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BridgeCo Adds $7.5M

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El Segundo-based BridgeCo , a developer of semiconductors for the home entertainment market, announced Friday that it has raised $7.5M Long is at private equity firm Atlantic Bridge, and will join the firm's board as Chairman. in a new round of funding. READ MORE>>.

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Spotlight: LA Tech Fall Judges Include Mike Jones, CallFire, Idealab, Tech Coast Angels, Coloft

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Mike has over 18 years of business development, marketing and management experience in businesses ranging from early stage start-ups to private equity and from mid-stage business to large turn-around operations. and has led business analysis & user interface design projects for the U.S. Navy, Pfizer, & Unisys Corp.

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TechZulu Live to Premiere "TZLaw" at 5:15 p.m. PT Thursday, October 7, with IP Attorney Denise Grayson of "The Social Network"

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Technology and IP law are at the forefront of the movie, and themes include common issues in startups regarding cash flow, IP rights, tech development, product design and distribution of equity. She has specialized in entertainment and Internet law since 1998. reputation rating websites and advising technology startups.

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AllSay: Using Mobile Apps To Engage Users With Decisions, with Geoff Campbell

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Through their professional services, I ended up investing in a private equity firm called iFormation, which was a three way joint venture between Boston Consulting Group, Goldman Sachs, and General Atlantic Partners. In our initial testing in LA, funny enough, people do care more about things like sports and entertainment.

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Spotlight: LA Tech SuperDemo Announced! | Mike Jones Former Myspace CEO

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This included stabilizing a historically negative traffic and user trend, reducing the operational cost of the business by nearly 90 percent and pivoting the product from its legacy as a social network to a social entertainment destination. To inspire and facilitate personal and cultural growth. To explore how new technologies impact society.

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Interview with Andy Steuer, Punchcard

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It was a portal, and partnered with ISPs so that those ISPs could generate ad revenue, and create stick entertainment for customers. That was a rocket ride as well, and that took us to a top 10 website, and NBC took an equity steak in the company. I then moved on to Infoseek, which at the time was just a search engine.

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How to Work with Lawyers at a Startup

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You never got around to agreeing exact equity splits but you had many conversations about it. Your cousin specializes in entertainment law – that’s different. I know he’s smart but you wouldn’t hire a Javascript developer to do your database design – would you? Here’s a hack for you.

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