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Reflections on 2020: Brian Mac Mahon, Expert Dojo

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Previously we had to bring companies from all around the world to our 8 week accelerator program in Santa Monica and we were restricted by having to use local investors, trainers and mentors to keep our startups occupied. The pandemic has been a blessing for us from a process perspective.

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GumGum Makes Images Profitable for Publishers

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Think about how many images are on the web. 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. They have built proprietary ad serving, video serving and image recognition technology, complete with patents, and invented in-image advertising.

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Spotlight: LA Tech Judges and SuperDemo Bill Gross of Idealab!

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In college at the California Institute of Technology, he patented a new loudspeaker design and formed GNP Loudspeakers, Inc. Start Engine offers a team of mentors who have proven themselves as successful entrepreneurs – not professional investors – ensuring that its startups are guided by the right people for the right reasons.

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