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Want to Start a Technology Company in LA?

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LA produced Applied Semantics that created AdSense and was bought by Google. If we extend a bit North up the coast line we have many affiliate marketing innovators including ValueClick, Commission Junction and FastClick. Recruiting will be different – You can build a great management team in LA.

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Twiistup 6 Highlights

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LA not only produced the obvious – MySpace – but also created the whole category of sponsored search (Overture), AdSense (Applied Semantics), Local Search (City Search), comparison shopping (PriceGrabber, Shopzilla) and lead generation (LowerMyBills). Mark Suster, QD3, Brian Solis, Chamillionaire, Ian Rogers, Brian Zisk.

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Not All Traffic Is Created Equal

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However look for Twitter to use Twittercards and link management (affiliate programs, “products in your stream”) to differentiate. The rest is just semantics. Similarly Facebook with Lee Linden of Karma leading their commerce efforts will surely think similarly. 27 September 2012 at 5:17 am. #. Matt DeLoca.

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Meet Bryce Roberts: The Man Who Challenged AngelList

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He began as part of Salt Lake Citys Wasatch Venture Fund (now Epic Ventures ), an affiliate of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, in March of 2001. Roberts is in the news this week because of his high-profile critique of Angellist , the hot new investment network Robert Scoble has called the new Silicon Valley hype machine. startupcto

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Can You Really Build a Great Tech Firm Outside Silicon Valley?

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We were talking about a company, Factual (disclosure my firm is an investor), which was founded by one of LA’s most talented Internet entrepreneurs, Gil Elbaz , who as co-founder of Applied Semantics (purchased by pre-IPO Google for $102 million and now Google AdSense) is responsible for a large portion of the Internet’s monetization.