socalTECH

OCTOBER 16, 2019

According to Labrador Systems, the new funding will go towards expansion of its platform and for pilot studies with partners in 2020. The funding was led by SOSV, and its hardware accelerator HAX, along with Centrica Hive, Amazon's Alexa Fund, iRobot Ventures, and iD Ventures America. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 7, 2021

It’s coming from Leif , itself a startup that provides financing services to edtech platforms so that they can offer their students income share agreements (otherwise known as ISAs, arrangements where students are not required to pay back tuition loans until they find jobs). Entity’s own story fits into both of those story lines.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 5, 2022

My company Putta Crown On It has the opportunity to have a place to do classes, promotional shoots and more,” Sykes told TechCrunch via email. Currently, the studio is funded in part by partnerships with Monster Energy and Snap’s 523 program , which supports small content companies and creators from underrepresented groups.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Studies have shown that work productivity is related to a happier work culture , and customer satisfaction and loyalty are also dependent on the culture. Here are the key elements I see: Make your company culture virtual. Move to modern platforms for more collaboration. Don’t wait for word-of-mouth to spread your culture.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

This probably isn’t news to developers, but it was news to me when I found out many tech companies still use slave-master language. GitHub talked about making these changes as early as June, when CEO Nat Friedman tweeted that it was something the company was already working on. You can sign up here. Let’s start with Prop 22.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 16, 2020

Now, the company has added to its haul with new capital and the cybersecurity expertise of Kleiner Perkins’ deep knowledge in the space through investors like Ted Schlein and Bucky Moore, who will be taking a seat on the company’s board of directors. and provided by the company. and provided by the company.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 11, 2016

government has ambitious plans for a long-term health study with one million Americans, and one of the world’s most powerful tech companies has a big part to play, including the storage of all the data on its “cloud” servers. But they did not view tech companies as trustworthy stewards. So where does Verily fit in?

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

What's the best way to reach out and recruit diverse candidates for your technology company? we spoke with co-founder Chuka Ikokwu to learn more about the startup and how it's helping companies to recruit more diverse workers. is an HR tech platform that makes it very easy for companies to source diverse talent.

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Tech.Co

JULY 24, 2023

A group of researchers in Australia have been awarded just over $400,000 (USD) in government funding to study the possibilities of merging AI with human brain cells, a research project likely to bring a number of AI-related ethical and existential questions to the fore.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2022

The new era of highly connected and interactive technology is changing not only how business employees interact with customers, but also how they interact with each other, and with their company. I am happy to see reports that young companies are leading the way in these trends, on both the customer and the employee side.

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socalTECH

MAY 12, 2017

The way we're doing that, is we are creating video content, which we distribute across social platforms. How did you start the company? We had lots of success reaching the GenZ and millennial audience with video content on that platform. Talk a bit more about your cross platform strategy? He was perfect to go into this.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 15, 2022

Per a recent study by networking giant Cisco , the world’s yearly mobile data traffic has grown 17-fold over the past 5 years, reaching 11.5 Facebook has created an environment where millions of people can hold billions of conversations with people and companies, transforming how people expect to interact with each other and the world.

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Xconomy

JUNE 3, 2016

But today, online companies that sell services rather than merchandise also need to be concerned about state sales taxes. Online service companies need to be aware of these potential tax traps so they are not surprised when a state tax agency comes knocking on their door.

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Frank Addante

MAY 18, 2016

With the platforms for storytelling rapidly increasing in VR, AR, and more apps and social media tools at our disposal, technology is now taking a front seat. But how do we embrace and adapt to these platforms effectively, without losing the meaning and heart behind the stories we tell? They have lofty goals, and take risks.

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Frank Addante

MAY 18, 2016

With the platforms for storytelling rapidly increasing in VR, AR, and more apps and social media tools at our disposal, technology is now taking a front seat. But how do we embrace and adapt to these platforms effectively, without losing the meaning and heart behind the stories we tell? They have lofty goals, and take risks.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

The service--headed by Will Heshall--said its public beta will let a wider set of users test and evaluate its tool, which helps select and play music that enables users to better work, study, write, and read. Focus@will explained that the public beta comes after the signup of over 9,000 private beta users. Henshall's co-founder is Jon Vitale.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 21, 2020

The company sent an email to customers Tuesday that after examining the business, the car-sharing industry and COVID-19, it decided to shutter the service permanently. The company confirmed that all operations should be concluded by later this summer. The company doesn’t have plans to re-enter the car-sharing business.

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Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

In addition to being a tool for burgeoning startups and lucrative companies, virtual reality is also a great way to escape the stress of everyday life. Studies have shown that the practice of meditation positively affects the nervous system by lowering blood pressure, lessening symptoms of anxiety, fighting depression, and curbing insomnia.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Our interview this morning is with Brad Stewart , the new CEO of Los Angeles-based Fair (www.fair.com), backed by Softbank, which has been in the midst of reinventing the company after some setbacks in its initial efforts to create a subscription-based model for automobiles. Brad Stewart: The company had two previous lives.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

As a business consultant with experience in large companies as well as startups, I often hear about dysfunctional management hierarchies, as well as the value provided by exceptional ones. These authors provide inside details of recent management experiments, as well as historical data from both successful and failed traditional companies.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

Greathouse : DataPop & Kenshoo recently released a study that highlights the potential opportunities on sites like Pinterest and Polyvore. The DataPop Kenshoo study does a great job of identifying some low-hanging fruit, (for instance) simply adding products onto social commerce can be a great start.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2023

For example, many companies are fighting the remote work trend by bringing team members back to the office where they can better focus together on improving customer experience. Many business leaders are now proclaiming their company support to a higher purpose to facilitate this initiative.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

The new era of highly connected and interactive technology is changing not only how business employees interact with customers, but also how they interact with each other, and with their company. I am happy to see reports that young companies are leading the way in these trends, on both the customer and the employee side.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 25, 2019

For one, because millennials, according to various studies, are consuming less alcohol than previous generations and are therefore seeking non-alcoholic beverage alternatives. Enter Seedlip , a non-alcoholic spirits company, for example. The company raised more than $550 million after pricing at $17 per share a little over a week ago.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2018

What was the biggest news for your company in 2018? This year, we focused on diversifying and strengthening our team by recruiting Maureen Klewicki as an investor and senior associate, and Nick Kim as our head of platform. Now, we're investing in our own team, firm, and platform so we can further support those founders.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 22, 2011

In the world of social, sharing, and online apps, becoming a verb may be the difference between life and death of a company. We had met several months earlier in Maui during a kiteboarding trip at a very exciting time for the company. For me, in college, ‘Facebook me’ was conjugated in our lexicons as frequently as ‘to study.’

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socalTECH

JULY 1, 2014

We caught up with Bryce Clemmer , the co-founder and CEO of the company, to learn more. How did you start the company? We tried to figure out why people would go to an audio platform, which might be a iHeartradio, Pandora, or Spotify, and why people would go to platforms like YouTube for music.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2019

The company said that its research was in part driven by stories of investors with an "infinite amount of regret"--quoting Los Angeles venture capitalist Mark Suster, who passed on an investment in Uber's seed round with a massive amount of regret. AngelList's service is aimed at promoting seed investment.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 21, 2012

Journey is a platform to build data gathering mobile apps much faster than would traditionally have been possible. Journey is especially useful for companies that want to streamline their internal business processes. Journey was created by our company, Embark Mobile (or “Embark” for short). Why the name?

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 5, 2012

Kai Stubble: SupperKing is basically the first platform that enables a peer-to-peer, in-home dining experience. They can discover that event in the app, or soon, on our web platform, say--hey, this looks cool, the last event has some great pictures, looks like this might be fun--and they can buy tickets.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Several free blog platforms, like WordPress , are so flexible that you can configure them as a website, as well as your blog, without separate hosting. Studying other people’s blogs will help you identify what you like and don’t like, and how you want yours to look and feel. Add content regularly. Conversational style.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 5, 2012

Kai Stubbe: SupperKing is basically the first platform that enables a peer-to-peer, in-home dining experience. They can discover that event in the app, or soon, on our web platform, say--hey, this looks cool, the last event has some great pictures, looks like this might be fun--and they can buy tickets.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 19, 2014

We recently spoke with co-founder and CEO, Justin Wu to learn more about the company, which so far has received a small seed funding from Warner Bros. as part of that company''s Warner Media Camp accelerator. Justin Wu: We integrate with any video platform, such as YouTube, Vimeo, Kaltura, and we''re built on top of an API.

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socalTECH

MAY 30, 2019

Richards--a serial entrepreneur who has been involved in a number of technology companies here, including NTI Group (sold to Blackboard), Internships.com, MP3.com, Now we have a thousand large companies into it, and if you name a big company, they're a customers of ours, from Starbucks to NASA. That's been very effective.

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socalTECH

JULY 9, 2019

in Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences from West Virginia University, and told us a bit about the fund, its investments, and his advice to entrepreneurs looking for investment from the company. What are you looking for in a company and entrepreneur? What we are looking for is platformable, scalable technologies.

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Southern California Edison Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Studies show that natural light has a positive effect on mental health, productivity, and job satisfaction. Don’t forget the plants—studies show the presence of greenery can also increase productivity by around 15%. Most video conferencing platforms, such as Zoom, have the ability to record videos while sharing a screen.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Per the latest study by networking giant Cisco , the world’s yearly mobile data traffic has grown 17-fold over the past 5 years, reaching 11.5 Facebook has created an environment where millions of people can hold billions of conversations with people and companies, transforming how people expect to interact with each other and the world.

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