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Codesmith Raised $1.1 Million Funding Round Lead by Test Prep CEO

Tech.Co

And one well-known coding bootcamp has made an effort to focus on engineering thanks to a huge investment from a Malibu CEO. The investment will help to add more online classes to their already impressive offerings. That’s right, LA-based Codesmith has just raised a $1.1

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Spot Runner Names GM

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Los Angeles-based Spot Runner , which operates an online service to help businesses buy and sell TV and video advertising, said late Friday that it has promoted Gus Warren to General Manager of the firm's Malibu Media Platform unit. Warren has been VP of Media Partner Sales and Development for the last three years.

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Catching Up With Jeffrey Stibel of D&B Credibility

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Jeffrey Stibel has been quietly building a technology powerhouse in Malibu, leveraging the D&B brand at D&B Credibility Corp. We thought we'd catch up with Stibel to hear how the firm has been going plus learn about his angel investing efforts. We now have six offices, and over a hundred employees in Malibu alone.

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Interview with Jeffrey Stibel, Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp.

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s headquarters to Malibu. Jeffrey Stibel: It's about a $200 million deal when you look at both the investment capital that we raised, plus the asset that we acquired, which is Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp. We imagine you're probably going to be one of the biggest companies in Malibu. Tell us about the deal? all about.

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Does a VCs Culture Really Matter? The Upfront Story

Both Sides of the Table

.” The reason is that at a VC you have a group of partners who often have different focus areas of excellence, each pursues deals in their respective field, each makes investments and sits on boards and each spends their most difficult hours tackling problems at portfolio companies vs. solving the challenges at the VC itself.

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Interview with Aaron Hirschorn, DogVacay.com

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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. If you need a 12 acre ranch in Malibu for your Great Dane, with an animal trainer on staff, that's $75.00.

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Interview with Aaron Hirschhorn, DogVacay.com

socalTECH

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. If you need a 12 acre ranch in Malibu for your Great Dane, with an animal trainer on staff, that's $75.00.