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JULY 18, 2012

One way is to create your own, custom video clip which you can share via email, text message, or through a social networking site like Facebook. Los Angeles-based SnapCuts (www.snapcuts.com) does just that, allow users to tap into a wide collection of clips, which can be re-mixed, combined with text, and sent to your friends.

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Social Network Mobile Media Examples 246

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APRIL 28, 2010

Dave Waldman , CEO and Founder of Los Angeles-based Bccthis (www.Bccthis.com), a startup looking to add additional functionality and private messaging into both corporate emails and Twitter messages. We were developing games, applications, and WAP sites for lots of carriers around the world while at Twistbox.

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Email Startup Mobile Ideas 185

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Our profile this morning is with Network Automation , a Los Angeles company competing in the IT automation market. It's nice chatting with you again about your company--you're here in Los Angeles, aren't you? Can you give a concrete example of how that might work? The technology has just exploded.

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Networking IBM IBM Pacific Palisades 214

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AUGUST 10, 2011

The last time we spent much time chatting with Chris Lyman and Corey Brundage , they were at Los Angeles telephony software firm Fonality , busy getting their employees set up in a full blown, mixed-martial arts (MMA) "fight club". Can you maybe give a concrete example of that? So you've rolled this out to a few sites already?

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Startup Blogging Writing Examples 174

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FEBRUARY 22, 2011

To hear about the firm's interest in Los Angeles, and Southern California investments in general, we spoke with Fouad ElNaggar , Principal at the firm, to hear about where the firm is nowadays and what kind of investments it is making locally. We really believe in the market. The other big challenge is getting deals done.

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Redpoint Southern California Cornerstone OnDemand Invest 154

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JULY 21, 2011

Los Angeles-based MomentFeed (www.momentfeed.com) is looking to sort through that data to help marketers better tap into location based, social networking. Zumbox was essentially the USPS online, where we had networked street addresses so that email cloud flow online the same way as it did offline. It just snowballed from there.

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Social Media Zumbox Media Startup 248

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2008

There are a lot of users, with lots of different email and instant messaging accounts, who are finding that there are too many ways to communicate with their friends and associates. People are using email, IM, soc nets like LinkedIn and Facebook, SMS, and video chat -- all of these are really places to communicate. how do you compete?

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Email Yahoo Startup Google 113

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AUGUST 7, 2014

Los Angeles has been in the midst of a technology boom over the last few years, with many of high profile startups growing in the area. Customer care, obviously, is emails, phone calls, and customer service back office services. It makes Los Angeles traffic look like a walk in the park.

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Startup Technology Outsource Santa Monica 231

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NOVEMBER 15, 2012

Right now, it's a manual process--unless you're using the tools from Los Angeles-based PublishThis (www.publishthis.com). Prior to starting PublishThis, I was the General Manager for Edmunds.com, the automotive site here in Santa Monica. I ran that between 2001 and 2008, and then left to start what has become PublishThis.

Web 237

Web Newsletter Content Startup 237

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

However, Los Angeles-based Postcard On The Run (www.postcardontherun.com) is trying to recapture that sense of value of physical photographs, with its new service, which turns digital photos into postcards. An example might be Facegoo, which allows you to send funny emails to friends, send out a tweet, or add a picture to Facebook.

Email 218

Email Startup Ideas Burbank 218

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MARCH 6, 2009

We talked with Sean McCleese, CEO and Founder of the firm, about what it offers, and how it's looking to stand out from the many other tutoring sites out there. It's a site, where people can come on and get help with the individual problems they need help with. Are the people using the site in the U.S., or international?

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Class Sites Altadena Pricing 150

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JUNE 11, 2012

As a reminder to our readers who haven't used EventUp, what is the site all about? We started in Los Angeles, and spent time in LA understanding how venues get signed up, how to cater to their needs, and how to get people signed up. We spoke with Tony Adam , the firm's CEO, about the company's new funding round. READ MORE>>.

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Santa Monica Seed Funding Startup Conference 211

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JUNE 25, 2013

Los Angeles-based TheBouqs (www.thebouqs.com) thinks so, with its new, cut-to-order online flower delivery service for the iPad generation. There''s no continual upsell like you might encounter on other floral sites. We send you reminders by email, and deliver as many times a year as you prefer. million round.

Services 215

Services Technical Review Startup Pricing 215

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MARCH 5, 2012

To address that worry, Los Angeles-based DogVacay (www.dogvacay.com) lauched last week -- just in time for SXSW -- to help connect dog owners with individual dog lovers to help watch their dogs at their homes. Dog owners can browse through the site, and find the best options for their pet.

Technical Review 164

Technical Review Startup Sites Malibu 164

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MARCH 5, 2012

To address that worry, Los Angeles-based DogVacay (www.dogvacay.com) lauched last week -- just in time for SXSW -- to help connect dog owners with individual dog lovers to help watch their dogs at their homes. Dog owners can browse through the site, and find the best options for their pet.

Technical Review 160

Technical Review Startup Sites Malibu 160

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AUGUST 22, 2018

For this morning's interview, we have an interview with two of Southern California's most successful serial entrepreneurs, Alex Kazerani and James Segil , now of Los Angeles-based OpenPath. We make that easy to do, to handle multiple sites with our solution. Another example is the doorbell. All that work has paid off.

Startup 100

Startup Customer Custom Mobile 100

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DECEMBER 17, 2008

Writers can log into our site, upload their project, and select from over 4,000 markets, and send their work out to the world physically with a single click. In their case, people write their scripts on a web site, and when they're done, they can submit them to contests with a single click. My background, is I'm from Los Angeles.

Writing 209

Writing Hollywood Startup Sites 209

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

It’s the only site aside from Google I go to every single day so that I don’t miss out on an incredible offer. To prove that point, tonight I had the privilege of hearing him speak at Lean LA , a Los Angeles group that helps high tech start-ups build great companies on a budget. His email list is everything.

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Metrics Email Startup Technical Review 87

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JUNE 19, 2013

You get an email, tap on a link, a notification pops up, and the app installs on your phone. For example, if you''re just a major crash on an iPad in Japan. In that example, we can let you know you''re seeing iPad mini crashes in Japan, and start tracking those. We''re now both Android and iOS. I helped them do their first SDK.

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Startup Mobile Outsource Development Tool 262

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MARCH 26, 2012

The Los Angeles startup is looking to help connect travelers with local guides and hosts. There is no other site that helps you connect with people and also finds those with things in common. We verify email addresses, college and work email addresses, and required a referral from someone in the community.

Startup 199

Startup Idealab USC Ideas 199

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MAY 11, 2010

Last week, Los Angeles-based EcoMom (www.ecomom.com) launched its "green" parenting site, with backing from Dave McClure. Jody Sherman: We are a site for eco-conscious, health minded parents. How long has the site been around? In February of this year, we bought EcoMom, a community and content site.

Software Review 200

Software Review Commerce Startup Sites 200

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OCTOBER 30, 2013

Los Angeles-based BloomNation (www.bloomnation.com) is looking to change the model, and instead empower local florists to deliver their own, unique designs. Florists receive their orders through these other sites, but the problem is, there''s no profit. We partner with them, and give them tools to help their business.

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Beverly Hills Technical Review Design Startup 157

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JANUARY 24, 2011

For this morning's company profile, we thought we'd connect with ShareSquare (www.getsharesquare.com), a newly funded Los Angeles startup focused on QR barcodes -- 3D barcodes -- focused on musicians and entertainers. Matthias Galica: My last role was as a product manager for another local startup, Woome.com, an online dating site.

Startup 220

Startup West Hollywood Metrics Entertainment 220

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OCTOBER 23, 2013

Last week, Savings.com , the online coupon site based in Los Angeles, made a big move into the world of grocery store coupons, from its existing business providing coupon codes and deals for the online world. Another factor, was the large number of people searching our site for grocery coupons, something we didn''t have.

Mobile 140

Mobile Sales Startup Sites 140

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MARCH 20, 2009

On top of that, we allow users to comment and read other comments, and email other users within the system. For example, in Scour, you can do a search for shoes, and read comments about a specific shoe or shoe website, plus you can potentially engage users that left the comment. People are so used to the Google mold.

PPC 113

PPC Sherman Oaks Advertising Yahoo 113

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2010

I shall be looking to replicate this in Los Angeles. Provides publishers innovative site-search tools that enhance user engagement ( icanhazcheeseburger.com and Fred Wilson’s blog avc.com use Lijit as does Feld.com [but he's an investor]). I’ve already started the business modeling.

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Venture Capital Blogging Startup Fandango 230

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MARCH 24, 2016

Los Angeles-based Crexi (www.crexi.com) has taken two, very experienced teams�one from Auction.com, the other from Burstly (acquired by Apple)�and created a �dream team� completely focused on enabling the transaction side of the commercial real estate market online. How do you apply technology to help improve that industry?

Technical Review 100

Technical Review Startup Mobile Marketing 100

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MAY 11, 2009

We caught up with Ricardo Solar, the firm's CEO, to learn more about the site. There is an area on the web site, called the Simon Community, where the decisions you post are public. You can also email and save those decisions. What's the business model behind the site? What's the idea behind LetSimonDecide?

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Research Statistics Pepperdine Sites 100

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MARCH 31, 2014

We''re rolling it out to finance and Wall Street, monitoring thousands of sources of continuously changing information, such as news, social media, internal email systems, and analyzing specific, material conditions that our customers are looking for. A good example of this, we can keep track of a supply chain.

Orange County 245

Orange County Startup News IBM 245

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MARCH 15, 2016

We're here in downtown Los Angeles, and have started collaborating with other designers and makers in a small space. For example, we didn't initially have ratings and reviews, and they really asked for that. Cassie Betts: It's finding a factory that will respect you as an independent designer. On the factory side, U.S.

Software Review 100

Software Review Design Technical Review Platform 100

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

A typical day starts with email, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Yammer checks/updates. I'd rather invest time investing in social media to drive traffic to our site. I’m going to be using that as an example for a long time! What networking events in Los Angeles or Southern California do you go to? Love the minis!

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Acquisition Customer Custom Ideas 170

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JUNE 1, 2009

For this morning's interview, we caught up with Eden Jarrin, the President of Los Angeles-based eDivvy (www.edivvy.com). How do people use the site? For example, it's Jessica's birthday, we're buying her an iPod--and you can send a custom messages to guests. A customized email then goes out, and you're done.

Startup 113

Startup Evite Organization Case Study 113

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

The San Francisco Bay Area is still the epicenter when it comes to tech, and Los Angeles has indeed been heating up as a startup hub in recent years. Yes, the showbiz gossip site that some prickly readers like to compare to TechCrunch , which I think is meant to be an insult but could be a compliment? Examples: TechCrunch and.

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SoCal Southern California Startup Tips 77

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DECEMBER 9, 2008

Los Angeles is rapidly gaining a reputation as being the center of the Internet advertising world, for good reason, with a large number of online advertising firms located within and around Los Angeles. One of those firms is Hydra (www.hydranetwork.com), which is a cost-per-action affiliate advertising network.

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Advertising Beverly Hills Networking Customer 100

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DECEMBER 9, 2008

Los Angeles is rapidly gaining a reputation as being the center of the Internet advertising world, for good reason, with a large number of online advertising firms located within and around Los Angeles. One of those firms is Hydra (www.hydranetwork.com), which is a cost-per-action affiliate advertising network.

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Advertising Beverly Hills Networking Customer 100

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

At Amplify I can truly say they take the value-add approach to another level by leading by example, demonstrating what hard work and dedication truly mean while exposing their founders to influential experts and industry change makers. Jeff looks for these same qualities in the companies he backs.

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Web Design Social Media Seed Funding Design 103

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MARCH 3, 2015

Los Angeles-based startup Momstamp (www.momstamp.com) is hoping to change that with its service, which connects mothers with friends, friends-of-friends, and beyond, to personal referrals and recommendations. For example, you might have a child with celiac disease or severe food allergies.

Networking 100

Networking Startup Cornerstone OnDemand Social Network 100