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Interview with Michael Wong, MergeLocal

socalTECH

We caught up with co-founder Michael Wong , who told us about how the company is looking to change the model for local check-ins, and also help businesses with getting the word out about their services. It helps local businesses, events, and brands to promote themselves, based on the location of their users. What is MergeLocal?

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Announcing a Deal I’ve Wanted to Talk About for a Year

Both Sides of the Table

He had an idea for a startup that would help consumers better book service jobs and would take on Service Magic, which he believed had a business model that could be disrupted. I acted as the occasional mentor, advisor and coach to Ethan. I think it’s a beautifully designed site and product.

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Interview with Howard Marks, Start Engine

socalTECH

In what has been an unprecedented surge in interest in helping entrepreneurs, there have been more than a half dozen accelerators--most patterned after the successful YCombinator and TechStars programs elsewhere in the country--established in Southern California in the last month or so. How many companies will you be helping in each class?

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Interview with Alex Benzer, SocialEngine

socalTECH

Plus, he told us a little bit about how he's helping to build a mini cluster of technology companies in the Silverlake area. We had to figure out what would help the other 90 percent build better and more interesting sites. We have some great mentors now. It's actually uncommon to have a female CTO.

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Interview with Scott Ferreira, MySocialCloud

socalTECH

Scott Ferreira: MySocialCloud helps user manage their online life, through three tools. One, is the discovery of awesome content, two is a place to store and publicize that awesome content, and three is being able to save your usernames and passwords to literally any site on the web, and automatically log you into those sites.

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Eight Startup Tips From Mark Zuckerberg

InfoChachkie

1) Get A Mentor. "I "I started the site when I was 19. Given Facebook's numerous corporate governance mistakes during its early days, Mark would have been well served to have cultivated a mentorship with one or more savvy Advisors. Note: This is an installment in the Iconic Advice series. " [Tweet this quote].

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The Truth Behind Display Advertising: Adomic's Quest For Transparency

socalTECH

We had been building technology around a publisher interface, and starting seeing the same things from customers, who wanted to understand what was happening on their site, what their competition was doing, and what advertisers were doing. The new name helps describe the company better, and doesn''t give the wrong preconceptions.