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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

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The patents Overture held became known in small circles as Google’s ’361 problem as outlined here. We now have 2nd and 3rd time entrepreneurs fueled by recycled capital and mentors who have built startups to successful outcomes and have seen scale. acquired Overture for $1.63

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GumGum Makes Images Profitable for Publishers

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Tanz has been featured in Entrepreneur Magazine “Young Millionaires of 2011 Special Report.” They have built proprietary ad serving, video serving and image recognition technology, complete with patents, and invented in-image advertising. He began programming courses at UCLA while in high school and went on to earn a B.S.