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Maestro nets $15 million for its interactive commerce, community and engagement tools for livestreams

TechCrunch LA

The pandemic also helped as artists who were cut off from their audiences began to explore alternative ways to reach fans — and make money. “ We’re helping creators make money and build a business on top of video. “ We were targeted to a small number of very premier customers. ”

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LA-based gaming studio Scopely raises $200 million at a $1.4 billion valuation

TechCrunch LA

The new investment follows Scopely’s milestone of achieving more than $1 billion in lifetime revenue. Indeed, part of the reason for the financing is to accelerate the pace of its acquisitions and investments into new game development studios, according to chief executive, Walter Driver.

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LA-based Maslo pivots to professional services, launching an AI product for executive coaching

TechCrunch LA

When the Los Angeles-based startup Maslo launched its first product in early 2018 , the company was focused on a direct-to-consumer tool designed to encourage mindfulness and self-awareness through a machine learning enabled avatar that would respond to individual’s inputs.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Elements of Sustainable Companies

Frank Addante

► August (1) Invest in Transparency & Active Communication ► July (1) The Fear of Success ► May (2) Optimized for Speed = 30% Waste Happy 1st Birthday Rubicon Project! I guess this is how a world-class firm like Sequoia Capital finds and invests in world-class companies such as Google, Yahoo!,

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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

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I started as a programmer, and then a database designer, and then a project manager, and I led conversion teams. Probably the internet helped because they needed internet skills in their strategy group. That means I do one or two investments per year, and I see a lot. So it was from ’91 to ’94 that I programmed.

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