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What Mattered in 2010: Bruce Hallett, Miramar Venture Partners

socalTECH

All this week, we are sharing the opinions of some of the top influencers in Southern California's high tech community. Right here in Los Angeles, Gil Elbaz and his team at Factual are building a platform and pipe for structured datasets that can be accessed (and purchased) as an on-demand service by anyone who needs them.

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How Phyn Is Bringing The World Of High Tech To Water Conservation, With Ryan Kim

socalTECH

The world of plumbing is not known for its high tech products. WeMo is a consumer friendly, connected home, Internet-of-Things solution and platform that we developed, to control light switches, connected outlets, plugs where you can monitor your energy, and schedule. Tell us the story on how Phyn spun out of Belkin?

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

They estimate that high-tech work contributes $108.3 What is perhaps different from other regions is that we have large indigenous aerospace industry and a big high-tech import/export trade as opposed to a lot of software companies. They estimate that high-tech work contributes $108.3

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Interview with Patrick Kennedy, Sidebar

socalTECH

When I joined the company, I found an amazing technology platform and analytics capability. He's gone through this a couple of times now, so we have a robust platform which can predict the content users will like, and do so in an elegant and efficient manner. By using our analytics platform, they learn about what consumers want.

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How To Begin Using Social Media In Your Business

Startup Professionals Musings

Social media demands two-way communication, rather than outbound only. The basic tools are the platforms like Twitter and Facebook. So print it off and deliver it to a friend who is not so high-tech. Don’t mix your personal and business profiles or messages. Develop a marketing strategy specific to this media.

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Too Many Small Businesses Still Ignore Social Media

Startup Professionals Musings

Social media demands two-way communication, rather than outbound only. The basic tools are the platforms like Twitter and Facebook. So print it off and deliver it to a friend who is not so high-tech. Don’t mix your personal and business profiles or messages. Develop a marketing strategy specific to this media.

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Why Finance Should Take a Page Out of the Credit Card Industry’s Book

Xconomy

In the Bangladesh case, the attackers compromised a legitimate bank user’s account and put in money wire orders through the SWIFT platform, which is used by banks around the world to transfer money. The attack method for these high-tech bank heists is similar to credit card fraud. The clues are in the message itself.