socalTECH
JULY 8, 2016
Carlsbad-based Zingle , a startup developing messaging tools that allows businesses to connect to consumers via messaging and texting, has raised $3M in a Series A funding round. The funding came from Rincon Ventures and Crosscut Ventures. Zingle's products--which are currently being used in the hospitality, parking, food and beverage, and other areas--provide a dashboard and other ways to let businesses interact with their customers via texting.
L.A. Business Journal
JULY 8, 2016
In a move to further consolidate the mobile gaming industry and to obtain lucrative licensing deals for several Hollywood franchises, last week mobile-game maker SGN of Culver City acquired game developer TinyCo of San Francisco for an undisclosed amount.
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socalTECH
JULY 8, 2016
Hawthorne-based SpaceX is opening up a new office in Orange County, in what looks to be an attempt to tap into the area's deep depth of technical talent. According to the OC Register, SpaceX has leased just under 8,000 feet of office space in Irvine, and now is listing jobs for engineering positions in the location, including engineers in the areas of RF integrated circuits and ASIC design.
L.A. Business Journal
JULY 8, 2016
Surf Air expands routes in Europe, SpaceX signs lease for Orange County office, and Fullscreen offers sample content via AT&T and DirecTV.
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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.
socalTECH
JULY 8, 2016
Calabasas-based sound and audio processing technology developer DTS has named a veteran of Dolby Laboratories as a member of its board of directors, the company said on Thursday. DTS said that Eric Cohen--most recently, Senior Vice President of Strategic Planning and Corporate Development for Dolby Laboratories, and now an independent consultant--to its board, and also as part of its Compensation Committee.
L.A. Business Journal
JULY 8, 2016
A pair of local firms aim to get a line on cellphone customers with low-cost and free offers.
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Tech Zulu Event
JULY 8, 2016
Remember networking before LinkedIn? No, me neither. Now, every day, our inboxes are inundated with emails such as “would you like to upgrade to premium?” or “would you like to congratulate Dave on their new position?”. Obviously, no one wants to congratulate Dave – Dave is out performing the lot of us and the smug so and so doesn’t need any encouragement to keep doing it.
socalTECH
JULY 8, 2016
Los Angeles-based all-you-can-fly airline Surf Air is in a major expansion of its membership-based air services today, saying that it has launched a European venture, Surf Air Europe , which will bring the same style of all-you-can-fly fights between London Luton Airport, Cannes, Geneva and Zurich. The new service will cost �2500 a month. Surf Air said it will also have weekend flights to Ibiza, and plans to expand to Dublin, Paris, Amsterdam and Barcelona next year.
Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 8, 2016
Business success is all about having the best team, yet the average entrepreneur has little prior experience with hiring people and building top-notch teams. It’s no wonder that half of startups fail in the first five years , and an even smaller percentage ever see a return for their years of effort. Most new entrepreneurs assume their passion will attract and motivate the right team members.
Xconomy
JULY 8, 2016
This week started with celebrations of America’s birthday, and it has been dominated—biotech-wise—by America’s government. The Obama administration continued its high-profile involvement in the life sciences by updating its Precision Medicine Initiative , easing limits on doctors who want to fight opioid addiction, and stopping a clinical trial in one of the hottest biomedical fields, cancer immunotherapy.
Tech Zulu Event
JULY 8, 2016
Conflict is a natural part of business. You’ll always be seeking to make your business as successful as possible and your clients will always fight to get the most for their money. Sometimes, this means you will butt heads over relatively minor issues. Other times, this means you’ll come into conflicts that can hurt both your business and your client.
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