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ShopNation Raises $800K, Launches Fashion Discovery Site

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The company--one of the companies in the LaunchpadLA effort--is the second startup for Schneider and Kervin, who founded StarBrand Media, a celebrity shopping startup acquired by Sugar Inc. The firm said its team comes from LowerMyBills.com, Mahalo, and HUGE. READ MORE>>.

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3 Valuation Inflection Points for Startups: Don’t Copy Calacanis

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I recently caught up with a classmate from UCLA Anderson and told him the exact opposite in regards to raising money for his own startup. There are three basic valuation inflection points for any early stage company and each one typically increases the price investors are willing to pay in order to back the business.

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How to Save MySpace

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They also have a new management team, that’s headed up in part by Michael Jones (COO), the most all around talented internet executive I know. Having grown up in LA, and having started Docstoc down here, there’s a bit of a shared connection. This could also be done by leveraging a partnership (or buyout) of a site like Mahalo.