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JUNE 10, 2019

A new, brick-and-mortar startup in Los Angeles, Esquapes sure hopes so, saying on Monday that it plans to launch the world's first ever "virtual reality massage center" in Los Angeles. The startup was founded by Micah Jackson, who also runs Angeles Vista Creatives Ventures, and also previously worked from NASA JPL, AOL, Yahoo, and Disney.

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AUGUST 8, 2012

Internet portal Yahoo is continuing its makeover back into a Silicon Valley style workplace, and apparently has extended its free food offer to employees at two of the company's New York locations, according to reports today. However, it looks like--so far--that revolution has skipped Yahoo's Southern California operations.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2012

The new owner of former Los Angeles startup Tsavo Media , Canadian-firm Cyberplex , said today that it is looking for "strategic alternatives" for the unit of the firm, after a fiasco involving Yahoo's traffic quality reporting system. Cyberplex said that Tsavo Media was informed that it will be required to pay Yahoo approximately $4.8

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2019

Every startup founder knows implicitly that startup success is a long hard road. In April, 1996, Yahoo! Amazon.com and Yahoo! Google - Larry Page and Sergey Brin started working on Google in 1996 – but three years later in 1999, few people had even heard of it yet. Then you’ll give up way too soon.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2013

He shared a number of witty entrepreneurial insights, including: "Startups are like high school. Note: I am an investor in Brian''s current startup via Rincon Venture Partners.). But the more I started to think about it, I said, well, why the hell not? Talking To Yahoo''s Jerry Yang. Both are fun, but mostly in hindsight.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Our interview today is with Amos Schwartzfarb , the author of Sell More Faster: The Ultimate Sales Playbook for Start-Ups , which comes out tomorrow, Wednesday. We caught up with Amos to learn about his new book, and to gain some tips for startup entrepreneurs on how to figure out when you're actually ready to scale your sales team.

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OCTOBER 30, 2021

Every startup founder knows implicitly that startup success is a long hard road. In April, 1996, Yahoo! Amazon.com and Yahoo! Google - Larry Page and Sergey Brin started working on Google in 1996 – but three years later in 1999, few people had even heard of it yet. Then you’ll give up way too soon.

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OCTOBER 2, 2018

Geocities , the original Southern California internet startup--which was founded all the way back in 1994 in Los Angeles--will finally disappear completely from the Internet, as Yahoo said today that it will shut down its Japanese Geocities site. Geocities was one of the first Internet IPOs out of Los Angeles, and sold to Yahoo for $4.5

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JANUARY 7, 2019

My biggest takeaway this year was truly understanding the strength and cohesion of the Los Angeles startup community. There was no monetary reward for those who participated (and Startup Boost does not take fees or equity from the companies that we help). What was the biggest lesson you learned this year?

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OCTOBER 4, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series Startup Advice. Many entrepreneurs who start technology companies are product people, technologists or savvy business people who worked previously for a larger company. Most start-up entrepreneurs have little or no sales experience. Tags: Start-up Advice. I know I didn’t.

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DECEMBER 17, 2022

Every entrepreneur thinks he can relax a bit after his business model is proven, funding is in place, and revenues are scaling as projected up that hockey-stick curve. He has helped many companies with this problem, and as an advisor to startups, I see the same common themes leading to growth slowdowns.

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JULY 13, 2013

One of my favorite events last year was attending Startup Grind where I got to interview Clayton Christensen, author of The Innovator’s Dilemma. ” We talked about my influences as a younger person and what got me started in technology and entrepreneurship. And of course we talked about many of my views of building startups.

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JANUARY 5, 2021

What are you most looking forward to in the technology/startup world in 2021? For the tech/startup ecosystem in SoCal, I am looking forward to continued momentum in addressing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the workforce and support for emerging entrepreneurs. He previously held C-level roles at Overture Services/Yahoo!,

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AUGUST 6, 2013

Every startup founder knows implicitly that startup success is a long hard road. In April, 1996, Yahoo! Amazon.com and Yahoo! Google - Larry Page and Sergey Brin started working on Google in 1996 – but three years later in 1999, few people had even heard of it yet. Then you’ll give up way too soon.

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DECEMBER 14, 2018

Los Angeles-based fintech startup FastPay , which offers up faster access to advertising revenue for media companies, said this week that it has named Michael Wehner as its General Manager and Senior Vice President of Payments. FastPay says that Wehner will be based in New York City. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 10, 2012

Google’s current market cap sits at just over $200 billion (Yahoo! For newly launched start up, Readitfor.me Cunningham walked into his office one day and thought, why wouldn’t I make content with the information from my favorite business books, but speed it up and make it visual? Because, they make food faster.

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JANUARY 23, 2018

Wilson is a longtime Southern California technology veteran, having served as an executive at such companies as Overture Services, Yahoo!, Momentum Ventures, and other local startups. Wilson is also well known for starting Innovate Pasadena, the local nonprofit which helps focus on Pasadena's high tech ecosystem.

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MARCH 26, 2015

A new, Los Angeles startup, urRadio --created by former Yahoo! urradio music streaming radio station startup yahoo' Ever wish you could be the DJ of your own radio station? Music veterans--launched today, creating a new music streaming service which combines live broadcasting with that music. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 13, 2014

The startup, led by Ahmed Nassef. Nassef was previously Vice President and Managing Director of Yahoo! As part of the funding, the company said that it has added former Yahoo! exec Keith Nilsson to its board, and opened up an office in Dubai. exec Keith Nilsson to its board, and opened up an office in Dubai.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Venice, California-based ZEFR , the online content distribution startup founded by Zach James and Richard Raddon, has some new experience in its corner: Ross Levinsohn, the former interim CEO of Yahoo. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 27, 2018

We caught up with Claude Jones , who is in charge of growing Walmart's technology team in Carlsbad from 70 people and tripling the team, out of new offices it announced this month. started in August of 2012. How did Walmart decide to set up in San Diego? What exactly does Walmart Labs work on in San Diego? How big are you now?

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AUGUST 27, 2018

We caught up with Claude Jones , who is in charge of growing Walmart's technology team in Carlsbad from 70 people and tripling the team, out of new offices it announced this month. started in August of 2012. How did Walmart decide to set up in San Diego? What exactly does Walmart Labs work on in San Diego? How big are you now?

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JUNE 23, 2011

Messenger : Jason Lehmbeck , Co-Founder and CEO of DataPop , former VP of Emerging Ad Products at Overture Services and Yahoo! We started the company (because) …if you asked the average consumer what they think of the ads they see, if they see them at all, they are largely irrelevant and in many cases annoying. You guys never broke up.

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JANUARY 30, 2018

Los Angeles-based on-demand, dog walking startup Wag has raised an enormous, $300M funding round, the company announced Tuesday morning. Schneider was most recently CEO of LifeLock, and had led LifeLock through its sale to Symantec last year; she also previously served at Yahoo! Wag said the funding comes from SoftBank Vision Fund.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2014

One of the vivid memories I have from being a startup CEO is the feeling that most people in your company have a look in their eyes that like they can do your job as well as you. But if you level up , raise capital and grow customers, revenue and staff – life changes. Startup life. How hard could it be? You set direction.

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MARCH 11, 2014

A few years ago I started calling the local tech ecosystem down here #LATech. In fact, many people know I grew up in NorCal and still have a 650 area code on my mobile phone. Startup Lessons' I had an agenda. We graduate more engineers in our greater region than anywhere else in the US. LA has a serious technology scene.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Last week, Los Angeles-based Datapop (www.datapop.com) announced a Series A funding for the startup, which is developing search advertising products which better tune ads to improve click throughs. The company's founders are previously from Overture and Yahoo! We are ex-Overture and Yahoo! Search Marketing.

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APRIL 11, 2022

Starting today, they're going on strike for a week in protest of the price change, which they say is just the latest in a series of decisions that have squeezed the small-business sellers who depend on the Etsy platform to survive. The strike starts on April 11th — the same day that Etsy's transaction fee increase takes effect.

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DECEMBER 5, 2011

Article first published as Eleven Startup Tips From Mark Cuban on Technorati. Mark Cuban is a lifelong serial entrepreneur, launching his startup career with a variety of teenage schemes, including buying and selling collectable stamps to pay for college. Mark and his team sold Broadcast.com, to Yahoo! Mark’s Startup Tips.

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JANUARY 16, 2022

A question that I still hear debated often is whether a new online platform startup growth strategy should focus on user count or profits. Most startups and investors I know don’t have unlimited funds, so the first question they should ask and do ask today, is “When is your company going to be profitable (self-sustaining)?”

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APRIL 17, 2010

We want to give our brightest new startups the connections and interactions they need to help streamline success. We had software executives from Google, Yahoo!, He teamed up with Jordanna Joaquina, a genetic counselor, to create an online version of what she was already doing in the physical world.

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MAY 13, 2013

For the past 5 years or so Google, Facebook and a handful of tech industry giants have been quietly buying scores of early-stage startups for their talent. And to keep up with the Jones’s it seems that Yahoo! Almost certainly the startup would have raised some capital. You have been at Google, Salesforce.com, Yahoo!

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FEBRUARY 9, 2021

For today's interview, we sat down to catch up with Jon Waterman, the founder and CEO of Ad.net, to understand what the company's business is nowadays, how the company has evolved over the years, and how the company has adjusted to life during a pandemic. Marketing dollars start to go away in any difficult economy. What is Ad.net?

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AUGUST 20, 2012

It turns you, you can actually do that, with Burner , a new iPhone app developed by Los Angeles startup Ad Hoc Labs. We caught up with serial entrepreneur Greg Cohn , who brought us up to speed on what Burner is about, and the story behind the app. Let's talk first about your app. Can you describe what it does and how it works?

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DECEMBER 17, 2013

Los Angeles-based Laudville , a startup developing an online platform to help users share entertainment like movies, books, TV, and music with friends, has added Gene Chuang to its board of advisors, according to the firm. Chuang is currently Chief Technology Officer at Oversee.net,and also has served at such companies as Yahoo!

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JANUARY 26, 2020

Continuing incidences of personal identity theft , as well major personal data breaches , including Capital One (2019), Marriott/Starwood (2018), and Yahoo (2014) still weigh heavily on their decision process.

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DECEMBER 27, 2018

Editor's note: All this week, and into the start of next year, we'll be featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. We're already seeing strong engineers and founders from Snap, Riot Games, Musically and others launch their new startups in LA.

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