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DataPop Gets $1.7M

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Los Angeles-based DataPop , a new paid search ad management firm started by a pair of Overture/Yahoo Search Marketing veterans, has raised $1.7M The company's technology allows search marketers to automatically create more relevant search ads, which result in a better response rate than a standard generic ad.

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

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Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. When you begin to peel back the onion some surprising data presents itself.

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Interview with Julie Novack, PartySlate

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He introduced me to Wavemaker, also in LA, and also Halogen Ventures, which is led by Jessie Draper, which invests in women-run technology companies. Julie Novack: The number one lesson learned, maybe it's obvious, is you need to have your technology in house. What's the biggest lesson you have learned so far in starting this up?

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Top 30 Startup Technology and Product Posts for September 2010

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Great content again in September that meets at the intersection of startups, technology, product and being a Startup CTO. Coworking Spaces - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , September 2, 2010 I've never been much of a fan of incubators. But how do you actually get the right people to be your mentors? and chartbeat.

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