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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. Mayfield said it hopes to "tap innovative networks in Los Angeles" by working with Moriarty, who is located here.

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

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Hopscotch, led by Laurence Sotsky , has built software which enables sports teams, venues, and others to rapidly create mobile apps for their fans. We caught up with Lauren to hear about Hopscotch, and why teams and schools are turning to the company to power their mobile apps. What is Hopscotch? What do your apps do?

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Launchpad LA – 10 Startup Companies to Watch

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Commission Junction, MySpace, TicketMaster and many more. I first met him there and knew he was a talented entrepreneur that I wanted to work with some day. They have developed a cloud-based platform for merchants to publish to multiple distribution networks, including social, mobile and email.

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Ten Of The Top Tech Companies For Employees In LA

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Edmunds.com has been around forever in Los Angeles, but after a recent redesign and a focus on updating its web site, new mobile. Frank Addante, who founded Rubicon, is a serial entrepreneur who co-founded L90, which was acquired. Despite the number of employees, recruiters also cited. Edmunds was also one of the companies. LiveNation.

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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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