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JUNE 7, 2011

StyleMint , the newest, celebrity e-commerce site being launched by Los Angeles-based BeachMint , is set to launch July 1st, according to details sent to supporters of the site. BeachMint, the startup headed by former MySpace co-founder Josh Berman, is launching StyleMint with celebrities Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen.

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JANUARY 31, 2012

Hollywood-based Cocodot , the online invitations startup headed by former MySpace exec Shawn Gold, has made a subtle shift into the e-commerce sector in recent days, adding jewelry, chocolates, gifts, and more to the site.

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JANUARY 25, 2012

Santa Monica-based BeachMint , the e-commerce firm founded by Josh Berman and Diego Berdakin, has raised $35M in another round of funding, according to reports, led by Accel Partners, and also including Goldman Sachs, New World Ventures and Millennium Technology Value Partners, along with its existing investors. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 12, 2012

Santa Monica-based JewelMint , the jewelry service run by former MySpace co-founder Josh Berman and Diego Berdakin, said Thursday that it is launching an online "fashion film" series featuring Kate Bosworth , along with a national television commercial campaign.

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DECEMBER 28, 2010

Santa Monica-based BeachMint said Monday that it has raised $10M in a funding round for its social commerce site. The firm, started by MySpace co-founder Josh Berman and Diego Berdakin, runs jewelry site JewelMint along with Kate Bosworth and celebrity stylist Cher Coulter.

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JULY 18, 2012

The firm, which is developing big data software for helping e-commerce sites to attract and retain customers, said the funding came from Baroda Ventures, Mohr Davidow Ventures, Double M Partners, as well as angels Bong Koh (Lifecrowd), Clark Landry (GraphEffect), Kunal Anand (BBC; MySpace; Gravity), Mike Greenfield (Circle of Moms), Paige Craig, among (..)

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FEBRUARY 9, 2012

The new startup, like many other e-commerce startups emerging across Los Angeles, has combined a subscription service with a high-end, apparel brand. the business incubator/studio headed by former MySpace CEO Mike Jones. In the second startup backed by Science, Inc. The company is backed by Science, Inc.,

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AUGUST 7, 2009

Los Angeles-based ShopIt , which develops online, e-commerce software which allows people to buy and sell products through social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace, has been acquired by Altrinsic. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. in a Series B in October.

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JULY 7, 2010

Demand Media / Richard Rosenblatt / Los Angeles - Rosenblatt's last big win: MySpace, where he was Chairman, brokering its sale to News Corp. Rumored to be prepping for an IPO, just inked a deal to launch a new beauty and fashion site with Tyra Banks. Less known--a healthy domain name registration business. which he sold to AOL.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2012

In November, Michael Jones, the former CEO of MySpace, announced his plans for Science Inc. We're also enabling live booking, which will allow you to book and pay on the site for venues. We actually reached out to them, because we were fascinated with the e-commerce space. Is this the startup you're doing with Tony Adam?

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JUNE 18, 2010

Search leverages selective filtering via XMPP versus site indexing; only real-time search player to do so. Preliminary details: Social e-commerce site, based around celebrity and influencer-curated recommendations. Network of vertical focused sites: BeachMint, BeachMint, WineMint, etc.; Real-time search engine.

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AUGUST 30, 2012

and co-founder Sean Percival is a MySpace vet and a familiar face in Southern California's social media circles. But, prior to all of that, I had run e-commerce sites and an e-commerce agency, building sites for fifty to a hundred properties. Wittleebee is backed by Science Inc., Sean Pervical: It's interesting.

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APRIL 12, 2013

million new users and 22 million unique page views to its clients’ sites as a result of its effective campaign execution. Pinterest is also good for brands as it holds the number 2 spot for largest social network, ties with Twitter but bigger than Instagram, Tumblr and Myspace. million followers.

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MARCH 24, 2010

Van Nuys-based Audiolife (www.audiolife.com), a new startup focused on providing e-commerce tools to musicians, recently raised $1M in angel funding. We provide artists with e-commerce infrastructure that fulfills digital and physical orders, anywhere on the Internet. What's the idea behind Audiolife?

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FEBRUARY 27, 2012

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based MeUndies , debuted its subscription, e-commerce service for underwear and other basics. the digital studio/accelerator headed by former MySpace CEO Mike Jones. The firm is one of the companies which has recently emerged from Science, Inc., Before, I as in Dallas. Why underwear?

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JULY 28, 2010

Sites like MySpace already allow teens to customize their home base with graphics, blogs, and music to make it more attractive to their peers – that’s marketing. It’s not a big jump to e-commerce and the costs and decisions of running a business. We all know that technology comes naturally and early to this generation.

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MAY 5, 2011

Though in depth studies might show that relationships stemmed from online dating sites aren’t as successful as statistics might lead on, there’s no denying that the online dating model is tried and true in terms of getting people interested in wanting to connect and signing up. https://www.bnsprt.com/.

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APRIL 17, 2010

Commission Junction, MySpace, TicketMaster and many more. The company’s first offering will be a mobile retail commerce platform. The company has opened its API to approved sites for distribution and approved developers who want to build games, etc. We had executives from the studios like Fox, Warner Bros and Disney.

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JANUARY 6, 2021

Most ecommerce sites highlight this feature. I’m sure that you have all seen how quickly business momentum can shift, as from MySpace to Facebook, or more recently in the explosive growth of Amazon and e-commerce compared to retail. Select a single dimension to measure momentum.

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DECEMBER 5, 2010

Why did MySpace lose to Facebook & what can Twitter learn from this? We were looking for what I call the “6 C’s of Social Networking&# – Communications, connectedness, common experiences, content, commerce & cool experiences (fun!). Modern Social Networking: Friendster, MySpace & Facebook.

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JUNE 12, 2010

How did they end up with such an irreverent site and what was their objective? Private, flash sales site focused on apparel goods (women, men and children). Competition: Gilt Groupe , Ideeli , RueLaLa (sub of GSI Commerce) , OneKingsLane , department stores like Saks and Neiman Marcus. TechCrunch article. Read more: TechCrunch.

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JULY 10, 2011

Real-time information drives commerce. Because we include links in our Tweets, Twitter has become one of the most powerful sources on the Internet for driving traffic to websites, blogs and news sites. Real-time information drives decisions about marketing spend on movie releases. So they went after controlling the user clients.

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