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Veritone Names New Board Member

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Taketa was most recently President and CEO of York Risk Services, an insurance services company; he also served at DLA and an un-named private equity firm, and is a director of Palomar Insurance, Alphaeon Corporation, and the Hoag Hospital Foundation. READ MORE>>.

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Ace Metrix Rates Super Bowl Ads

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The firm, which is backed by Hummer Winblad and Palomar Ventures, said its ranking service found that the most effective ad during the Super Bowl was for Budweiser's "Fence" ad, followed by Doritos "Dog Collar" spot, Snickers "Game", Doritos "Kid's Rule", and finally Google's "Parisian Love" advertising spot.

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The Challenges (& Opportunities) of Starting a Tech Company in LA

Jason Nazar

In the bay area you have Facebook stealing employees from Google, Zynga stealing from Facebook, and some new hotshot startup ready next in line to pounce. Loosing talent is a HUGE problem and the reason why Google will give big bonuses and cash to keep their teams in tact. It’s a chicken and egg problem.

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