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

LATechDigest

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 Michele Ruiz and Dan Gould, BiasSync

socalTECH

Michele Ruiz: Robin Richards and I formed the company, after he approached me, after having been a business mentor for me for fifteen years. The key to the LA tech scene is finding people who really understand content, and funding pepole in content who understand technology, and getting together. How did the three of you connect?