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Startup Spotlight: How Long Beach Wedding Center is Disrupting an Age-Old Industry

The Startup Magazine

Companies like The Long Beach Wedding Center are disrupting the wedding industry with their appeal to budget-conscious couples. The best way for couples to set up an alternative wedding is to consult a company like The Long Beach Wedding Center. Couples can personalize every aspect of the ceremony.

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Service Exports - Driving U.S. Startups and Small Businesses

Growthink Blog

Contrary to the image of imports and exports being only “stuff” flowing in and out of places like the Port of Long Beach, the report notes that services accounted for 31%, or $525.8 The statistics in from the Brookings Institution’s excellent report – Export Nation – also speak to this trend. billion of total U.S. exports in 2008.

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The Snap IPO Happened. What Next LA?

Both Sides of the Table

43% of all goods arriving into American ports come through LA and Long Beach ports in Los Angeles. As Mayor Garcetti recently said at the Upfront Summit, “If you can make your product or service succeed in LA, it’s almost like you’re testing it in beta on the entire world in one place” Why is LA so important and relevant?

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Best Content Ideas for Small Business Owners

Duct Tape Marketing

Emma has cultivated partnerships with industry leaders such as SCORE Los Angeles, SBA, California Restaurant Association, Long Beach SBDC, and various chambers of commerce. She hosts educational workshops and webinars to help businesses get more word-of-mouth and referrals on sites like Facebook, Twitter, Yelp, & Foursquare.

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Using Forums to Market New Products and Services to Existing Customers

Duct Tape Marketing

Nativo, a content marketing firm in Long Beach, Calif., According to a 2012 study by Awareness, a marketing firm based in Burlington, Mass., one-third of marketers are looking to social media and Internet forums as the platform of choice to reach customers. says 20 percent of Americans use forums to discuss and recommend products.

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Entrepreneurs gather in Eden for the first Summit Outside

The Next Web

Many will compare Summit Series to TED, Davos or even Burning Man, but lining up such energetic entities side-by-side is boring.

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Irene brings rain, flooding and end of news as we know it [#irene]

This is going to be BIG.

Was it really a surprise to anyone that the Long Beach lifeguard house—a wood framed building on a beach—floated off its foundation? Yet, these crews were originally dispatched to waterfronts—many of which typically flooded several times a year—seemingly in an effort to get some gripping footage.

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