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

Both Sides of the Table

This method was perfected by Gil Elbaz and his team at Applied Semantics in LA and in what some have called “ the most important acquisition ever made by Google ” they acquired the company for $102 million before Google had even IPO’d. Many of the early winners sold for north of a half a billion dollars.

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Transcript of How to Take Your Business from Distinct to Iconic

Duct Tape Marketing

There’s a restaurant in Indianapolis, St. It’s not just the restaurant you’d like to be if you were in that business in Indianapolis. For one thing, I would look at what’s your percentage of customer retention. What is your level of customer retention? Elmo’s, that I use as an example.