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Casa Verde Capital Invests In Proper's Sleep Supplements

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Hollywood-based Casa Verde Capital , the venture capital firm run by Snoop Dogg, has led a $9.5M investment in Proper a New York startup which says it is developing "evidence-backed" supplements and personalized coaching to help people sleep.

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Takehollywood Links With Mobli

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Los Angeles-based Takehollywood , a new startup offering up online short form videos around different topics about acting, said Wednesday that it has linked with Venice-based Mobli , the developer of a social sharing app. takehollywood mobli short form video acting instruction coach hollywood actor teaching mobile sharing'

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Fandango Launches Original Video Effort

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In a move into creating its own video content, Los Angeles-based Fandango , the movie ticketing and movie information site, said this morning that it plans its first ever, original video development slate. The company said its original video series will be made for Fandango, spearheaded by new Fandango Chief Correspondent Dave Karger.

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Mark Suster, Nely Galan to Keynote Silicon Beach Fest

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This second annual fest brings together technology leaders, startup CEOs, investors, Hollywood studio executives, entrepreneurs, developers, students and more to celebrate LA’s dynamic technology industries with panels, workshops, hackathon, mixers, and a start-up showcase spotlighting 40 local startups.

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You Are Never Too Old To Learn To Surf (aka: Don’t Be Afraid To Suck)

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For her, the stakes were especially high because she bet it all when she moved from Perth to Hollywood. She noted that a key to successfully moving out of the, "I am aware I suck" stage is to develop coping mechanisms that help you quickly "unslump.". Per Kirsty, "I sold everything I owned. Left Australia. it was not good.

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Getting Back Your Series A Mojo

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What I loved about the founding team from day 1 was that the founders were all people who tried to break into Hollywood and found the system closed. Your lead developer quit to join the new hot thing. I wish more startups would get personal coaches so they could let out their angst to neutral people – not staff, not investors.

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Startup Weekend LA | Recap February 2012

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Those with their ideas selected were out on the prowl, looking to recruit the top designer or developer in the room. While everyone developed their products throughout the day, SWLA teams briefly said hi to Marc Nager (StartupWeekend CEO) during a quick Skype call who was down in New Zealand facilitating Startup Weekend.

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