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What Mattered in 2012: Kevin Winston, Digital LA

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For the last week of the year, we're featuring the thoughts and reflections of some of the movers and shakers of Southern California's high tech community. Both Silicon Beach Fests featured LA Mayoral Candidate Eric Garcetti, and were covered in several Forbes articles, TechCrunch, PandoDaily, and national and local press.

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Interview with Vic Caretti, Loudvine

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I actually worked in the offline business world until Web 1.0. I ended up doing consulting work for high tech companies in the San Francisco Bay Area in the software messaging area, and then came back to Los Angeles doing corporate sales for 3M, of all things. Vic Caretti: It's rather diverse.

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INNOVATION - A Scientist's Perspective

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But the point is that these are the kinds of bills that would greatly benefit folks like you who work in the high-tech industry. One very encouraging note these organizations are trying to use "Web 2.0" Press conferences are given and military recruiting is done in virtual, online worlds. Army, for example.