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LA’s socially conscious bank challenger, Aspiration, launches a carbon offset credit card

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Aspiration , the financial services business for socially conscious consumers, is back with another environmentally friendly offering for its customers — this time, it’s a credit card. The Los Angeles-based company, which has raised roughly $250 million from investors including the celebrities Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert Downey Jr.’s

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How Epoxy Is Helping Content Creators Make Their Video More Social

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We spoke with co-founders Juan Bruce and Jason Ahmad about Epoxy''s mission, its roots from projects at Team Downey, the production firm of Robert Downey Jr., As part of that, I started working for entertainment studios and networks, and saw the shift in consumer behavior to online entertainment.

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How Online Video Companies Can Increase Margin and Build Better Businesses

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In my last post I pointed out that many of the media commentators who have criticized the YouTube video network companies as not having strong businesses were mistaken. Much of network television can cost $100,000 / minute to produce. It’s why many talent agencies or ad networks struggle to get scale advantages.

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Loot Crate Raises $18.5M to Get More Loot Into the Hands of Nerds

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Downey Ventures, M13, and Sterling.VC. The Loot Crate team has bootstrapped a truly elite business by consistently delighting their growing community of fans and customers,” said Bettinelli. “By The round is led by Upfront Ventures, with participation from Breakwater Investment Management, Time Inc.,

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Two Amazing Women Setting Out on Their Startup Journey

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Heck, I even had Robert Downey, Jr. And still able to make it out to LA networking events. Talking about how to inspire moms to get their children engaged with iPads and physical activity sets customized for their kids and based in part on their digital lives. It was Soleil Moon Frye. Aka Punky Brewster. We’re in LA.

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