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

Both Sides of the Table

” It’s the most common refrain I hear from investors and even entrepreneurs these days. What is perhaps different from other regions is that we have large indigenous aerospace industry and a big high-tech import/export trade as opposed to a lot of software companies. What Do We See From the Road Ahead?

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How to Make Your Google Search Snippets More Clickable

ConversionXL

An alarming digital marketing trend should scare all online publishers: Organic traffic from Google is vanishing: Google’s latest search elements (featured snippets and People Also Ask) steal clicks from organic listings. So how can you still get organic clicks from a Google SERP? in May 2014. As of June 2019, it was 31.0%.

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Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Now that Google’s acquisition of ITA is closed, following lenghty FTC review, it would appear Kayak is poised to proceed with their IPO in the coming months. =. paying for travel data from ITA or others (customers acquisition spend is not included in COGS). Kayak Software Corporation. What They Do: Travel search engine.

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Should a Startup Spend VC Funding on a Domain Name?

David Teten

The name’s spelling should be obvious from its pronunciation. Other non-semantic variables are important as well. A well-named site can thus easily rank 10-20% higher than a poorly named one on a purely non-semantic basis. Although often overlooked, certain aspects of how a name is formed influence its memorability and appeal.

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Looking for your summer internship? Look no further.

Austin Startup

Thrillbox Visual Semantics Visual Semantics builds cloud-based software to stream ‘predictive intelligence’ to AR/VR hardware and software applications primary for real time threat analysis. Cooking and cleanup was taking away from homework help and takeout was unhealthy, so we thought some elves could help.

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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Boston Tech: 2016 Update

View from Seed

There’s Semantic Machines , one of the best collections of AI and ML minds in the world, led by serial entrepreneur Dan Roth. Put all that together, and consider that this is a company that thinks in decades or even centuries, and we’re bound to see both more jobs and more acquisitions. Want hardcore futuristic technology?

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The problem with indispensable employees

The Equity Kicker

The same holds true for the marketer (or growth hacker if you have a semantic preference) who controls your customer acquisition channels, the salesperson who dominates your revenue creation, or the operations person without whom, you wouldn’t even know how to issue paychecks.

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