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Interview with Lynda Weinman and Bruce Heavin, Lynda.com

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How do you take a business you started as your own personal web site, and turn it into an online powerhouse, completely bootstrapped, from the little town of Ojai, California--not exactly known as a technology town? Bruce and I met at the Art Center, and that was when I first discovered the web. In our first year in businss, we had $1.7

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Why Facebook OpenGraph Will Work and Why To Hate It

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This is a core fundamental function of all web design that deals with “conversions” Ads work this way, shopping carts work this way, and Facebook’s OpenGraph absolutely works this way.

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5 things Silicon Valley gets wrong about Southern California

SoCal Delicious

MYTH 4: Research institutions are stronger in NorCal. Arguably the greatest research and development nexus in the United States rests in the area spanning San Diego to Los Angeles. And, let’s not overlook the research juggernaut called Caltech, which managed $332 million in sponsored research and $1.77 Let’s compare.

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140conf Live From The LA Music Box Theater

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Adam Bell (@datatv) - Web Design and Branding with an attitude! CarmenElena Mitchell (@therealgirls) - Creator, "The Real Girls Guide to Everything Else" Web Series. Cynthia Lou (@CynthiaAnnLou) - Designer, Writer, Web & Brand Strategist. Abdul Khan (@ImHungryinLA) - Co-founder, Verso Entertainment.

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The Startup Guide To SXSW Panel Picking

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Over the past ten years, the rise of the consumer web and the availability of better measurement too. The step by step story of an entrepreneur’s journey from idea to bootstrap web startup from her vi. Your Web Developer Thinks You're an Idiot. Your clients pay you to design and build web sites and app.

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