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HipGeo Raises $500K

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The funding comes from Morado Venture Partners, a seed stage fund run by ex-Yahoo executives Ash Patel and Michael Marquez. Other investors in the round include Galen Buckwalter, former Chief Scientist at eHarmony, and San Diego angel investor Bob Bingham.

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HipGeo Launches Updated iPhone Travel Blogging App

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HipGeo said its new app is a "complete redesign" of its platform, and is aimed at letting mobile phone users post text, places, and photos of their travels. HipGeo is backed by Morado Venture Partners, the seed fund of ex-Yahoo executives Ash Patel and Michael Marquez, eHarmony's Galen Buckwalter, and San Diego angel investor Bob Bingham.

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Interview with Rich Rygg, HipGeo

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Earlier this month, Fullerton-based HipGeo (www.hipgeo.com) announced a $500,000 funding round from Morado Venture Partners, the seed fund of ex-Yahoo executives Ash Patel and Michael Marquez, eHarmony's Galen Buckwalter, and San Diego angel investor Bob Bingham. You might also use it to create another application.

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Social Networking and Business Value

SoCal CTO

A 12 - year veteran of the online world, he has worked in sales, business development and content partnership functions for Yahoo!, an enterprise social networking platform provider located in Los Angeles, CA. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. LAUNCH.com, and The Improv Comedy Clubs.

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Guide to the LA Startup Community

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Demand Media is an online media company operating two strategically-linked businesses: an integrated content and social media platform, and registrar solutions. The CitizenNet platform helps you measure, analyze, and automate social media marketing and engagement. Mediacode was sold to Yahoo. It filed for an IPO on August 6th.

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Why You Should Start a Company in. Los Angeles

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The city has, however, quietly been home to some of the most successful online companies to date, including CitySearch (sold to Ticketmaster for $260 million in 1998), Overture (acquired by Yahoo for $2 billion in 2003), eHarmony and LowerMyBills (bought by Experian for $330 million in 2005). What is happening in L.A.

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

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encouraging an open platform where 3rd parties can make lots of money]. GeoCities, Tripod & Yahoo! Yes, social networks of 2010 have much better usability, have better developed 3rd-party platforms and many more people are connected. Facebook went on become larger than even Google and Yahoo! History repeats itself.