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MySpace, Ad.ly Link On In-Stream Advertising

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is an investment of GRP's Mark Suster, who hosts This Week in Venture Capital along with Mahalo's Jason Calacanis. Finally, MySpace is co-run nowadays by Mike Jones, who founded Userplane and is an active angel investor in the area, and is an advisor for Launchpad LA. Suster also runs Launchpad LA.

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Reflections On 2017: Michael Jones, Science Inc.

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Since we started Science six years ago, we've co-founded and invested in more than 70 companies and have exited multiple portfolio companies. Michael has been behind such companies as HelloSociety (acquired by New York Times), FameBit (acquired by Google) and Dollar Shave Club (acquired by Unilever). He is also a long-time entrepreneur.

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Reflections on 2018: Michael Jones, Science Inc.

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Our investment in PlayVS and the subsequent launch of their Season Zero high school e-sports platform was very exciting. Often from this learning are they were able to improve, make better choices and continue to take bold actions to scale their company. What was the biggest news for your company in 2018? He is also a long-time entrepreneur.

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Interview with Mike Jones, Science Inc.

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Science is looking to incubate its own set of companies, make investments, and otherwise work to create the next successful startups. I wanted to go back to both, with an operation and investment focus. It's different from making an investment, and it's also different from an incubator, in that it's a long term relationship.

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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. Scott Sangster , President at Tech Coast Angels (Los Angeles)/CEO at OrganicStartup.

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Interview with Sometrics, Ian Swanson

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The firm has also received investments from Greycroft Partners and AT&T. I worked at Userplane, building social applications for sites like MySpace. Sometrics is venture backed by The Mail Room Fund, a Los Angeles-based early stage fund backed by Accel, Venrock, and the William Morris Agency. What's the idea behind Sometrics?

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Spotlight: LA Tech Fall Judges Include Mike Jones, CallFire, Idealab, Tech Coast Angels, Coloft

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A serial Internet entrepreneur, Mike has founded and sold numerous businesses, including agency PBJ Digital, application platform Userplane, which he led from startup to its acquisition by AOL, Tsavo Media and Myspace. Mike continues to be actively involved with early-stage start-ups as an investor, advisor and board member.