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Best of 2012: Dollar Shave Club's Launch Video, Red Bull Stratos

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What were the best ads for 2012? According to the Wall Street Journal today, Santa Monica-based Red Bull 's sponsorship of Felix Baumgartner's skydive from space, and fellow Santa Monica company Dollar Shave Club 's launch video made the list. Dollar Shave Club is the Science Inc.

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Who’s Who in Tech: Growing Companies Make Their Mark

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Honey Science, which was founded in 2012 to help customers find online shopping deals, made a huge leap from startup to established player in November 2019 when it was acquired for $4 billion in cash from PayPal.

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J2 Global's Ziff Davis To Buy Mashable For Around $50M, Says Report

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Los Angeles-based J2 Global --via its publishing arm, Ziff Davis , is getting set to acquire online tech publication Mashable , in a deal worth around $50M, according to a report on Thursday afternoon from the Wall Street Journal. J2 Global acquired Ziff Davis back in 2012. Neither J2 Global nor Mashable have yet announced the deal.

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How to Avoid Being Disrupted as a VC

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My partner Greg Bettinelli (worth following on Twitter) was recently named by The LA Business Journal as the “ Top deal maker in Los Angeles in Venture Capital.” Move our offices to Santa Monica so we could be closer to the early-stage companies being created in LA. From 2007-2012 I scoured LA constantly.

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How This Entrepreneur Raised $28,000 Using Airbnb to Fund Her Startup

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And she didn’t start her company in Northern California. Tracy built her company, Recycled Media , out of necessity. She drove her company to profitability before paying herself a modest salary. She put all of her savings into her company. She’s a painter and a self-proclaimed Bohemian. She’s infectious.”

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Happy Customers Make Gender Bias (Nearly) Irrelevant

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A version of this article previously appeared on The Wall Street Journal. A 2012 Dow Jones'' report entitled Women At The Wheel encompassed 15-years of data on venture-backed startups. of privately held companies had a female founder, 6.5% of privately held companies had a female founder, 6.5% What Gives?

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Reflections on 2016: Kevin Winston, Digital LA

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When we first started in 2012, panel programming focused on how to fund your startup, find a CTO, etc. This year's fest has expanded to included panels on how to grow your startup internationally, maintain your company culture, manage developers in multiple countries, and reach mainstream audiences using TV advertising combined with digital.