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A Conversation With Appetize's Kevin Anderson On Getting Customer Service Right

socalTECH

As part of the lead in to the conference, and as a part of our sponsor relationship with the conference, we're running a series of interviews with speakers from the conference about their experience in the area of recurring revenues, customer service, and similar topics. We respond very quickly to all of our customers. Kevin Anderson.

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The Story Behind ScoreBig's Live Entertainment Tickets, with Adam Kanner

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As an executive at the National Basketball Association (NBA), Adam Kanner saw those issues--plus the industry's own desire to sell its unsold inventory--so he created ScoreBig (www.scorebig.com), an online marketplace aimed at connecting consumers with awesome deals on below-face value, live entertainment tickets.

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Why recurring revenues increase your company’s value

Berkonomics

Application developers once considered their products as licensed in what would closely be allied to a single sale. But most of us are willing to pay as these products, apps and services have become ingrained into our regular usage, entertainment and especially in the protection of our systems. Call it the Netflix effect.

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Canoo takes the covers off of its debut electric vehicle

TechCrunch LA

Remarkably, Canoo has completed the design and engineering of its first model in just 19 months and is preparing its vehicles for production through a contract manufacturer. The company intends to go to market with an entirely new business model by providing customers with its cars for a monthly subscription fee.

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How Catalog Is Helping SMBs Compete Against Big Brands

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Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based Catalog (www.catalog.cc), a startup developing artificial intelligence software to help independent visual artists scale their content production efforts, announced it raised $1.5M That system allows us to arrange shoots and coordinate with contracted talent to produce that content.

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How FilmBreak Is Bringing Data and Analytics To Hollywood, with Darren Marble

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Lots of them were in online media and entertainment. My co-founder, Taylor Mcpartland, is the entertainment guy. He spent the past 8 years as a producer and writer, and has a phenomenal Rolodex in the entertainment business. What's your background? I'm a guy that gets things done as a sales person. It's all about execution.

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Krisztina "Z" Holly, MAKE IT IN LA: Bridging Entrepreneurship and Manufacturing

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Los Angeles is often thought of as just the city of entertainment and creative industries�but it turns out, it's a lot more. They just need a little help in navigating the opportunities, they're interested in learning more about contract manufacturing, and they want to connect with capital.

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