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Mayfield Eyes Los Angeles Startups, Taps Ticketmaster's Moriarty

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Bay area venture capital firm Mayfield Fund appears to be eyeing more investments in the Los Angeles area, with the addition of Sean Moriarty , the former CEO of Ticketmaster, as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the firm. billion under management, and has investments in such firms here as Rubicon Project and Inphi.

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

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We also do lots of things in-venue, including mobile ticketing, integrating with Ticketmaster, Comcast, and many other ticketing providers. Why are these colleges using you, rather than investing in their own custom applications? What's the biggest lesson you've learned here so far as an entrepreneur?

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Behind the Scenes: Troy Carter’s SMASHD LABS with Suzy Ryoo

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SMASHD’s first Cohort brought four early-stage + one mature company into the fold: Sidestep : Mobile platform for live events that allows fans to order merchandise before, during and after an event for VIP pickup and delivery, who has relationships in place with Ticketmaster, and is a merch partner on Beyonce’s latest tour.

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Interview with Michael Barton, Startup Exchange

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Idealab has invested in the fund, and is a great partner, and has been introducing us to their companies, as well as lots of companies that aren't in the Idealab structure but where they know the founders and executives. We merged with Ticketmaster, took it public before selling it to IAC. We've got lots of contacts. You mention VCs.

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Interview with Harry Lin, Lottay

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Harry Lin: Lottay originated before me, I've just been barely two months as CEO, from an entrepreneur, Andy Elliott. Klaus and Steve thought Andy was a great entrepreneur and it was a good idea, and seeded it. Elliott came up wit the idea in 2008, seeing the trends I just explained to you. That's where I came along.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 5.0 – I’m just going to chill out for a bit… (OK, for a month…)

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► 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! We invested the first $1 million to develop version 1.0 Additionally, entrepreneurs get tired. ► October (1) New Video!

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