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NOVEMBER 6, 2012

What's the best way to get your small or medium sized business online? And, how do you do that without a huge development budget and time? Los Angeles-based Gumiyo (www.gumiyo.com) has been developing mobile websites for SMBs and publishers for a number of years, and recently started to offer up self-service tools to make it easy for those customers to create cross-device mobile websites.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

TechZulu is excited to invite you to a fireside chat with Greg Cargill, VP of Client Services and Social Media at BLITZ. Greg will share his experience on how to Successfully Build and Sell an Effective Social Media Marketing Agency. There will be plenty of FREE Pizza & Drinks! Greg Cargill has worked on social for clients such as Harley Davidson, NAKED Juice, Honda, NYC Department of Public Health and Nike.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2012

San Diego-based BUMP Network , a developer of online software used by membership programs to manage registrations and partnership programs, has raised $2.3M in a funding round, the firm said today. The funding round came from Eric Schmidt via TomorrowVentures, ZIG Capital, Chris Burch via JCB Investments, Moore Venture Partners, La Jolla Holding Co., along with other angels.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

The other day I was sitting in my dentist waiting room, which surprising enough is one of my favorite places. Yes, I do like being there. Conversely I really don’t like being down the hall in one of the torture chambers equipped with a dental chair. But I digress. To get to my point the waiting room is full of great magazines that I personally don’t subscribe to, but love to read.

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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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NOVEMBER 6, 2012

Los Angeles-based cloud and hosting provider Dreamhost has joined the Linux Foundation, the group which supports the Linux operating system, the Foundation said Monday. Dreamhost was one of a number of companies to join the nonprofit, which helps to support the growth of Linux. Deramhost offers up shared hosting, dedicated server hosting, cloud computing, cloud storage, domain name registration, and other services.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

A question that I often hear debated these days is whether a new startup should focus on growth or profits. First of all, the glory days of “dot.coms” are gone, when investors “didn’t care” about profitability, and all the money went to growth. In the long run, everyone wants both profitability and growth, but the question is still which comes first.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2012

Calabasas-based DTS , the developer and provider of audio processing technology, reported today that its technology has been integrated into new smartphones from Acer. The firm said its DTS Sound technology is being used in Acer's new E350 and Z110 smartphones. Financial impact of the win was not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2012

Payoff.com , the online service which is using gamification to help consumers pay off credit cards and save for goals, said Monday that Pandemic Studios co-founder Josh Resnick has joined the company's board of directors. The Los Angeles company, which is run by Scott Saunders, said that Resnick is one of the company's seed investors. Resnick co-founded and was President of Pandemic Studios, which was sold to Electronic ARts for $860M.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2012

El Segundo-based NanoH2O , the developer and manufacturer of reverse osmosis membranes for seawater desalination, has appointed Doug Barnes as the firm's Chief Operating Officer. Barnes joins the company from Planar, a developer of digital displays, where he had spent 25 years running its manufacturing operations. NanoH2O said the move will help it build the necessary infrastructure to support its expansion efforts.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2012

San Diego-based Ambit Biosciences announced this morning that it has raised $25M in the first tranche of a $50M preferred stock financing. The round will go towards supporting its lead drug candidate. The round was led by Orbimed Advisors, and also included Aisling Capital, Apposite Healthcare, Roche Ventures, GrowthWorks, MedImmune Ventures, Forward Ventures, GIMV, and Radius Ventures.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2012

Irvine-based Kurion , the developer of nuclear waste remediation technology, is eyeing a new challenge: cleaning up the notorious Hanford nuclear weapons site, according to a report today from the Wall Street Journal. Kurion, which saw its first deployment of its technology at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan immediately after the Japanese tsunami, apparently is hoping to seal a deal to help clean up the mess at Hanford.

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