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How Cloudvirga Wants To Disrupt The Slow, Antiquated Mortgage Industry

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This isn't something like disrupting social media or buying a car. In my 20's, I was already doing serious volume, and ended up closing on 6 to 7 billion in mortgages with 400 to 500 people reporting to me. Kyle Kamrooz: Unfortunately, it's because it's a very complicated process. So I've spent a lot of time in the mortgage industry.

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

Both Sides of the Table

In my LA I often see computer screens open with entrepreneurs talking about digital media. There is no region in the country that comes close to having the sheer number of angels & VCs that Silicon Valley has as well as the dollars that flow into the region (40% of all dollars, PwC Moneytree report ). million in SF Bay Area ).

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The social Web in 2010: The emerging standards and technologies to watch

SoCal Delicious

There are presently many new efforts under way to refine and improve the world of social media, some of which we’ll explore here and many which are just beginning. Disconnects between older and newer generations of social media. Poor integration between social media and location services.

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