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Your Product Needs to be 10x Better than the Competition to Win. Here’s Why:

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He invented the category of sponsored search. He presented the idea at the TED conference in the mid 90′s and was literally boo’d while he was on stage. So he launched a company with exclusively paid search. He said it was better than the Yellow Pages because he would provide pricing transparency.

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

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When you begin to peel back the onion some surprising data presents itself. He presented a system where your search results would be ranked based on companies bidding for placement and where merchants would be charged on a “cost per click” basis (CPC). LA By The Numbers.

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Ten of Southern California's Top Software Companies

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that out, by pulling together massive amounts of information from multiple sources and intelligently pricing and engaging. Gravity--headed by former MySpace COO Amit Kapur--developer software which presents, in real time, personalized web pages. How do you use Big Data to profile your customers, and maximize revenue for your business?