather, major commerce, the media center of the world, and a great emerging technology scene. It’s not uncommon for incredibly smart and talented Phd’s or CS majors from Stanford to raise $10 million on an early-stage “platform&# that if it succeeds it will be huge.

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Appallicious & the Age of Open Data

Tech Zulu Event

The Appallicious platform is an invaluable tool helping San Franciscans find and navigate through city parks, playgrounds and museums. Platforms like Appallicious can help governments keep up. The Appallicious Rec & Park app is just one example of the good that can come from the utilization of government data.

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How Cloudvirga Wants To Disrupt The Slow, Antiquated Mortgage Industry

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So, instead of just dealing with the consumer experience, we decided to tackle the problem head on and build an entire platform, and intelligent mortgage platform. This isn't something like disrupting social media or buying a car. The platform that lenders are using today they just can't leverage. It's plan and simple.

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Biz2Beach To Stream Live Here On TechZulu

Tech Zulu Event

and most recently Myspace, where he ran an online marketing team focused on SEO, social media, and paid traffic acquisition. Matt will speak about social media analytics and ROI, and how conversation is not enough without conversion. Founder’s Table, CEO, CTO, CIO, COO, and President, CallFire.

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ZunguZ Facebook Payment Application | Interview With The Founder Robert Sussman

Tech Zulu Event

ZunguZ is a global social payment platform that integrates deeply into the social graph of Facebook and financial service providers. We may keep the platform with the name ZunguZ and look for a client facing name for the application. TechZulu caught up Robert Sussman, Co-CEO of Zunguz , the Facebook payment app. What is Zunguz?

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Dallas Day of.Net | Training and Trends on Microsoft Technologies

Tech Zulu Event

Speakers include Scott Hunger, a principal program Manager and Lead on the Azure Application and Platform Team; Richard Campbell, cofounder of Strangeloop Networks, Jeffrey Palermo, CIO of Headspring Systems and many more! Despite what you read in the media HTML5 web applications can be extremely powerful and engaging.