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SpotOn raises $300M at a $3.15B valuation and acquires Appetize

TechCrunch LA

The latest investment is being used to finance the acquisition of another company in the space — Appetize, a digital and mobile commerce payments platform for enterprises such as sports and entertainment venues, theme parks and zoos. With the new capital, SpotOn has raised $628 million since its inception.

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Interview with Robert Flynn, Aggregage

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Back in the early days of LA venture capital, I was first an associate of a fund, and then partner of a fund, Entertainment Media Venture Partners. Entertainment is confusing--we didn't make investments in pure content plays. What we did was we owned television stations, radio stations, cable stations.

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CreatorUp Links You With Top Filmakers & YouTube Creators To Make Awesome Web Series

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CreatorUp is the online web series school teaching the next generation of web series creators how to make and market their own new video projects on the web. And our network of filmmaker and entertainment industry colleagues allow us to recruit top teachers who are leaders in the web world. What inspired you?

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A Day in the Life of a Product Manager

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Steve currently manages Fandango’s web and mobile commerce platforms. His Product experience spans various industries such as Mortgage Banking, Dating, Online Ecommerce, and Entertainment. Vic Parekh started out as a Software Engineer and worked for a decade in this role before making the leap to Product.

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The Startup Guide To SXSW Panel Picking

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Bootstrapping development, team management. . Your Web Developer Thinks You're an Idiot. Bootstrapping development, Startup, Website content. . Everybody is Selling Something: The Arrival of "Me-Commerce". The "old school" models of e-commerce, as dominated by bulky hosted storefron. The constrai.

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