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OCTOBER 30, 2015

Los Angeles-based Tongal , which provides crowdsourced content for brands, agencies, studios, and others by tapping into a network of independent filmmakers, said Thursday that it has been selected as a Facebook Marketing Partner, specifically in the content marketing area. Tongal operates a crowdsourced studio, where marketers and others propose projects--ads, stories, short films, and other videos--and allows its pool of film makers and other creatives to work on those ideas, ultimately creati

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2015

Motivated teams are the key to success at every startup, yet I still know entrepreneurs who gave an inspirational speech to kick off the quarter but haven’t been heard from since, or don’t realize that their actions are often more demotivating than inspirational. The result is a huge loss in productivity and morale and potentially the death of a promising startup.

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OCTOBER 30, 2015

Venice, California-based startup accelerator Amplify.LA has kicked off fundraising for a third fund, Amplify.LA Capital III , according to a regulatory filing from the firm. The filing indicates the accelerator is targeting $10.0M in funding for the third fund. Amplify.LA is an investor in a host of LA startups, including HelloTech, StackSocial, Vadio, Gem, and many others.

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OCTOBER 30, 2015

A three day festival, focused on NASA and space exploration, is running at the California Science Center through the weekend, according to the museum. According to the Center, which is centrally located in Los Angeles, its three day festival, Space Fest , runs from today through November 1st, and will feature a host of displays from NASA and demonstrations all focused on aeronautics and space exploration, talks from scientists and a NASA astronaut, and more.

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Office leases are one of companies’ largest expenses, and if your whole team is working from home with no clear end in sight, you may be wondering what to do about your lease.

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OCTOBER 30, 2015

It's the last day for open, reader nominations for our annual list of the top 50 up-and-coming individuals in Southern California's technology industry. We are looking to identify the individuals here in the technology industry, across all sectors, who are most likely to create the next big thing, produce the next big exit or to influence the industry in a significant way.

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OCTOBER 30, 2015

Los Angeles, which appears to be the capital of on-demand, mobile phone driven services (Uber-for-almost anything), has yet another entry into the on-demand personal services market: Hairdoo , a startup which says it can connect users with a haircut as soon as an hour from booking. According to Hairdoo, the service is launching first in Los Angeles, and runs on iOS and will soon be on Android.

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OCTOBER 30, 2015

Laguna Hills-based medical device maker Glaukos said this morning that it has entered into a settlement of a patent lawsuit with Transcend Medical. According to the company, it has agreed not to sue Transcend for patent infringement related to Transcend's CyPass Micro-Stent devices. In exchange, it said Transcend will pay the company 1% of future net sales, via quarterly payments, up to a maximum amount of $6M.

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