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Savings.com Revamps Homepage, Rolls Responsive Design

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In a move to better convert visitors to its site--and adapt to the increasingly mobile, tablet-centric world-- Los Angeles-based Savings.com said Wednesday that it has launched a brand new, homepage and responsive web design. Savings.com is led by Loren Bendele. READ MORE>>.

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Interview with Lynda Weinman and Bruce Heavin, Lynda.com

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Not too many people are aware of the success and story of Lynda.com (www.lynda.com), started by Lynda Weinman and Bruce Heavin , and how the firm's now grown to a double-digit, multimillion dollar business which is known as THE source for online training on such things as web design, graphics software, animation, video editing, and much more.

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Interview with Ilya Pozin, Cofounder of Pluto TV

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In January, Los Angeles-based Pluto TV (www.pluto.tv) was acquired by Viacom for $340M, one of the largest acquisition deals so far in the region this year. I started a web design company, and ended up going to college in Florida, but kept on running the company on the side. Ilya Pozin: Timing is everything.

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Interview with Alex Benzer, SocialEngine

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in sales last year, what he learned from his experience at TechStars, and where he's going with Fanmix. million in sales last year, with great margins, and it's profitable, with a team of ten people. Alex Benzer: My partner and I met here in Los Angeles, in high school. We have a licensing business with that.

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Putting the Pedal to the Metal at Amplify

From the Venture Trenches

Every founder can directly access any investor or mentor in the Amplify army of cohorts, which adds up to more than 70 of the most influential business professionals in Los Angeles and beyond. If commitment and drive were Jason’s first attraction, the extensive Amplify network came in a close second. Unwinding at an Amplify party.

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Putting the Pedal to the Metal at Amplify

From the Venture Trenches

Every founder can directly access any investor or mentor in the Amplify army of cohorts, which adds up to more than 70 of the most influential business professionals in Los Angeles and beyond. If commitment and drive were Jason’s first attraction, the extensive Amplify network came in a close second. Unwinding at an Amplify party.

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The @TWTFelipe Story – A Tale of US Visa Policy Gone Awry (#startupvisa)

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In 2005 he was graduated and took a job in South Carolina working for technology company while he started his own web design company on the side. The world’s best brains are on sale. It was also in a group of about 15 people in law offices in Los Angeles. He spent a bunch of this time in Canada.