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What Mattered in 2012: Kevin Winston, Digital LA

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The biggest news for Digital LA this year has been creating and spearheading Silicon Beach Fest, LA's first startup entertainment community festival in Santa Monica and Venice in June, 2012. We'll head back to the beach on the first week of summer for a week-long Silicon Beach Fest in Santa Monica June 2013.

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Reflections on 2020: Brian Mac Mahon, Expert Dojo

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Previously we had to bring companies from all around the world to our 8 week accelerator program in Santa Monica and we were restricted by having to use local investors, trainers and mentors to keep our startups occupied. The pandemic has been a blessing for us from a process perspective. Recessions are a life lesson.

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Silicon Beach Fest June 2013 Keynote and Accelerator Panel Highlights

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Whether you were a startup, an investor, a blogger, a fashionista, or someone just curious about what is happening in Santa Monica aka “Silicon Beach,” the recent Silicon Beach Fest had something for everyone which included panels, parties and more. Most companies are referred by other VC’s, founders or mentors.

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GumGum Makes Images Profitable for Publishers

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Perhaps one of the reasons it took 20 years for the commercial web to monetize images is because matching images with content is a very difficult. Matching ads to content is what they do. Targeting images and adding video content is a nice premium alternative to the traditional buys that are extremely competitive.

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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

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A move to more urban environments (SF over SV, Cambridge over Waltham, London over Thames Valley, Santa Monica / Venice, Flatiron and so forth) as basically young people want to live where young people want to live. Maker Studios, the largest producer of online short-form videos (content) recently sold to Disney for nearly $1 billion.

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Congrats To The Spotlight: LA Tech Summer Presenting Companies at CalTech

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andi also lets users share text, photos, videos, live panels, and soon even comprehensive queues consitsting of offline and online content in all of your popular social sites including Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr. CallFire.com is a small company with fewer than 20 employees located in beautiful Santa Monica.

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Submissions Now Open For Spotlight: LA Tech Fall

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CallFire.com is a small company with fewer than 20 employees located in beautiful Santa Monica. The firm has a strategy-based approach with a strong focus on technology and high-quality content. They are a unique group of intellectuals with aspirations to truly change how companies do business.