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Human Capital: Moving away from ‘master/slave’ terminology

TechCrunch LA

Welcome back to Human Capital, where we explore some of the latest news in labor, diversity and inclusion in tech. Human Capital will soon be available as a weekly newsletter. You can sign up here. Let’s start with Prop 22. Meet the Formerly Incarcerated Software Engineers who Built a No-Police Alternative to 911.

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What Makes a Successful Startup Community? Is it Possible to Build One Where You Live?

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Recently I wrote a post arguing to make the definition of a Startup more inclusive than that to which Silicon Valley, fueled by Venture Capital return profiles, would sometimes like to attach to the word. Most of what I think about startup communities came from mentorship by Brad Feld through hours of private discussion and debate.

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Algorithmia, Co-Founded By USC Grad Student, Gets $2.4M

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A new startup, Algorithmia , which was co-founded by a USC PhD student, said today that it has raised $2.4M in a seed funding round, to go towards its online marketplace for computer software algorithms. The funding came from Madrona Venture Group, Rakuten Ventures, Deep Fork Capital, and angels. Algorithmia is based in Seattle.

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Galvanize Plans Expansion To Los Angeles

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Galvanize, which is based out of denver but has locations in Austin, Boulder, Denver, New York, Phoenix, San Francisco, and Seattle, said the acquisition and funding will add Los Angeles to its "innovation hubs" technology students, alumni, entrepreneurs, startups and established companies. READ MORE>>.

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No Co-Founder? Y Combinator Offers Matchmaking at Startup School

Xconomy

There were a host of reasons—she wasn’t a software engineer, she had no product development experience, and she wanted to launch a consumer item that was already sold widely by established enterprises. From the moment Talia Frenkel resolved to found a company after a kitchen-table talk with her parents, the odds were against her.

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CapLinked Adds Investors To Series A

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Los Angeles-based business transactions and dealroom service CapLinked has rounded up some new investors today, saying that it has added additional investors in its Series A funding. FF Angel, Siemer Ventures, 500 Startups, and Peter Thiel (co-founder of PayPal), and others. The firm earlier had announced investments from. READ MORE>>.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly. LA By The Numbers. But even this is changing.