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Interview with Eric Frankel, StarGreetz

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It literally lets them talk to their customers in a never-before way, on a one-on-one basis. Based on those three inspirations, I wanted to build a company that allows brands and celebrities to speak to their customer in a unique manner. For our readers who haven't yet heard of your company, what's the idea behind StarGreetz?

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Interview with Mike Hopkins, ICE Energy

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Santa Barbara-based Ice Energy (www.ice-energy.com) has quietly been working away at developing energy storage systems to help smooth out the demand for energy on the nation's power grid. We have thirteen patents associated with the Ice bear. Our customer is not the building owner or tenant, it's the utility.

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Spotlight: LA Tech Judges and SuperDemo Bill Gross of Idealab!

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In college at the California Institute of Technology, he patented a new loudspeaker design and formed GNP Loudspeakers, Inc. He holds a BA from the University of California, Santa Barbara, a JD from Southwestern University, and suffers from an addiction to cheeseburgers. Custom ad deals and partnerships.

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