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SoftBank bets big on a ‘digital Ellis Island’

TechCrunch LA

Crosscut Ventures, Mubadala Capital, Next Play Capital and Owl Capital also participated in the financing, which brings the Los Angeles-based company’s total raised to $50 million since its 2010 inception. the company says. the company says. s SB Opportunity Fund. Image Credits: Welcome Tech.

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Carving An Internet Niche With FamousBirthdays.com

socalTECH

That one thing, in the case of Los Angeles-based FamousBirthdays.com , is creating an online resource all about--you guessed it--famous birthdays. We use that same popularity algorithm for other categories. Our company had actually acquired a few different websites about two and a half years back. What''s next for your company?

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The 7 “Free” Ways to Get Traffic on the Web

Jason Nazar

Online Partnerships / Distribution Deals. Helpful Resources about Search Engine Traffic : 68 Helpful SEO Tools. Helpful Resources about for Getting Referral Traffic : Top Blogs List (with email contacts). To make sure you maximize the potential for traffic from partnership/distribution deals: 1.) Search Engines.

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What Happens When Startups Turn from Their Innovation Stage to Operational Excellence?

Both Sides of the Table

An alternate outcome that I also unfortunately observe in some cases are companies who had extreme early success with an initial product adoption but failed in key areas that limited the growth and therefore the ultimate financial outcomes. I see many companies that don’t make this transition well.

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The 7 Ways to Get Traffic on the Web

Jason Nazar

“If You Build It…They Will Come” may work for historical baseball ghosts, but it’s not a strategy you can rely on when starting an internet company. Online Partnerships / Distribution Deals. Helpful Resources about Search Engine Traffic : 68 Helpful SEO Tools. Search Engines. Referring Traffic / Press. Social Media.

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Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Startup Marketing Ideas - Eric David Greenspan

SoCal CTO

We have traditionally been a company heard about through word of mouth, radio advertising (now our own show) and from a Mini sighting. I’m going to be using that as an example for a long time! Flip flops required , How I got my mortgage company to lower my payments by $10k , Want more Twitter followers?, Great stuff!

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REACH Connected Future | Cleantech Recap

Tech Zulu Event

As one of our most fully stacked events to date, we thought it wouldn’t quite each of our five categories justice by recapping the entire event and skimming only for highlights. Mike Swords – Executive Director of Strategic Research Initiatives and Global Partnerships, UCLA. Cleantech, a Misnomer.

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