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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

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What is perhaps different from other regions is that we have large indigenous aerospace industry and a big high-tech import/export trade as opposed to a lot of software companies. We don’t seem to get credit as a community for SpaceX or recognition as one of the fastest growing communities for commerce: Honest Company & JustFab.

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Interview with Robert Flynn, Aggregage

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That will primarily be focused on ad sponsorships, and selling advertising via lead generation, CPC, white papers, and so on, to generate revenue. Liquid Audio was at the forefront of the digital music scene, and we built the first, software infrastructure for legal distribution and commerce of music. Robert Flynn: Yes.

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I Just Invested in @Burstly, a Mobile Ad Management Company

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It broke the hegemony that the carriers had over software on mobile phones and the industry will forever be changed (for the better) for this. Mobile traffic consumption is rising dramatically and everybody expects it to become the major commerce platform of the future. banner ads on a CPM, CPC or a Cost-Per-Install [CPI] basis).

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