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Mayfield Eyes Los Angeles Startups, Taps Ticketmaster's Moriarty

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Bay area venture capital firm Mayfield Fund appears to be eyeing more investments in the Los Angeles area, with the addition of Sean Moriarty , the former CEO of Ticketmaster, as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the firm. Mayfield said it hopes to "tap innovative networks in Los Angeles" by working with Moriarty, who is located here.

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Ocho Opens Office In Los Angeles

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Ocho , a New York-based developer of a mobile video messaging app which lets users share 8-second videos with each other, said Thursday that it has opened up a new office in Los Angeles. Schuon was most recently Chief Digital Officer at Ticketmaster/Live Nationa, and also had served as president of CBS Radio, and GM of Warner Bros.

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FanDragon Names Trio Of Executives

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Los Angeles-based FanDragon Technologies , a startup offering up mobile ticket delivery software, announced this morning that it has hired on three new executives. Machin has previously served at Live Nation and Ticketmaster; Weiss was previously at Staples, Inc.; FanDragon's CEO is Robert Weiss. READ MORE>>.

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GonnaBe Helps Users Plan Social Events, Activities

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If you're a mobile user, what's the best way to help plan out your busy weekend and social life? Los Angeles-based GonnaBe , the startup headed by Hank Leber, rolled out its platform this week, releasing a new iPhone application which the startup says acts as the "crystal ball for your social life.".

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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. Marcus was previously SVP, Worldwide Artist Services at Warner Music Group, and also served at Ticketmaster.

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Launchpad LA – 10 Startup Companies to Watch

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Commission Junction, MySpace, TicketMaster and many more. The team has experience in building startups (Doug Ludlow was formerly a founder in a TechStars company) and have all worked at local Los Angeles based startups. We’re excited to welcome the CEO Michael Agustin to Los Angeles. Watch this space.

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Ten Of The Top Tech Companies For Employees In LA

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Who are the top tech companies to work for in Los Angeles? popped up consistently in an informal (and highly non-scientific poll) of a number of readers, executive recruiters, and others in the Los Angeles area, who cited growth, brand, profitability, and other factors in their suggestions to us of the top companies. Rubicon Project.