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Invested.in Launches New Site For Alternative Investment

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said Wednesday that it has launched a new site, INVST , a new network for institutional-quality alternative investment funds. said that it has partnered with Carillon Capital, LLC--run by former E*TRADE Financial executives--on the site. Los Angeles-based crowdfunding technology developer Invested.in also said it is in a deal with.

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The future of car ownership: Cars-as-a-service

TechCrunch LA

Automakers and startups alike are increasingly offering services that give buyers new opportunities and greater flexibility around owning and using vehicles. Cars-as-a-Service. ” Citing a Bloomberg report, the site explains automakers may have had the worst first half for new-vehicle retail sales since 2013.

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6 Reasons Starting Another Dating Site May Be Tough

Startup Professionals Musings

Online dating sites usually fail because online dating usually fails. alone, the target demographic for these services is 125 million singles that are between 19 and 65. The same Online Dating Magazine estimates that there are more than 1,500 online dating services online in the U.S. In the U.S. The honeymoon is over.

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Have you heard? Eyeballs aren’t everything.

Berkonomics

And the most logical one seemed to be “eyeballs” or number of unique monthly users finding their way to the site or registering for the service. per registered user of ICQ, the early messaging service. And yet, users rave about the service, and spend long durations of time on the site. Microsoft paid $9.00

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32 Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder

SoCal CTO

What are some good examples of similar sites? Examples of other brands/sites that are similar from a brand perspective? Do you transact immediately or on delivery of some product or service? Will you tap into geolocation services provided by the browser or license a third-party lookup table? are you going to leverage?

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GoDaddy Hack Takes Down Websites

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A major hack on domain name registrar GoDaddy appears to have taken out a huge number of internet sites -- including local startup Goodreads. GoDaddy hosts millions of domain names, as well as provides web hosting services itself, but it's unclear how many sites were affected by the outage. READ MORE>>.

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Famous Birthdays Launches Portuguese Language Site

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Los Angeles-based Famous Birthdays , which operates a network of sites which provide information about celebrities, social media stars, TV shows, movies, and more, has expanded its service to serve Portuguese speaking countries. According to the company on Friday, its new site is at Famous Birthdays Portugus.

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