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CallFire Bootstraps 50,000 Signups and Hires Former NetZero CEO

Tech Zulu Event

In particular, CallFire has answered unusually strong demand coming from political campaigns, the insurance sector and emergency notification. He joined WebVisible, a leading provider of local online marketing software and services, as chief operating officer in 2009 and was elevated to CEO in 2010.

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

Both Sides of the Table

The monetization engine of the Internet that powers the most profitable business perhaps in history was invented and perfected in Los Angeles and is what you now know as Google Ad Words. The patents Overture held became known in small circles as Google’s ’361 problem as outlined here. He built & IPOd Demand Media.