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ServiceTitan Acquires Pointman

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Los Angeles-based ServiceTitan , which develops a cloud-based software platform used by residential and commercial service contractors to manage their businesses, has acquired Pointman , a New York-based company that develops software for contractors. Pointman is based in Buffalo, New York, and was founded in 2006. READ MORE>>.

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Netflix Steals Back HR Exec From Scopely

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Online movie streaming service Netflix has stolen back an executive from Los Angeles-based Scopely, to head up its human resources and talent management efforts. Neal is a veteran of Netflix, having served Vice President Talent and Talent Acquisition at the company from 2006 until 2013; she later was VP of Talent at Coursera.

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Reflections On 2017: Anna Barber, Techstars LA

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Infrastructure, services and "picks and shovels" tech will be important here. Anna started her career as a corporate lawyer focused on public company transactional work and spent two years at McKinsey as a strategy consultant to retail, media and financial services companies. Find her @annawbarber. READ MORE>>.

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Reflections on 2018: Anna Barber, Techstars LA

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Anna started her career as a corporate lawyer focused on public company transactional work and spent two years at McKinsey as a strategy consultant to retail, media and financial services companies. In 2006 she sat next to a woman on an airplane who became her business partner in her next startup, Scribble Press. READ MORE>>.

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First Ever Startup Weekend Orange County Live!

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He joined Miramar in 2006. He also has product strategy and business development experience in the areas of video-on-demand services and RF CMOS components. Amir is founder of Bayspring Group, an innovation think tank that specializes in defining market opportunities and the launch of new products and services to meet market needs.

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How Liferay Grew To More Than $100M After Starting In A Church Basement

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Diamond Bar-based LifeRay (www.liferay.com) is a company that not too many people have heard of, but which is used to run the websites for such well known organizations like Toyota, T-Mobile, Coach, Fujitsu, Allianz, and Sesame Street. How did the shift come from consulting services to a product?

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13 Ecosystem Builders That Are Boosting Startup Growth

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In 2006, a passion to help startups grew into Tech Cocktail , a company whose mission was to showcased burgeoning companies in bars around the country. With accelerator programs for IoT, smart home services, and female founders, Start Co built an impactful organization in the Southeast. Memphis, TN).

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