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Findmypast.com Sets Up Shop In Venice

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Findmypast.com , a British family history website, said today that it has launched--and has set up a new office in Venice, California, to run its U.S. Findmypast runs an online, family history and genealogy site which provides genealogical records, in particular, a rich collection of British, Irish, and Australian records dating back to 1200.

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Viddy Wants to Bring Developers to Silicon Beach | $10K and a Job Offer

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Yesterday Viddy, the social video sharing site announced the launch of their public API for developers to build around the platform and come up with new ways of sharing video. On Friday, September 28th Team Viddy will pick their favorite API partner, and fly you (or your team of up to 4 people) to Venice Beach for an interview at Viddy.

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Interview with Tobi Bauckhage, Moviepilot

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How do a bunch of German moviemakers end up in Los Angeles, running a site helping studios to market and promote their films via their venture backed startup? MOviepilot is starting to bring its movie recommendations and discovery site to the U.S., Do you see a lot of competition from current US services?

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Interview with Roni Eschel, goFlow

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Roni Eschel: I grew up surfing competitively, and traveling the world. I saw that there was a combination of technology and the surfing industry in Venice. What's the advantage of your app over forecast sites? How did you go from pro surfing in Israel, to starting a company here in L.A.? After I arrived here in L.A.,

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Interview with Gordon Gould, SmartyPants Vitamins

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There was a real opportunity for me to arbitrage the last decade and a half of my experience in the Internet, and apply that to a products company, and to get some real competitive advantage. Having a strong presence online and strong, positive word of mouth in a relevant audience is a real competitive advantage.

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Putting the Pedal to the Metal at Amplify

From the Venture Trenches

For the first three months of this year, I have had the pleasure of breathing the same air as the crew from Amplify , the Venice based accelerator. Building a standout destination site for video gamers takes moxie in the highly competitive and lucrative on-line game industry.

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Putting the Pedal to the Metal at Amplify

From the Venture Trenches

For the first three months of this year, I have had the pleasure of breathing the same air as the crew from Amplify , the Venice based accelerator. Building a standout destination site for video gamers takes moxie in the highly competitive and lucrative on-line game industry.