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When to Use Facebook Connect ā€“ Twitter Oauth ā€“ Google Friend Connect for Authentication?

SoCal CTO

From there, you will generally see a pop-up dialog similar to the following (this one is from CitySearch): Once you click Connect, the original site now knows that Iā€™m Tony Karrer from Facebook and the various demographic and friend information from Facebook. do not provide access to the email address. Take a look at Startup Metrics.

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Interview with Scot Richardson, Laughstub

socalTECH

We started in the comedy industry, hence the name, but basically for venues, we have a website management tool so you can fire your web programmer. I always ask the question, when I've brought a concert ticket, if I'm going to get an email from the venue, or from a Ticketmaster or Live Nation. Finally, what's next for you?

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Announcing a Deal Iā€™ve Wanted to Talk About for a Year

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And in a world where we increasingly log in to personal web time at late hours or on our mobile phones that’s no longer good enough. They decided early to only book very high quality vendors so they build a system that could pull in Yelp & CitySearch reviews and they set the standard that it had to be highly rated.

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Interview with Chris Lyman and Corey Brundage, SendLove.to

socalTECH

Effectively, what Corey and I are trying to do, is distill the course of opinions on the web, and turn that into a consumable format. Instead, what we have tried to do, is turn the social web into a sort of representative democracy. We picked up a bunch of blogs, emailed them, and have gotten a really good response rate.

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How to Develop Your Fund Raising Strategy

Both Sides of the Table

In the era of social networks, LinkedIn, Facebook messaging, Quora and email addresses that are easily guessable, it’s easy to think that maybe you should just approach a VC directly. When I get these inevitable emails or calls I respond the same way, “It’s a shame for me that I’m too late to your process.

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Why You Should Start a Company in. Los Angeles

SoCal Delicious

The city has, however, quietly been home to some of the most successful online companies to date, including CitySearch (sold to Ticketmaster for $260 million in 1998), Overture (acquired by Yahoo for $2 billion in 2003), eHarmony and LowerMyBills (bought by Experian for $330 million in 2005). Okay, thats AdSense. 10 years ago.

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Guide to the LA Startup Community

SoCal Delicious

Citysearch is an online guide that offers information and recommendations regarding local businesses including restaurants, shops, bars, hotels, and others. Mark Reply Cancel reply Leave a Comment Previous post: Why Email Isn’t Dead Next post: The Power of Small Get-Togethers Producing an event? LowerMyBills, Inc.

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