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

Both Sides of the Table

Many people don’t realize that the majority of the monetization of the Internet originated in Los Angeles but was perfected in Silicon Valley. The monetization engine of the Internet that powers the most profitable business perhaps in history was invented and perfected in Los Angeles and is what you now know as Google Ad Words.

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Lessons Learned: The engineering manager's lament

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, October 20, 2008 The engineering managers lament I was inspired to write The product managers lament while meeting with a startup struggling to figure out what had gone wrong with their product development process. This engineering manager is a smart guy, and very experienced.

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The Rising Importance Of Images In Google Search

Duct Tape Marketing

Mike i s the Co-founder and Analyst at Near Media where he researches and reports on reputation, reviews, and local search. 4:45] What can search engines know about images now and how has that changed? [6:19] He's the co-founder and analyst at near media, where he researches and reports on reputation reviews and local search.

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Some Thoughts on Branding Startups and Communities

Both Sides of the Table

A market leader in content, music, entertainment, textiles, engineering, aerospace and trade. The birthplace of sponsored search (Overture), semantic search (Applied Semantics which became Google AdSense), comparison shopping (ShopZilla, PriceGrabber) and many others. I know that I call them often to co-invest.

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Strategic $5 Million B Round for Jinni for Video Discovery

VC Cafe

A s TV’s gradually get connected to the Internet, there is an increasing appetite for smart content recommendation. Think of it as a search engine for video content that understands the semantic meaning behind the query. The round was led by Belgacom and an undisclosed connected-TV manufacturer.

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How to Hire for Sweat Equity…

www.drowningamerican.com

Front End Expertise: XHTML/CSS/JavaScript – Hand code, standards compliant, semantic, cross platform & cross device interfaces, jQuery, MooTools, Ext. JS (for web/internet and mobile devices). I don’t have a technical co-founder on my team but am apt in graphics design and have a lot of ideas bursting out of my head.

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The Guy Who Took on Google (and now LinkedIn): Mike Yavonditte

Both Sides of the Table

Mike is a no BS guy, has all the attributes I look for in a founder and says things like, openly shares knowledge and opines without a filter including this one, “whoever invented uncapped convertible debt should be spanked!&# This is an interview you’re not going to want to miss, I promise.

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