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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

” It’s the most common refrain I hear from investors and even entrepreneurs these days. Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. “There’s something going on in LA.” LA By The Numbers.

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Interview with Noah Auerhahn, Extrabux

socalTECH

How did the company start? Noah Auerhahn: We got started right out of USC. The site started as a concept that Jeff Nobbs, my co-founder, and myself developed while we were operating a cash-back and coupon website while we were attending USC. We then went out to raise money, and got started on development.

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Search Engine Marketing - No Panacea for Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

Cost per click (CPC). All these models start with the advertiser choosing the right search keywords to match user searches. Campaign setup and ad copy writing. That business model doesn’t compute in the startup stage, but that’s another story. Tags: entrepreneurs startups. Popular keywords have higher costs.

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Interview with Tim Cadogan, OpenX

socalTECH

For today's interview, we spoke with Tim Cadogan , CEO of OpenX, to hear more about the firm's growth on the strength of Internet advertising, and what the firm is up to. They can sell those ads on a CPM, CPC, or CPA basis. As you know, we started in Europe, and re-based it here in Pasadena about two and a half years ago.

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I Just Invested in @Burstly, a Mobile Ad Management Company

Both Sides of the Table

As I naturally get asked all the time why we invested in Company A or Company B, I thought I’d just put forth my thesis in writing. So when I started talking with Evan Rifkin almost a year ago about the company he was planning to build, I was intrigued. Let’s start from the highest level that will not be rocket science.

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Africa’s Largest and Fastest Growing Social Network | Interview with LAGbook’s Chidi Nwaogu

Tech Zulu Event

Today they say its Africa’s largest and fastest growing social networking utility with over 4,000 daily new sign-ups. TechZulu caught up with Chidi Nwaogu, co-founder and CEO brings you the energy behind the twin co founders. As of writing, my twin and I serve as the Co-CEOs and Co-Presidents at LAGbook. What is LAGbook?

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Pour And Stir II – Managing Your Cost Per Customer

InfoChachkie

No one wakes up and says to themselves, “I need to buy that product I have never heard of before.” As Marketing Guru Guy Gabriel of Idea Engineering points out in Max Brand , viral marketing has made many an entrepreneur terminally ill. Affiliates invest the up-front marketing expenses required to attract customers.

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