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EventUp Hits Eight Locations, Plans Further Expansion

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EventUp , the online marketplace which helps people find and book unique venues for their events, has now expanded into eight markets, after recently adding Washington, D.C., to its list of cities. Headed by Tony Adam and backed by Science, Inc., EventUp launched almost a year ago. the startup studio headed by former MySpace CEO Mike Jones.

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JAKKS Pacific, NantWorks In Toy Joint Venture

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Los Angeles-based NantWorks , the technology incubation and investment firm run by billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong, and Malibu-based toy firm JAKKS Pacific announced this morning that the two are in a join venture to create anew company, DreamPlay Toys.

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Interview with Aaron Hirschorn, DogVacay.com

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the business incubator and studio headed by former MySpace CEO Mike Jones. If you need a 12 acre ranch in Malibu for your Great Dane, with an animal trainer on staff, that's $75.00. I think that is, however, secondary to being a dog lover, which is why it's so important for me to address this need in the market.

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Interview with Aaron Hirschhorn, DogVacay.com

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the business incubator and studio headed by former MySpace CEO Mike Jones. If you need a 12 acre ranch in Malibu for your Great Dane, with an animal trainer on staff, that's $75.00. I think that is, however, secondary to being a dog lover, which is why it's so important for me to address this need in the market.

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Tech Titans Peter Thiel, Matt Jacobson, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Mich Mathews, Elon Musk Buy Homes in Los Angeles

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Loading… Markets. Loading… Market Data. In March of last year, Matt Jacobson, head of market development at Facebook, paid $10.9 Earlier this year, Mr. Rappaport sold a beach cottage in Malibu to a Facebook executive for $6.8 CEO Terry Semels compound in Malibu for $37 million—Mr. » More.