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How TaskUs Is Powering LA's Technology Startup Boom

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We''ll do things like retouch photos for sites like HauteLook, which is now owned by Nordstrom, and Gilt Groupe. We''ll also fill in product descriptions, filling in the copy you see associated with products on those sites. We''d gone to high school together in Santa Monica, and we were both very entrepreneurial in high school.

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Interview with Sean Broihier, Fine Art America

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more--or you can go online and use Fine Art America (www.fineartamerica.com), a Santa Monica company which is doing. The company's founder and CEO is Sean Broihier , who told us all about the site--and also how. photographer and live here in Santa Monica, you can take an image of the Santa Monica Pier.

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CaseStack Taps Kline For Board

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Santa Monica-based CaseStack, which provide supply chain and logistics services for retailers, distributors, and manufacturers, announced today that it has added Frank R. Kline is founder of the venture capital firm, and also sites on the baords of NewBridge College, Rayne Corporation, and Cyalume Technologies. to its board.

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Carving An Internet Niche With FamousBirthdays.com

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We caught up with founder Evan Britton about how his company has created the top site in the Internet niche of celebrity birthdays, and how that intense focus on a single niche--and user experience- has paid off for the company in terms of user engagement and growth. That was the genesis of the site. It was discouraging.

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Interview With Brian McCarthy, Dentistry.com

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We do have to operate within things like headcount maximums, and we do have some components of budget and cost limits, but inside those requirements we have been able to figure out ways to add staffing, adding product managers, finding outsourcing, and developing technology contractors. We are working with a team in Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Recycled Bride Wants You To Save On Your Big Day | Wed Without Tears

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Recycled Bride was founded in 2009 in Santa Monica, CA. Sellers list their items on the site, using a simple 60-second listing process. Buyers can then contact the seller through Recycled Bride’s internal messaging system if they have questions, and they can purchase the item directly on-site. Any challenges?

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 6.0 - the Rubicon Project: Internet Advertising

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Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? There is a lack of technology innovation available for website owners and publishers to most effectively monetize their sites through advertising. PS - We are looking for great, A++ team members in the Los Angeles (Santa Monica) area.