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Calacanis Backs 15Five

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Jason Calacanis , the Los Angeles angel investor, podcast host, speaker, conference organizer, and CEO of Mahalo , is one of the angel investors in employee feedback firm 15Five.

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GumGum Snags Media Exec For Advisory Board

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Los Angeles-based GumGum has snagged a media agency network executive as an advisor, the firm is announcing today, for its in-image advertising platform. GumGum''s advisory board also include David Sacks, the CEO of Yammer; Michael Jones, the former CEO of MySpace, and Vince Thompson, the Managing partner at Middleshift. READ MORE>>.

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Comparably.com, Led By Jason Nazar, Raises $6.5M For Pay Transparency, Culture

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in a funding round, and launched a new platform to help people compare pay and culture between companies. Nazar was the founder of Docstoc, which he sold to Intuit; his co-founders include George Ishii (Yammer/Geni), Mike Sheridan (DebtMarket), and Yadid Ramot (Investedin). READ MORE>>.

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Social Networking and Business Value

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Social networking sites and microblogs are used not only to build company brands, but to foster productivity; social media tools help build communities around the question, "What are you working on?" an enterprise social networking platform provider located in Los Angeles, CA. Does advertising work in the social networking world?

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The Perfect Pithy And Productive Investor Pitch

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Ebay+Soundcloud = us" and "FLIMBY=Yammer+Delicious+Gotomeeting.". Yammer for Education) & explanatory (e.g., All of these 10 companies allow previously disconnected user groups to connect and transact, in what is termed ecosystem business models or multi-sided platforms.". Math Doesn''t Lie. Explanatory. "A

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Announcing a Deal I’ve Wanted to Talk About for a Year

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He had an idea for a startup that would help consumers better book service jobs and would take on Service Magic, which he believed had a business model that could be disrupted. RedBeacon was the 3rd winner (year 1: Yammer, year 2: Mint.com) – not bad company. The company was called Red Beacon. So there you have it.

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Twiistup 6 Highlights

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I believe that Twiistup is now a platform from which to grow and highlight what is uniquely LA. For highlighting what is uniquely LA, for adhering to a strict quality standard for speakers and for building this great platform for the future Francisco Dao (aka “ The Man ”) should feel proud of what he has accomplished.

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