Wed.Nov 09, 2016

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Resonant Reports Contract Win

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Goleta-based Resonant , which develops technology used for filters for radio frequency (RF) front ends, reported a win in Europe, via its Swiss subsidiary, GVR Trade SA. The company said that it signed a contract with EuroStars to fund a multi-year project for the development of sensors for new medical applications. Financial terms of the deal were not announced by the company.

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Technology Rodeo - Federal technologies

SoCal Tech Calendar

Thursday, November 10, 2016 -- Tritech Technology Rodeo. NASA, Navy, University Technologies. Why attend. Discover New Money Horses (Technology) Meet potential engineering collaborators from NASA, Navy, UC Riverside, and other small businesses; Learn about technology and RandD opportunities available from NASA, Navy, and UCR; Grasp opportunities for federal Small Business Innovation Research funding of programs that have NASA, University, and Navy collaborators; Discover licensing opportunities;

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Sorrento Therapeutics Acquires Scilex

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San Diego-based Sorrento Therapeutics said on Tuesday that it has acquired a majority of Scilex Pharmaceuticals , a developer of a lidocaine patch being used to treat postherpetic neuralgia, the chronic pain that sometimes develops with shingles. The deal was worth approximately $47.6M, and was split between both cash and stock. The deal had originally been announced in August.

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Fireside Chat With VC Mark Terbeek - Partner At Greycroft Partners. Hosted By TechFire - Splash

SoCal Tech Calendar

Tuesday, November 15, 2016 -- Fireside Chat With VC Mark Terbeek - Partner At Greycroft Partners. Hosted By TechFireMark Terbeek, a partner at Greycroft Partners, will be joining WeWork Playa Vista for an engaging Fireside Chat. Greycroft Partners is one of LA's leading venture capital firms, which has $800 million under management. Mark focuses on investment opportunities in the digital media sector, with an emphasis on online video and infrastructure software.

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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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IGN Entertainment Names Chief Programming Officer

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IGN Entertainment , which produces online video game and entertainment content, said Tuesday that it has named Wade Beckett as its Chief Programming Officer and SVP of Video, based here in Los Angeles. Beckett was previously Chief Programming Officer and Sr. Vice President of Production, at Fusion -- a Disney/ABC & Univision joint venture. He also served at ESPN SportNation and NBCUniversal's G4 network, along with Comcast, ZDTV, Tech TV, DreamWorks, NBC's Peter Engel Productions, TV Guide C

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New U.S. “Roadmap” Lays Out Routes to Accelerate Robotic Technologies

Xconomy

Robotics technology is progressing faster than expected for self-driving cars, and drones are becoming ubiquitous throughout the United States, according to a lead scientist overseeing a robotics technology roadmap released last week. But robotics is moving slower than expected in some key areas, such as the development of dexterous gripper technology, intuitive user interfaces, and in integrating software and hardware through the full chain of systems engineering, according to Henrik Christense

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7 Keys To Making A Micro-Business Your Success Path

Startup Professionals Musings

In the last few years, I’ve heard more and more about a new type of small business, called a “micro-business” (or micro-enterprise). These are usually characterized as owner-operated, with five employees or less, and less than $250,000 in sales. With the low cost of e-commence entry, and powerful Internet technologies, they require minimal capital to start, perhaps as little as $500.

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Hyperloop One Co-founder Plans California Secession Effort

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Shervin Pishevar , the co-founder of Los Angeles-based Hyperloop One , is pushing for a serious, grassroots efforts for California to secede from the United States , after the stunning victory of Donald Trump on Tuesday night. Pishevar--who was an early investor in Uber and Dollar Shave Club-- posted a series of Tweets say he would be funding a legitimate campaign for California to become its own nation, saying "It's the most patriotic thing we can do.

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Trump’s Election Stunner: Tech and Life Sciences Leaders React

Xconomy

Still processing what this will mean for technology, business, society, and humanity—I guess it’s going to take a while. In the meantime, here are 10 notable reactions from around the Xconomy network, mostly via Twitter. As you might guess, they are a mix of outrage, resiliency, hope, rationalizing, grandstanding, and some calls for calm and reason (plus some calls to secede): 1.

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Indeed: Searches For Jobs In Canada Spike With Election

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Job search site Indeed released some statistics out of its job search activity this morning, saying that there has been a spike in searches for jobs to Canada, after the election results last night. Jed Kolko, Chief Economist for the site, said in a statement: "Americans were searching for jobs in Canada at ten times the rate of previous nights" after the Trump victory.

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The Morning After. What Have We Done?

Both Sides of the Table

The morning after. I Tweeted vociferously last night in my stupor and despair. Most of my tribe emoted publicly, too, any many more countless others texted me constantly in disbelief. I haven’t felt this way since 9/11. No — I’m not equating the two actions. I’m just telling you the depths of how this decision makes me feel. A number of people I don’t know told me on Twitter to “calm down” or “Everything will be OK.

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One News Outlet That Got The Election Dynamic Right? Cenk Uygur's TYT Network

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In the aftermath of a stunning U.S. election--there was one local, media startup which called the dynamics of the election year right: Los Angeles-based TYT Network , and founder Cenk Uygur. Uygur's Internet TV venture--which covers politics, pop culture and lifestyle--which leans heavily Democratic, said in July that Donald Trump could win, because "he's a populist candidate when the country is angry, and you've run THE most establishment candidate we've ever seen against him".

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Has Technology Made Election Polls More Accurate? Not Yet

Xconomy

Statistical models, simulations, social media outreach, and the capacity to analyze big data sets—you’d think by now that technology would have delivered election forecasts that more reliably predicted Donald Trump’s victory in the 2016 presidential race. But most pollsters—and the people who relied on them—were gobsmacked by Trump’s upset wins, not only in battleground states but also in regions thought to be safely in the Clinton camp.

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The Most Thoughtful Human Story of the Election I’ve Read

Both Sides of the Table

I received this email from a friend. He gave me permission to publish it but asked to do so anonymously. It was so thoughtful, so gracious, so explanatory — I felt you would all enjoy reading it. It’s from a startup founder. It’s unedited. “i read your tweets tonight, mark. i am there with you. i grew up in the suburbs of cleveland, ohio and i was hopeful because my high school buddies who live there and are conservatives told me they could never vote for hillary, but they couldn’t vote for trum

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In Trump-GOP Tsunami, Blue-State Healthcare Ideas Swamped

Xconomy

The 2016 U.S. election is over. The country has been rocked by the presidential race, with Donald Trump taking the White House. Every facet of American policy, our attitudes toward power and governance, even our national character will be topics of debate in coming months. Our healthcare system will be a large part of that. Today, however, there are only a few concrete indications of what will—or won’t—be happening.

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