Posts Tagged ‘los angeles’

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Zadspace: Adsense for Direct Mail

When I think of direct marketing I immediately gravitate towards online tactics, however a Los Angeles based startup, Zadspace, is attempting to disrupt offline direct mail campaigns. The company's patented process leverages a wealth of information related to the contents of the package and the eventual recipient of the package.

by Eric Fader on March 31st, 2011
No Comments  Featured

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BetterWorks Aims to Make Work Rewarding

Startups are alive and well throughout the Los Angeles area, particularly in the Silicon Strand. One that stands out is BetterWorks, founded by Paige Craig, Sizhao "Zao" Yang, and George Ishii, which aims to "Make Work Rewarding".

by Eric Fader on March 28th, 2011
No Comments  Commerce

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BlackboardEats Continues to Cater to Foodies

BlackboardEats, started by Maggie Nemser, formerly food editor of Yahoo's shine, continues to grow a business from what almost seemed like a hobby. Maggie's startup combines a curated and editorial approach towards reviewing and featuring restaurants throughout Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and an all encompassing filter.

by Eric Fader on November 3rd, 2010
1 Comment  Business, Featured

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Gobbler Launches for Audio Professionals

Gobbler, formerly Media Gobbler, recently launched its public beta and new site. Founded by Chris Kantrowitz and Jamie Kantrowitz, Gobbler solves common problems related to creating, managing, and sharing professional audio files. Gobbler combines a desktop app along with a cloud based infrastructure to enable...

by Eric Fader on November 2nd, 2010
3 Comments   Featured, Technology

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Twiistup 007 – ‘Casino Royale’ January 28, 2010

Twiistup 007 includes a full one and a half day program with top notch speakers including Paul Graham of Y-Combinator, Om Malik of GigaOm, Lisa Stone CEO of BlogHer, Robert Scoble, Alex Quilici co-founder of Quack.com (sold to AOL), Rick Heitzmann of FirstMark Capital and many more

by Tim Schulz on December 31st, 2009
No Comments  Events

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Good Enough to Tweet – 100 Southern California Restaurants and Food Trucks Using Twitter

While Kogi was one of the first, they are certainly not the only SoCal-based restaurant using Twitter.

by Tim Schulz on September 21st, 2009
8 Comments   Business

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MEDL Mobile Gains Traction as an
LA Based iPhone Application Incubator

MEDL is soliciting ideas from the public in an effort to crowdsource future applications that they bring to market.

by Tim Schulz on September 13th, 2009
No Comments  Mobile

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Incubator Comes to LA; Not Y Combinator but Launchpad

Los Angeles has always had a stigma of not being a technology hub but rather an entertainment hub. However an incubator of sorts is coming to town.

by Tim Schulz on August 27th, 2009
2 Comments   Business, Featured, Headline, Technology, Venture Capital

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Los Angeles Plans To Move In-House Data to The Google Cloud

Smog city might be moving to the Cloud, but privacy & security advocates are concerned that Los Angeles might become the next Twittergate.

by Tim Schulz on August 11th, 2009
No Comments  Business, Technology