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A Chat with Chris Tragos of Jetpack

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We recently ran into Chris Tragos , one of the co-founders of Jetpack (www.jetpack.net), provider of an online ad platform. Chris Tragos: Jetpack is an ad platform, which I would describe as the most beautiful, best engaging, and most performant ad product for desktop, mobile, and tablet. What's the hardest challenge for your company?

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Interview with Brian McKelvey, Worlize

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What's the idea behind Worlize? It's built on a gaming platform, and is a way for users to create their own content and portions of that world. Brian McKelvey: I'd been looking around at all the social gaming platforms and virtual worlds online, such as Second Life, Farmville, and other apps on the Apple App Store for inspiration.

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Congrats To The Spotlight: LA Tech Fall Presenting Companies at UCLA

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After months of submissions and the amazing help from our judges , the Spotlight is shinning down on awesome companies that were born right out of Southern California. The evening will consist of a series of live stage demonstrations guaranteed to impress and inspire new ideas among all in attendance. View Larger Map. Diamond Sponsor.

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The End of the Web? Don’t Bet on It. Here’s Why

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The trends are legit, but we have no idea what unexpected breakthrough in human interaction is going to change everything.” Throughout the 90′s the PC became much more popular in corporate environments, so companies began to replace dumb terminals with PCs. But for software developers like my company the web was a blessing.

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What Makes an Entrepreneur (3/11) – Ability to Pivot

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Yes, there is the mythical company you all heard about that walked into Sequoia and had a term sheet 24 hours later. Every entrepreneur starts with an idea that they believe makes sense. Seemic (now a Twitter client) was originally a video blogging platform. I don’t think most VC’s do. I’m sure that happens.

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Spotlight: LA Tech | One Year, Recap, and Thank You!

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Please join us in congratulating this quarter’s Spotlight companies: Earbits is an online radio platform where artists, labels and concert promoters bid for airtime on a per-song-played basis, and use the exposure to sell their music, event tickets and more. Gold Sponsor. .

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Interview with Mark Sylvester, Likeabilitee

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What's the idea behind the service, and what can do with it? Every good entrepreneur dreams really big, and we're planning on having 1 percent of 37 million brands on our platform. Our roots are in Flash, and in fact the company came about as a project for Macromedia. Mark Sylvester: Likeabilitee is in beta for consumers.