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Launchpad LA – 10 Startup Companies to Watch

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Thursday night was the unveiling of the newest batch of Launchpad LA companies. We held a 90-minute demo session where 150 of LA’s VC’s and senior technology executives watched the LPLA V2 group present in small groups of 12-15 each. Commission Junction, MySpace, TicketMaster and many more.

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Metacloud Launches Private Cloud Service

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Pasadena-based Metacloud , the venture-backed provider of OpenStack-based cloud services has launched its own private cloud service, the company said this morning. MetaCloud had previously only provided its services via an on-premise offering, helping companies to manage their own OpenStack deployment. READ MORE>>.

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Why Hopscotch Is Behind Your Favorite Mobile Sports App, with Laurence Sotsky

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We caught up with Lauren to hear about Hopscotch, and why teams and schools are turning to the company to power their mobile apps. Laurence Sotsky: I started the company about two and a half years ago, with the intent of connecting people to their passions. What is Hopscotch? You can navigate to your seat and find concessions.

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Interview with Scot Richardson, Laughstub

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For anyone that small, Ticketmaster doesn't make sense. Their fees are too high to put on a $15 ticket, and you don't need to pay for the technology to handle 30,000 people simultaneously trying to get assigned seats. How did the company start? How did you get into the technology business? How is the company backed?

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Interview with Wes Brodsky, SaveFans

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Los Angeles-based SaveFans (www.savefans.com) recently raised some funding for its take on secondary ticketing, so we thought we'd speak with founder Wes Brodsky about the company and where it's going. We are an offer-based platform that allows users to negotiate the price they buy and sell tickets for, on the secondary market.

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Digitzs: Taking On The Pain Of Payment Processing

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In particular, there are many platforms who enable taking ticket payments for sporting events, donation payments for non profits and rent payments for property managers, who don't fit into the current legacy way payments are handled. Laura Wagner: Digitz is a payment company. There are platforms for donating to nonprofits, and so on.

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Interview with Jordan Glazier, Wildfire Systems

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And, if you're a social platform, is there a way to monetize all that activity happening on your service? Jordan Glazier: Wildfire has developed a platform for monetizing social messaging. Yet, the ways that enterprises and businesses are monetizing that user interaction is sort of archaic, compared to the evolution of the technology.

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