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What is it Like to Wake Up and Have the Press Ready to Torpedo Your Business?

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In case you missed it, the press yesterday ran several stories questioning the viability of a wireless charging company I invested in… Continue reading on Both Sides of the Table ยป

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DreamJobbing, The Clymb Partner On Dream Instagram Gig For Photographers

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Los Angeles-based DreamJobbing.com , the startup founded by Lisa Hennessy, Alex Boylan and Burton Roberts, which offers up true "dream jobs" to its users, has tied with outdoors product site TheClymb on a set of dream jobs for Instagram photographers. According to the two, it will be offering up "dream jobs" and trips to Peru, Ecuador (Galapagos), Nepal, Antarctica, Tanzania, and Alaska, to six different Instagram photographers.

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TECHSPO LA 2016 Technology Expo [ SANTA MONICA ]

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WHERE BUSINESS, TECH AND INNOVATION COLLIDE IN LA. Are you an early adopter of tech products? Looking for a job at a startup? Covering the Los Angeles tech scene for a publication? Looking to invest in the next Facebook? Or just a plain old tech enthusiast? Then YOU and thousands like you attend TECHSPO LA! The Best Part? Itโ€™s FREE! TECHSPO LA is a four day technology expo taking place June 13 – 16, 2016 at the luxurious Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel, Santa Monica, California in the heart

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RLH Equity Sells Bluewolf Group To IBM

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Los Angeles-based private equity investor Riordan, Lewis & Haden Equity Partners (RLH Equity), has sold one of its portfolio companies, BlueWolf Group , to IBM. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. Bluewolf provided IT consulting and cloud computing for Salesforce.com, and had more than 500 employees spread across 12 offices in the US, Europe, and Australia.

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

Office leases are one of companiesโ€™ 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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Behind the Scenes: Troy Carterโ€™s SMASHD LABS with Suzy Ryoo

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Troy Carter’s ATOM FACTORY recently announced dates for Season Two of its SMASHD LABS Accelerator Program ; applications are now being accepted until June 5. Up to seven companies will be selected for this year’s program, which launches right after Labor Day, and wraps in the middle of November. SMASHD’s first Cohort brought four early-stage + one mature company into the fold: Sidestep : Mobile platform for live events that allows fans to order merchandise before, during and af

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HyperLoop One Shows Off Open Air Propulsion Testing

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Los Angeles-based HyperLoop One showed off its first, open air testing efforts near Las Vegas this week. The company release a video showing the test , which sent a prototype of its vehicles across its test site and to a stop down a test track, in the open air. Eventually, HyperLoop One hopes to do the same--but inside a tube, and between cities. The company just raised $80M in funding to try to bring that vision to reality.

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Blizzard Goes Big With Overwatch Beta

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Irvine-based Blizzard Entertainment said its recent beta release of its new title, Overwatch: Origins Edition , has ended up being its largest, opening beta ever, with more than 9.7 million players around the world taking part. The title officially launches on May 24th on PS4, Xbox One, and PC. Blizzard said its beta users have already racked up more than 4.9 billion minutes of play time on the game.

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City of Los Angeles Ties Into High Speed, Internet Research Backbone

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The City of Los Angeles --which has been building very close ties to the technology world since the election of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti--said today that it has tied into the ultra-fast, 100Gbps research and education network run by CENIC , which will give researchers, educators, and students high speed access to the city's databases and computers.

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Maxwell Technologies Names Semiconductor Vet As New Board Member

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San Diego-based ultracapacitor and energy storage systems developer Maxwell Technologies said Thursday that it has named Steve Bilodeau to its board of directors. Bilodeau was previously CEO of Standard Microsystems Corporation (SMSC), where he held that position between 1999 and 2008, and also serves on the board of Cohu. He previously served on the boards of NuHorizons Electronic Corp., Conexant Systems Inc., and Gennum Corporation.