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ScoreBig Bolsters Exec Team To Accelerate Growth

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Los Angeles-based online ticket marketplace ScoreBig.com is bolstering its executive team today, saying it has named two new VPs to help drive growth at the company. Wilson was previously at Sidebar, and also had served at GoTV Networks, JAMDAT Mobile, and Citysearch, where he was founding engineer.

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LA Tech Startup Innovators and Fun Facts

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Their roster of success includes numerous pioneering tech companies, many of which continue to be industry leaders today — Overture, BillMeLater, CitySearch, and more. Fun Fact: Los Angeles heavy hitters J.J. Entertainment Tech: Atom Factory. Make sure to check out Both Sides of the Table !

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Want to Start a Technology Company in LA?

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Los Angeles. We were also an investor in the early local listing company, CitySearch – an LA company. I believe you can attract people to relocate to Los Angeles but it’s likely that they’ll come from locations other than Northern California. TechCoast Angels backed GreenDot should be a major IPO this year.

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Catalyzing Innovation In Pasadena, with Innovate Pasadena

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As much as the idea of "Silicon Beach" wants to represent the whole of the local technology industry in Los Angeles, there are -- as one would expect in such a large metropolitan area -- many different neighborhoods and communities spread across the region, all with their own individual identities, companies, and technology focuses.

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Some Thoughts on Branding Startups and Communities

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Brad Feld visited Los Angeles this past week. ” Many people on the Westside of Los Angeles are using the term Silicon Beach these days to describe the amazing renaissance that is truly happening here. Let my try those for Los Angeles as an example: Second largest city in America with 13 million people. LA should be LA.”

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Interview with Sam Rogoway, Near Networks

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Well, Los Angeles based Near Networks (www.nearnetworks.com) is looking to both reach customers online, and avoid the tacky, lousy production of typical small business ads, with a new service. So, what I've been doing is connecting my experience with those reviews, and working businesses, with my experience in the entertainment industry.

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Interview with Chris Lyman and Corey Brundage, SendLove.to

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The last time we spent much time chatting with Chris Lyman and Corey Brundage , they were at Los Angeles telephony software firm Fonality , busy getting their employees set up in a full blown, mixed-martial arts (MMA) "fight club". Can you maybe give a concrete example of that? There are three nouns--people, places, and things.

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