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Calacanis Boosts Thumbtack

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Jason Calacanis , the CEO of Mahalo, host of This Week In Startups, and angel investor, is one of the angel investors in Bay Area startup Thumbtack.com. Thumbtack said today that it received $1.2M in angel investor from Calacanis, along with a long list of Silicon Valley angels, for its local services marketplace. READ MORE>>.

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Los Angeles Tech Launched - Hot List

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Startup Weekend LA | Recap February 2012

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Tyler Crowley, of Sqweal, Launch, ThisWeekInStartups, Open Angel Forum, and Mahalo, stopped by to give a quick coaching session on pitch prep. After all, if you intend to keep your SWLA startup going, you certainly need to close — “You need to get them to sign on the dotted line” according to the character Blake played by Alec Baldwin.

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