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AOL Acquired By Verizon For $4.4 Billion

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Interview with Heather Lipner, Uncovet

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Uncovet (www.uncovet.com), headed by Heather Lipner , said it would help consumers discover the most sought-after items from up-and-coming designers, vintage finds from select high-profile brands and home products. At the time, he was at Userplane, which had just been sold to AOL, and we had been helping Userplane and with AOL.

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MySpace, Ad.ly Link On In-Stream Advertising

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helps celebrities, musicians, and other social influencers monetize their Twitter and other activity streams with advertising; the firm is backed by GRP Partners, Greycroft Partners, and LowerMyBills' Matt Coffin. is an investment of GRP's Mark Suster, who hosts This Week in Venture Capital along with Mahalo's Jason Calacanis. READ MORE>>.

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Reflections On 2017: Michael Jones, Science Inc.

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I also love Tala, the app that uses alternative data to deliver instant credit and help users build their financial identities. Tala is developing a financial structure in areas that don't necessarily have the architecture to support transactions; it's using mobile to unlock possibility and power as we become a more connected world.

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Tsavo Buys BetterPPC

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Santa Monica-based Tsavo Media, the startup headed by former Userplane CEO Michael Jones, said today that it has acquired Better Inc, the SEO and pay-per-click marketing software firm headed by Ben Padnos. s technology uses technology to help set up, manage, optimize, and report on pay-per-click campaigns for small and medium businesses.

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A Cocktail of LA Tech | Tech Cocktail Winter Mixer

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Events like these and ones in the future, say TC, are aimed at helping startups get exposure by giving them a platform to present themselves in an expo-style in a small focused environment. Life Crowd – A group activity aggregator to help like-minded discover, plan, and join group activities.

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TechZulu Presents 2012 Startup Forecast | Featuring Science, Tech Coast Angels, Amplify, StartEngine, upStart.LA

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A serial Internet entrepreneur, Mike has founded, advised, invested and sold numerous businesses, including application platform Userplane, which he led from startup to its acquisition by AOL, Tsavo Media, Movoxx, PeopleMedia, Brizzly and Myspace. OrangicStartup’s is a company that helps Internet startups start.