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LA Tech Startup Innovators and Fun Facts

Tech Zulu Event

Abrams, Jim Wiatt, and Zach James have presented at Amplify’s Wednesday evening mentor events. Fun Fact: Their latest investment was into LA-based Daqri – the augmented reality platform that has been used for campaigns with Cadillac and MAXIM Magazine. Fun Fact: Los Angeles heavy hitters J.J. Entertainment Tech: Atom Factory.

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GumGum Makes Images Profitable for Publishers

Tech Zulu Event

Think about how many images are on the web. Tanz has been featured in Entrepreneur Magazine “Young Millionaires of 2011 Special Report.” Perhaps one of the reasons it took 20 years for the commercial web to monetize images is because matching images with content is a very difficult. Millions, billions, trillions?

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

Both Sides of the Table

And while none has yet had the lasting power of the much bigger NorCal successes I imagine his next moves will continue to be closely watched by those in the know and the countless younger LA entrepreneurs who count Rosenblatt as a mentor may leave an even more lasting impact.

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Top 40 Startup Posts for August 2010

SoCal CTO

He blogs to 10,000 web entrepreneurs at Software by Rob and co-hosts the podcast Startups for the Rest of Us. What Apple proved, and what I suspect is the issue with web content, is that monetization was a product problem. Often board members give entrepreneurs two bits of advice regarding scale: Get a mentor. Final Thought.

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