Thu.Mar 10, 2016

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How can I trust that my virtual employees are working?

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Dave’s note: For the second week, we welcome my co-author of “Get Scrappy,” Kim Shepherd, to give us her answer to the oft-repeated question: “How can I trust that my virtual employees are working?” You’ll recall that Kim is an expert here, managing her company of over one hundred employees around the world literally from a post office box – with every one of them, including herself, working from home in a virtual environment.

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500 Startups Extends Presence To Los Angeles

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Venture capital investor 500 Startups appears to be extending its presence in the Los Angeles area, with the appointment of Jess Erickson as LA Program Director at the firm. 500 Startups has not said what Erickson will focus on with the new title, however, Erickson's profile shows that she has moved from serving as Director of Diversity at 500 Startups in San Francisco, to residing in Los Angeles at the beginning of this month.

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Hyperloop Transportation Technologies Inks Deal In Slovak Republic

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Playa Vista-based Hyperloop Transportation Technologies , one of the similarly named companies working on further developing Elon Musk's grand idea for a next generation transportation system, said Thursday that it has inked an agreement with the Government of the Slovak Republic, to explore building a Hyperloop system between Bratislava and Vienna, Austria and Budapest, Hungary.

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Mucker Capital Raises $45M Fund, Mucker III

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Los Angeles-based Mucker Capital said this week that it has closed on a new, $45M fund, Mucker III. The fund, run by Erik Rannala and William Hsu, did not detail the limited partners in the new fund. Mucker Capital started fundraising for that new fund in May of last year. William Hsu, in a blog post likened the new fund to the firm's "Series A", as the first two funds from Mucker were much smaller.

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Can You Ask for Office Rent Relief? How to Manage Your Lease During COVID-19

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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Soothe Picks Up $35M More For On Demand Massage Service

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Los Angeles-based on-demand, massage service Soothe has raised another $35M in funding to expand its service into more cities, the company said on Thursday. The funding came from the Riverside Company. Soothe is led by Merlin Kauffman, and lets users book both through a mobile app, through its website, or even a phone call. The company offers up flat rate pricing on massages, starting at $99.00 for a 60 minute massage.

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Avametric Raises $10.5M To Combine Hollywood VFX With E-Commerce

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In a crossover between the worlds of Hollywood special effects and e-commerce, a new startup, Avametric , said it is looking to fuse "Silicon Valley, Hollywood, and Fashion" by using the software behind visual effects rendering to render clothing and accessories on computer models of consumers. The San Francisco startup said it raised $10.5M from Khosla Ventures, Y-Combinator, and others on Thursday.

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Yahoo Taps Former Broadcom CFO For Board, As It Mulls Sale

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Yahoo! said Thursday that it has named two new, independent directors--including Eric K. Brandt, former CFO of Broadcom--as it looks to explore strategic alternatives for the company. Yahoo said that it added both Brandt and Catherine J. Friedman, a former Managing Director at Morgan Stanley, as part of its efforts to refine its strategy and explore strategic alternatives for the company.

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Moviepilot Expands Board

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Los Angeles-based Moviepilot announced today that it has named a Christof Wittig to its board of directors. Wittig--who is part of Moviepilot backer Deutsche Telekom Strategic Investors--has previously served as founder and CEO of such companies as LiquidM, Servo Software, db4objects, and Apsis Software, and also sites on the board or is an investor in Enish, Metago, KeepSafe, Hornet Networks, Vespa Networks, VirtaHealth, Boxfish, and App Annie.

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Rubicon Project Partners With Cadreon

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Los Angeles-based programmatic advertising network operator Rubicon Project has partnered with Cadreon , the ad tech unit of IPG Mediabrands, in a programmatic buying effort. According tot the two companies, Cadreon will use Rubicon Project's Guaranteed Orders platform to manage direct inventory across desktop, mobile, and video advertising for its clients.

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Immersv Launches Virtual Reality Ad Platform

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Los Angeles-based Immersv is launching a brand new, ad platform aimed at virtual reality content, the company is announcing today. The startup--backed by Foundation Capital, Technicolor Ventures, Rothenberg Ventures, TenOneTen Ventures, CAA Ventures, All Mobile Ventures, 137Ventures, Gigi Levy, and others--says its platform is aimed at helping consumers discovery great virtual reality apps and entertainment, and also to help VR developers to monetize and distribute their content.

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Sonos Chops Staff In Santa Barbara

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Santa Barbara-based whole home music system maker Sonos told its users in a blog post Wednesday that it has let go of a number of employees , as a result of changes in the industry. Sonos did not say how many employees it is letting go, only that the "last few weeks have been tough" on the company. Sonos said it is now looking to increase its focus on paid streaming services and voice control.

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Whole Foods, Instacart Plan Expansion Into Orange County

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Natural and organic goods supermarket Whole Foods Market and sam day delivery service Instacart announce today that they will be expanding into Orange County, one of the first markets in a national expansion which will allow consumers to order groceries from Whole Foods Market for same day delivery. Whole Foods and Instacart have been working together to allow consumers to order groceries for same delivery in 17 markets; Orange County and Baltimore, Maryland, are the first two markets in a natio