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Interview with Julie Novack, PartySlate

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He introduced me to Wavemaker, also in LA, and also Halogen Ventures, which is led by Jessie Draper, which invests in women-run technology companies. The last thing, is you really need to understand what your business metrics are, and make sure you are looking at the most important metrics.

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Launchpad LA Receives VC Funding: $50,000 Per Startup

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But the most important metric has been the deep and lasting relationships that have been built with startups and also between senior executives. million from Rincon Ventures & Tim Draper. 23 companies have gone through Launchpad LA. Ranker - Raises $1.3 and so much more. MobileRoadie , TicketMob and many others.

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Interview with Clark Benson, Ranker

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Our traffic metrics have been growing, and we're now up to over 2 million monthly uniques, and 7 million monthly page views. Clark Benson: We raised money from Draper Fisher Jurvetson in Palo Alto, Rincon Ventures, and a number of angels. How long has the site been up and running? Most of that funding is going towards staffing up.

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