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We spoke with one of those companies-- ElSegundo-based ConsumerTrack (www.consumertrack.com)--which is a $30M, bootstrapped an online marketing company which is driving millions of customers to big name, financial customers. We have been growing, and profitable for the last ten years.
For a couple of years, I was the head of a boutique software consulting firm based in ElSegundo. We worked on all kinds of projects, including an online auction site for real estate, kiosks for airports, and music. I founded that with the former CTO of my first company, Kevin Smilak, who now works at Google.
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