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Interview with Michael Barton, Startup Exchange

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We merged with Ticketmaster, took it public before selling it to IAC. I have a background in financial services. I brought the combination of financial services and founder startup experience which is so important to this fund. Tags: capital venture equity startupexchange fund startup interview barton michael.

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Events.com: Creating A New Events Management Software Giant, with Gregg Parise

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You point out that there''s a lot of folks in this market, why jump in with a new service? Ticketing and registration are starting to collide, and all those monopolistic playersthe Ticketmasters, Cvents, and Eventbriteswere all created 20 years ago. Our philosophy I around that social principal, that people are now more experiential.

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