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JUNE 13, 2019

In January, Los Angeles-based Pluto TV (www.pluto.tv) was acquired by Viacom for $340M, one of the largest acquisition deals so far in the region this year. I started a web design company, and ended up going to college in Florida, but kept on running the company on the side. Why it is you were successful, where they weren't?

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MARCH 21, 2013

How is the changing demographic of web visitors changing how local companies operate? We recently chatted with Debra Domeyer , CEO of Oversee.net (www.oversee.net), a Los Angeles company which provides both domain monetization and runs vertical, consumer lead generation and marketing sites, to hear about the company.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Los Angeles-based BiasSync (www.biassync.com) was founded by three, very experienced serial entrepreneurs-- Michele Ruiz (broadcast journalism), Robin Richards (CareerArc, Internships.com, NTI Group, MP3), and Dan Gould (former VP of Technology for Tinder). It's the idea of bringing a modern web experience to this.

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OCTOBER 31, 2012

For ThinkNear , it looks like the whole process paid off in less than two years, after the Los Angeles company went from the TechStars accelerator just last June, to a healthy acquisition by TeleNav earlier this month for $22.5M. Eli Portnoy: We were definitely not looking at acquisition opportunities. But, do they really help?

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socalTECH

MAY 14, 2013

That one thing, in the case of Los Angeles-based FamousBirthdays.com , is creating an online resource all about--you guessed it--famous birthdays. I love the web and love Internet marketing. Although the web offers amazing chances for organic growth, you have to do something amazing. That''s definitely on our roadmap.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

Where I use LinkedIn: * I definitely use LinkedIn for Specific Requests - Ex. Open Source Business Models, speakers for Web 2.0 I regularly do wine tastings here in Los Angeles with some interesting folks I know. I definitely check people out using LinkedIn. I definitely check people out using LinkedIn.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

I founded NowLive a year ago, dedicated to producing and streaming live, professional events for the web and mobile, and anchored interactive. I came to Los Angeles 7 years ago, and worked for a small entertainment marketing firm. Additionally, they are syndicated widely across the web. What's unique about NowLive?

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Quality tech news from around the web. Today, the Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC) published its updated economic forecast for LA and the Southern California region. And so we get book ordering problems and expensive lunches and weirdly angry LPs. What a boring mess. Written by Arman Tabatabai.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2013

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based web hosting and cloud computing provider DreamHost (www.dreamhost.com) raised a big, $30M funding round for the company--the first in the company''s long history. Simon Anderson: DreamHost offers a web hosting, and now, cloud computing platform and storage.

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MAY 23, 2012

How do a bunch of German moviemakers end up in Los Angeles, running a site helping studios to market and promote their films via their venture backed startup? That's the story we got from Tobi Bauckhage , the co-founder and CEO of Moviepilot (www.moviepilot.com), a German firm which is setting up shop in Los Angeles.

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Tech.Co

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

That is, there’s a definite part of the market that’s hungry for affordable digital advertising but can’t find a suitable outlet to get involved: Chad Rogers, Daniel Marlow, and Hope Horner built Lemonlight Media to satiate that hunger.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2012

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 started working on local web design projects, but got sick of that in six months. Alex Benzer: We're definitely looking at taking money later this year.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Hamilton Chan is founder of Los Angeles-based PaperLinks (www.paperlinks.com), a new startup which is developing mobile applications which take advantage of QR codes--the 3D barcodes which are cropping up everywhere--to help users marketers go beyond just linking those codes to web pages, but also to power social applications.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 3, 2014

One new, Los Angeles startup-- Laudville (www.laudville.com)--recently launched its service to try to tackle that huge task, of bringing your content together. That''s also one of the things I really love about Los Angeles. How do you aggregate all that together in one package? One is it''s much more social. I love that.

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Entertainment Startup Southern California Netflix 206

socalTECH

MARCH 14, 2011

For this morning's interview, we spoke with Scot Richardson , CEO of Los Angeles-based LaughStub (www.laughstub.com), which develops software which helps comedy clubs and others manage ticket sales, online marketing, and customer relationship management. Scot Richardson: I'm definitely the business side of the co-founders.

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Ticketmaster CTO Hire Tech Coast Angels Social Media 140

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

LA Tech Summit takes place the following day and takes a more comprehensive look at the entire tech eco-system in Los Angeles, not just Hollywood. And last, but definitely, not least, who can ignore the black comedian online powerhouse who is Glozell Green? The staff is very helpful and provides great customer service too.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 20, 2012

Last week, I attended an event hosted by The Los Angeles User Experience Meetup at Cross Campus in Santa Monica. He is the Content Strategist and CEO of FatDUX, headquartered in Copahagen, Denmark, a global company specializing in user experience with offices worldwide in Los Angeles, Budapest, Zagreb and Prague.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

(Editor's note: Los Angeles has always had strong ties to business in the UK, and the UK government has been very active in reaching out to Los Angeles technology firms in recent years. What I do definitely see is a correlation between the Tech City cluster and what's going on in New York City.

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socalTECH

APRIL 16, 2010

I actually started my web site, CheapCheapCheap, while I was in college. Albert Ko: Yes, we're definitely looking to expand, although still pretty local. Albert Ko: With social media right now, it's definitely scalable. Is this more than just a local Orange County site, or do you have plans to expand the idea elsewhere?

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Well, Los Angeles based Near Networks (www.nearnetworks.com) is looking to both reach customers online, and avoid the tacky, lousy production of typical small business ads, with a new service. We have a network of filmmakers who film for us, but all of the producing and editing is brought back to our base here in Los Angeles.

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Networking Search Engine Optimization Product Startup 150

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

Fun Fact: Los Angeles heavy hitters J.J. Named after the timeless Betty Davis song, Nasty Gal carries the spirit of founder Sophia Amoruso — adventurous, stylish, and definitely unique. By bringing startup companies together with modern facilities and tools, Amplify LA is the engine that powers the cutting edge.

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socalTECH

MAY 16, 2012

We sat down with the two Los Angeles founders and heard more about the service. We're not the first to develop a concept like this, but together with both of our skills we thought we could build something that was a little better and easier to use, and is definitely more efficient that what else is out there. READ MORE>>.

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From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

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. Every founder can directly access any investor or mentor in the Amplify army of cohorts, which adds up to more than 70 of the most influential business professionals in Los Angeles and beyond.

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Web Design Social Media Seed Funding Design 103

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

It's been awhile since we caught up with the folks at Los Angeles-based Oversee.net (www.oversee.net), which has a very big businesses in the domain name area, so we thought we'd sit down and hear how things are going for the firm. It's still early, though we're definitely making strides. What businesses is Oversee.net now in?

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socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2011

One of the biggest forces that has emerged in the Internet in recent years has been crowdsourcing, the way the web has empowered users to drive the creation of content and information online. Although I've been in Los Angeles, my last company was actually based in Chicago. Most of that funding is going towards staffing up.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

One of the firms launching this week there is Los Angeles-based NativeTung (www.nativetung.com), which is developing tools to help web sites translate and create multilingual versions of their sites. Idris Manley: Essentially, what we do is we create a global layer for web sites, that supports multiple language content channels.

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Startup Technical Review Social Network Content 133

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DECEMBER 21, 2012

We're definitely one of the larger players in the market, but we're still completely independent. We're growing very quickly, and have around 100 employees, with offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Buenos Aires. Our largest offices is in Los Angeles, which is our headquarters. How did that come about?

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Platform Mobile Startup Develop 147

socalTECH

OCTOBER 18, 2012

We spoke with Jon Knarreborg , co-founder of Bragstr (www.bragstr.com), a new Los Angeles startup, about how the company's new social game lets you prove your sports knowledge and prediction skills by challenging your friends in a virtual fantasy league, revolving around wagering virtual currency. How about an online game?

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Sites Startup Activity Ideas 237

socalTECH

MAY 16, 2012

We sat down with the two Los Angeles founders and heard more about the service. We're not the first to develop a concept like this, but together with both of our skills we thought we could build something that was a little better and easier to use, and is definitely more efficient that what else is out there. READ MORE>>.

Education 171

Education Sites Startup News 171

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 4, 2008

We recently ran across TravBuddy.com (www.travbuddy.com), a Los Angeles area travel site which allows travelers to meet others, share travel reviews, photos, and more, and had thought it would be great to hear the story behind the site. Eric Bjorndahl: At the highest level, we're a social networking web site for travelers.

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JUNE 25, 2013

Los Angeles-based TheBouqs (www.thebouqs.com) thinks so, with its new, cut-to-order online flower delivery service for the iPad generation. Participating in the round is Quest Venture Partners, Siemer Ventures here in Los Angeles, Telegraph Hill Capital, and a number of great angel investors. million round.

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Services Technical Review Startup Pricing 215

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Recently I wrote a post arguing to make the definition of a Startup more inclusive than that to which Silicon Valley, fueled by Venture Capital return profiles, would sometimes like to attach to the word. Or how about the best example – Loic Le Meur gets everybody over to Paris every year for Le Web. And build from there.

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socalTECH

JUNE 15, 2011

Last week, Los Angeles-based StarGreetz (www.stargreetz.com) debuted its celebrity-powered, personalized message service to the public, allowing both brands and artists to send highly personalized messages to their fans. We go to the web, we go to feature phones, we go to smart phones, we go to land lines, iPads, Droids, and so on.

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MAY 27, 2009

He then invested in about twenty companies, almost all of them in Los Angeles or Southern California. There are definitely interesting things in Southern California. Given that, the Southern California venture capital ecosystem is definitely going through turmoil. They did really, relaly well.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 23, 2012

What existing systems will we leverage, what programming languages, software development methodologies, web application frameworks, revision control systems, etc.? " There are definitely cases where the lead developer grows into a CTO. Here in Los Angeles, it's the LA CTO Forum - a private, invite only group of 250+.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2014

I’ve definitely thought to myself “take me back” multiple times. This year, it being our third year in a row conducting on site interviews and live streaming, we definitely had to ensure this year’s lineup was up to snuff with the great ongoings of SXSW. Chris Cox – Invoc , inbound call analytics.

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JULY 20, 2009

One of the big, open source successes in both Southern California and the software world was Gluecode Software , which was based in Los Angeles and acquired by IBM in 2005. We caught up with Webtide to learn more about the firm's open source web server software, Jetty.

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