socalTECH

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

Silicon Valley Bank , which provides banking services, loans, and other financial products to many startups in Southern California, has opened up its annual Startup Outlook Survey , according to the company this week. The survey quizzes companies about how their businesses are doing, and gauges executive opinions and mood about the startup industry.

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Southern California Startup Services Help 177

L.A. Business Journal

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

Hyperloop One settles employee lawsuit, Tastemade has 20 million monthly views on Instagram Stories, real estate loan platform Peer Street raises $15 million, and healthcare information site Renew raises $3 million.

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Report Platform Sites 118

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

For today's Insights and Opinions section, we have Braven Greenelsh , CEO and founder of digital agency LaVisual (www.lavisual.com), who talks about how important branding is in the digital age. Today each decision has multiple people behind it, and a plethora of eyeballs looking into your business. Each one sharing your company's information at a rapid rate.

Equity 168

Equity Company Companies Design 168

L.A. Business Journal

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

Hyperloop One has settled a breach of fiduciary lawsuit brought by its former chief technology officer and co-founder Brogan BamBrogan as well as three other employees.

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Chief Technology Officer Technology 109

Advertiser: Aggregage

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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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

Los Angeles-based PeerStreet , a startup which operates a marketplace for investing in real estate backed loans, has raised $15M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Andreessen Horowitz, and also included The Kaiser Family Foundation, Rembrandt Venture Partners, Montage Ventures and others. Alex Rampell of Andreessen Horowitz joins the company's board with the funding.

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Google Los Angeles Funding Capital 142

L.A. Business Journal

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

Ad tech sector’s struggles may help Rubicon Project click as an acquisition target.

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Acquisition Help 127

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

When entrepreneurs introduce new products to the market, their passion and conviction often leads them to assume that every potential customer will see the immediate need and value, and will quickly adopt the solution. They are devastated when their business growth never starts or stalls, and they have no idea how to get it moving again. As an advisor to many startups, I often spend hours with business owners helping them anticipate every possible obstacle to the adoption of their solution, and

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Product Case Study Customer Custom 95

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

Our interview today is with Gabe Gottlieb , Co-founder and CEO at Santa Monica-based advertising analytics firm Pathmatics (www.pathmatics.com). We spoke with Gabe to learn more about his company�which is backed by Bertelsmann and Upfront Ventures--and what it is working on. Tell us about your company? Gabe Gottlieb: We provide competitive and market intelligence for online advertising.

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Bertelsmann Advertising Startup Santa Monica 135

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

Speculation swirled this week around the incoming U.S. president’s intent to make good on his angry campaign rhetoric on drug prices, while the Associated Press reported that naming-and-shaming—that is, Congress hauling executives into hearings and penning angry letters—certainly hasn’t done the trick. For one new kind of cholesterol drug, insurers and their agents have tried the “just say no” strategy: refusing to pay what they deem high prices until the drug

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News Press Pricing Report 50

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

Irvine-based telematics equipment developer Spireon announced this morning that it has named Ed Suski as its new Vice President of Hardware Engineering. Suski has previously served at General Electric and United Technologies Corporation, serving as Chief Technology Officer at various divisions at the companies. He also has served at such companies as Acer, Gateway, eMachines, Packard Bell, Samsung and AST Computer.

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Chief Technology Officer Report Technology Develop 125

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

Warner Bros. said Thursday that it has agreed to buy Los Angeles-based content network Machinima. Financial terms of the deal were not announced, however, reports said the deal valued Machinima at less than $100M. Warner Bros. was already one of Machinima's major investors. Machinima operates a YouTube network focused on gamers. Machinima becomes part of Warner's Digital Networks division.

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Content Los Angeles Networking Report 125