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"Jesse Draper is creator and host of the Valley Girl Show, through which she's become a spokesperson for startups and helped pioneer the way of new media content distribution. Formerly a Nickelodeon star, Draper is now CEO of Valley Girl\u201A where she oversees the show and runs the technology blog Lalawag.com.\nAcquisitions happen all the time in the tech world. But how do they change a business? \nAmazon acquired Zappos and didn't change a thing \u2014 the company still operates out of Las Vegas, while Amazon is located in Seattle. On the other hand, when Google acquired Wildfire, it moved the company to its large campus. \nOn this episode of the Valley Girl Show, we sit down with Doug Ludlow, founder of the virtual postcard company Hipster, which AOL recently acquired. Ludlow says there are benefits to the relationship after the acquisition. \n\"If we want to run an ad, we suddenly have a sales team of 1,000 people,\" Ludlow says.  \nHe also says AOL is a \"startup-friendly environment.\" In this interview, Ludlow helps demonstrate another AOL app called Clucks. It's just one example of how AOL companies cross-pollinate and promote each other.\nMore Video from the Valley Girl Show\n\n21 Great Minds on What it Means to Be an Entrepreneur\nHow Big Companies Can Thrive on Risks\nJay Adelson Is Looking for the Next Big Thing\n\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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