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Four SoCal Startups That Thrived Despite--or Because Of--Economic Downturns

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There has been a lot of worry recently in the high tech industry and from venture investors about "headwinds" in the technology market, particularly with valuations of "unicorn" companies dropping, investors shying away from investing in rounds, and even employees looking for safer jobs. billion. >.

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TaskUs Takes $15M In Funding

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Santa Monica-based TaskUs , the startup led by Bryce Maddock which is the secret weapon behind the rising tide of on-demand and Internet startups, has raised $15M in a funding round, the company disclosed today. The funding came from Phillipnes-based private equity investor Navegar. READ MORE>>.

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The @TWTFelipe Story – A Tale of US Visa Policy Gone Awry (#startupvisa)

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I filled up with 20 people pretty quickly and realized this schedule was masochistic. TWTFelipe and I ended up speaking for nearly 30 minutes and we talked mostly about why his company was based in Canada and not the US. Felipe grew up in Brazil. So he decided to start his company in Canada. But I have some.

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Blockchain, Video Games, and the MLB: Interview with Randy Saaf, Lucid Sight

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We caught up with Randy Saaf , the CEO of Lucid Sight, to learn more about how exactly the company is doing that, and why. Randy Saaf: Me and a couple of buddies started on of the first iPhone gaming companies back in 2008, called Jirbo. We started thinking about it, and we decided, if we were going to do this, we would go big.

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Interview with Vic Caretti, Loudvine

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Southern California--and particularly, Los Angeles--has always been a center of the music business, which makes it unsurprising that there are many, music-focused startups which end up starting here. I then was recruited into a Silicon Valley startup, backed by Kleiner Perkins. Where is the site now, in terms of launch?

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