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Interview with Michael Barton, Startup Exchange

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Mike was one of the founding members of 24/7 Media, which he took public, and was taken over by WPP Group. John Waller met him 10 years ago at 24/7 Media as well. Tags: capital venture equity startupexchange fund startup interview barton michael. He has done fairly well, and is now an angel and startup CEO himself. READ MORE>>.

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Interview with Sam Rogoway, Near Networks

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Yelp and CitySearch have been around for awhile, but Foursquare is really built on local businesses, Groupon, LivingSocial, and other deal sites are built on the backs of local businesses. There's been a huge push to engage local businesses, to get them involve din social media, but video has yet to catch up. How is the company funded?

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Ten Tech Entrepreneurs Who Are Putting LA on the Map

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Richard Rosenblatt – Demand Media. Most recently, Rosenblatt cofounded Demand Media, launching in 2006 with $120 million in equity and the acquisition of eHow.com. You might know Demand Media better as the people behind Cracked, DailyPuppy, and GolfLink. socaltech socal socalcto Matt Coffin – LowerMyBills.com.

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A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference

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Every region needs its local media & events. In LA we have SoCalTech , for which I am grateful. The other message I delivered to the room of entrepreneurs & investors at dinner the other night was that you need to think about equity from outside the region the same way that countries think about foreign direct investment.