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Putting the Pedal to the Metal at Amplify

From the Venture Trenches

As a member of NextSpace I have witnessed Amplify in operation and it is a shop that definitely believes in good rewards stemming from hard work. The value that is being “added” is often at arms length or via a specialist who interacts with the entrepreneur. Unwinding at an Amplify party. Setting up for Eric Garcetti.

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Interview with Ilya Pozin, Cofounder of Pluto TV

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I started a web design company, and ended up going to college in Florida, but kept on running the company on the side. That was the first time I raised any kind of capital, $600,000 in capital, for a social gifting platformback when Facebook was very generous with data. The opportunity for an acquisition came from them.

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Interview with Alex Benzer, SocialEngine

socalTECH

SocialEngine is a white-label, community platform. We're definitely Los Angeles natives, but we got the opportunity to do TechStars. The other reason for building it, is LA is crapped on all the time from a press perspective and entrepreneur perspective. Alex Benzer: We're definitely looking at taking money later this year.

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Putting the Pedal to the Metal at Amplify

From the Venture Trenches

As a member of NextSpace I have witnessed Amplify in operation and it is a shop that definitely believes in good rewards stemming from hard work. The value that is being “added” is often at arms length or via a specialist who interacts with the entrepreneur. Unwinding at an Amplify party. Setting up for Eric Garcetti.