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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

Both Sides of the Table

Booyah – Develops a location based service platform that pairs the virtual world with mobile gaming. Read more: VentureWire (requires login) , Mahalo Profile Page. The SimpleGeo API will provide you access to these services. Lookout – SaaS provider of security and data back-up services for smart phones.

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Guide to the LA Startup Community

SoCal Delicious

Demand Media is an online media company operating two strategically-linked businesses: an integrated content and social media platform, and registrar solutions. provides online service to compile and compare plans and rates across multiple monthly services. PriceGrabber.com is an online comparison shopping service.

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USC Startup Weekend | Complete Breakdown

Tech Zulu Event

A mobile and web platform that lets our users give and receive text messaging advice in a anonymous social community. On our judging panel, we had Scott Sangster (Tech Coast Angels), Tyler Crowley (Mahalo), Pamela Coker (Daggerboard), Rick Citron (Citron & Deutsch Law Firm), and Dan Dato (Up.StartLA). Neighborly. Text To Get Her.

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Raising $$ on AngelList? Working w/ McClure? Ask Jody Sherman

Both Sides of the Table

That, plus I love the space of high-customer-service, focused eCommerce for moms worried about what their kids eat & wear.&#. It is a communication platform. He has set up an office, a process & people around him that are helpful to entrepreneurs in need of hands-on skills in a mass service way. It’s awesome.

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How to Save MySpace

Jason Nazar

This could also be done by leveraging a partnership (or buyout) of a site like Mahalo. MySpace HAS followers, what it doesn’t have are people excited to promote themselves on their platform. Amazon’s Mechanical Turk is an amazing service that that enables the exchange of micro payments for any variety of activity.