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63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of

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Idea Mensch. 63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of By mario on May 2, 2012 in Features , grid. Features like this, as well as our daily interviews wouldn’t be possible without the amazing support of our sponsor eMinutes – a law firm here in Los Angeles that focuses on helping entrepreneurs structure their companies.

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How Helpr Wants To Bring On-Demand To Babysitting

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One of the latest is Los Angeles-based Helpr (www.helpr-app.com), which recently launched to help parents find babysitters for their children. Becka is also co-founder of Female Founders Los Angeles (FFLA). Parenting has always required a village of support, and we consider our platform to be that village.

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How Amavitae Wants To Help Youth Find A Career They'll Love

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For today's youth, it's often hard to figure out what they want to do in life--according to Deborah Ramo , Founder and CEO of Los Angeles-based Amavitae (www.amavitae.com). We came together with the idea of designing something that specifically addresses the skills and opportunity gap in our country. How did this start?

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Interview with Alex Benzer, SocialEngine

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SocialEngine is a white-label, community platform. Is the idea to have multiple projects as part of the company? Alex Benzer: My partner and I met here in Los Angeles, in high school. We're definitely Los Angeles natives, but we got the opportunity to do TechStars. We have some great mentors now.

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How Jukin Media Is Turning Viral Video Into A Real Business

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Los Angeles-based Jukin Media (www.jukinmedia.com) thinks it has figured that out, and instead of trying to create viral videos, has been buying up the rights to those videos--before they really go viral--to create not just a one-hit, viral video wonder, but a sustainable business. Those licensing fees can be pretty amazing.

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Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller

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We are creating a platform that enables users to play instant games and apps directly on the computer desktop. This is not so much because others are going to try to steal the idea, however, there is simply no upside in broadcasting your strategy to any would-be competitors. The idea of supporting people who have a day job is great!

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myLINGO | Connecting Non-English Speakers with the Movies

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TechZulu recently sat down with east coast transplant Olenka Polak to talk about startup life in Los Angeles. The idea is that the app uses the onboard microphone, reads the movie at any point the movie is playing using acoustic finger printing and audio recognition. We also have Chris Cookson as a technical advisor.

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