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Fans.lu Ties With Game Development Organization

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David Padula has served at Activision and Paramount Pictures; Derek Padula has worked as a game designer at Electronic Arts, Activision, and Seven Studios. is the brainchild of David Padula, Derek Padula, and Dave Delaney, who have created a platform to help developers monetize their games through merchandise sales. READ MORE>>.

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

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

TechCrunch LA

As video commerce becomes the norm and entertainers, brands, businesses, and franchises of all sizes and stripes look to cut out the middle man, the array of services on offer from Maestro may be the scissors these entities need to cut the cord. The one thing that Maestro won’t do is discovery or search services, Evans said.

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

TechCrunch LA

“ We’re primarily focused on finding the most passionate and talented game developers that want to specialize in making the kind of game design and might have the kind of specialized expertise that we admire.”

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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. ” And at least I’ll draw the line at that point, and if it ever gets too close, I can always go back and work at Electronic Arts. [00:24:26] So it was from ’91 to ’94 that I programmed.

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