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Interview with Marc Friedmann, SciVee

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The next major change that we see, is now that they're online, they're becoming more web based, and adding things like rich media. One is software, which is very much like software-as-a-service, where we deliver that software to publications and conferences, to enable rich media on their sites. READ MORE>>.

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Creating the Next Generation of US Employees. My Investment in Treehouse

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So I invested in Maker Studios , which is now the 3rd largest producer of Internet video on the web. But its objective is to teach the world web design or to program computers. He then of course launched the FOWA (future of web apps) conference , which was very successful. Full stop. TreeHouse is also a video company.

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Interview with Aaron Crayford, Rippol

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Recently, San Diego-based Rippol (www.rippol.com) launched its web site, a service which uses social networking to help people find and discover interesting videos related to their interests. Our software sorts video content relative to its importance to you, based on your social graph and social impact.

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If You Don’t Define Your Personal Brand the Market Will

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I was graduated with a double degree in economics & political science from UCSD in 1991. I was 23 and had been programming computers, designing computer networks and selling software for 10 years. My colleagues that graduated with engineering degrees from UCSD were paid $31,000 – 15% more.

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

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What is perhaps different from other regions is that we have large indigenous aerospace industry and a big high-tech import/export trade as opposed to a lot of software companies. But our best Internet software engineers have historically been exported on a net basis to the Bay Area. They estimate that high-tech work contributes $108.3

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Guide to the LA Startup Community

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He runs the Southern California Venture Capital Alliance (VCA) and is on the board of advisors for the venture capital fund of the UCSD Rady School of Business. Previously, Ian co-founded personal music sharing software provider Mediacode with Rob Lord. Why should a startup thinking about moving to a new place choose LA?

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