socalTECH
AUGUST 18, 2015
Santa Monica-based GumGum , which operates an online digital advertising platform aimed at visual content, said Tuesday that it has named John Weisgerber as its new Senior Vice President of Sales. Weisgerber was most recently at Hearst Corp., serving as Executive Director of Digital Advertising in the area of Fashion and Luxury. He also has served at Forbes Media and Ziff-Davis Publishing.
Tech Zulu Event
AUGUST 18, 2015
What do Oracle, eHarmony, and Rubicon Project all have in common? Mark Douglas, CEO of SteelHouse ! That’s what! One of the greatest tech minds of our time, Mark Douglas will be speaking at REACH NeXT September 24th. Started at Oracle as one of its first employees. Founded a series of successful startups resulting in IPOs and acquisitions. Was the VP of Technology at eHarmony where he built personality-matching technology.
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socalTECH
AUGUST 18, 2015
Irvine-based hard drive maker WD is extending the capacity of its performance desktop hard drives to 6TB, the company announced today. WD said its 3.5 inch, 7200 RPM WD Black hard drives now support up to 6TB, and are aimed at high performance customers like gamers and professionals. The SATA hard drives were most recently only available at up to 4TB in capacity.
Tech Zulu Event
AUGUST 18, 2015
No one likes to talk about it, but the odds of an individual startup making it are pretty daunting. If you want to shift those odds in your favor, one of the most important things to do is to understand where the potential traps are. Startup Killers. 1. Choosing the wrong co-founder (s). This might be tough to stomach, but founders themselves pose the greatest threats to the viability of their startups.
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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
AUGUST 18, 2015
Lunch delivery service Peach , which provides office dwellers in San Diego and Seattle with an algorithm-driven, curated lunch service, is expanding beyond its two initial markets, into Boston and DC, thanks to a new $8M funding round. Peach said the funding round comes from Madrona Venture Group and Vulcan Capital. Peach is based in Seattle, but has been in San Diego since May.
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 18, 2015
This summer I had the extreme pleasure of watching one of the funniest, funnest and most insightful documentaries in a long time: Supermensch. If I had one wish for all startup employees it would be that you watch this film. It’s not for everybody: it condones sex, drugs and rock & roll. But please read on before deciding. Supermensch (I won’t give anything away here other than high-level, obvious storyline of film) is about the life of Shep Gordon, one of the most revered talent
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socalTECH
AUGUST 18, 2015
San Diego-based medical diagnostics and health applications developer Pathway Genomics said this morning that it has added former U.S. Small Business Administration head Hector Barreto to its Strategic Advisory Board. Pathway said that Barreto specifically will help the company with closing the healthcare disparity gap in Latino populations. Pathway Genomics develops a specific cancer test aimed at helping target cancer variants found in Mexican-Americans and possibly other Latino populations.
socalTECH
AUGUST 18, 2015
Los Angeles-based, online electronic products retailer NewEgg is extending its subscription-based, partner program to members' friends and family, the company said this morning. NewEgg said that its Newegg Premier customers now allows up to four friends or family members to also gain the benefits of membership at the retailer, including free expedited shipping, free returns, a dedicated customer service line, and more.
socalTECH
AUGUST 18, 2015
Carpinteria-based Freudenberg Medical , which develops minimally invasive devices for the medical device and pharmaceutical industry, announced this morning that it has acquired the majority of German medical product developer Hemoteq AG. Hemoteq develops surface coating technologies used in medical devices. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.
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