October, 2016

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What do you wish you’d known yesterday?

Berkonomics

Wouldn’t it be great if there were no more digital or printed reports to tell us what happened in the past? I know. We need financial data for comparison, and to a degree – for planning. But we should be thinking of finding ways to make data available to us much earlier, when it is more meaningful and actionable. Call it “pervasive access” or just–in–time reporting.

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SPECIAL REPORT: Tech Industry Charges Up Office Market

L.A. Business Journal

The L.A. office market saw a solid third quarter, with the vacancy rate narrowing to 14.8 percent from 16.2 percent in the same period last year, according to data from Jones Lang LaSalle.

Marketing 228
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TigerText Names Two Healthcare Vets To Exec Team

socalTECH

Santa Monica-based TigerText has hired on two new healthcare veterans to its executive team, the company said this week. According to TigerText, it has named Kirk Kirman as President of Client Organization, heading up sales and customer support; and Kelli Castellano as Chief Marketing Officer, leading the company's marketing strategies. Kirkman was previously VP of Enterprise Solutions at athenalheath, and also has served at TamberHealth, Zix Corporation, and Amicore.

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How I Promise You One of the Most Meaningful Days of Your Life

Both Sides of the Table

I know the title “I promise you one of the most meaningful days of your life” sounds grandiose but I mean it and I hope you’ll read through to the end and choose to take one small, totally free action, that will change your life and likely those of others. On September 10th of this year I spent an entire day in California State Prison with people who had committed felonies and worked with them on business plans to help them create legal enterprise upon their release as part of Defy Ventures 6-mo

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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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Splash LA October 2016

SoCal Tech Calendar

Thursday, October 13, 2016 -- Vator Splash LA. What's behind LA's booming tech ecosystem? Speakers include Marc Cuban; Nick Green, CEO and Founder of Thrive Market, which has raised $149 million in financing. Brian Lee, CEO and Founder of The Honest Company, which has raised $222 million in VC funding. Adam Goldenberg, CEO and Founder of JustFab, an online subscription fashion that’s raised $249 million in financing.

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The Top 30 Celebrity Investors in Tech

Tech.Co

The tech world is filled with unique personalities, budding innovators, and a great deal of money. That’s why the tech world is the perfect place for celebrities to get their feet wet when it comes to investment opportunities. Whether it’s popular musicians, award winning actors, or championship wielding athletes, they all can diversify their portfolio by becoming a celebrity investors in tech startups.

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Solar Firm Plans Record-Breaking Hot Property

L.A. Business Journal

SolarReserve last week announced it is aiming to build a $5 billion, 10-tower solar thermal project – the largest such facility in the world – on a plot of land in Nye County, about 225 miles northwest of Las Vegas.

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Vcorp Services Acquired By Wolters Kluwer

socalTECH

Los Angeles- and New York-based Vcorp Services , the provider of business formation and other corporate legal services, has been acquired by Wolters Kluwer Governance, Risk & Compliance , a Netherlands-based provider of risk and compliance services. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. Wolters Kluwer said the acquisition will help strengthen its existing portfolio of legal and compliance products and services.

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Blackline surges 40% in software IPO

TechCrunch LA

Blackline, a Los Angeles-based accounting software company, debuted in the U.S. markets Friday. After pricing at $17 per share, the stock closed at $23.70. In what has been a slow year for tech IPOs, Blackline decided to go public right now because it’s “part of a longer term plan to raise awareness for what we do,” said CEO Therese Tucker.

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The 31st Annual 2016 ISSA SoCal Security Symposium

SoCal Tech Calendar

Thursday, October 13, 2016 -- The 31st Annual 2016 ISSA SoCal Security Symposium: From the Basement to the Board Room. The SoCal Security Symposium features over 40 sponsor exhibits and several industry experts discussing current security issues such as eDiscovery, cloud security, threat vectors, mobile security, and much more. There will be giveaways and prizes!

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With New Program, DARPA To Encourage Safety “Brakes” For Gene Editing

Xconomy

Drugs that use molecular scissors to snip out or replace defective genes. Altered mosquitoes meant to sabotage entire disease-carrying populations. Both are potential uses of genome editing, which thanks to the CRISPR-Cas9 system has spread throughout the world’s biology labs and is now on the doorstep of the outside world. But with its first applications could also come unintended consequences for human health and the environment.

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Channel partners can be golden for growth

Berkonomics

Dave’s note: Here comes my favorite “tell-it-like-it-is” CEO, Kim Shepherd, with another of her pieces from her experience managing a completely virtual company with over one hundred employees located through the United States and beyond. . By Kim Shepherd. In 2006, I gave a keynote speech at the Newspaper Association of America’s national conference in Chicago.

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Car Exec Still Plugs Electric

L.A. Business Journal

Henrik Fisker has charged back into the electric-car market with a new energy storage technology.

Marketing 279
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Boeing: We'll Beat Elon Musk To Mars

socalTECH

Hawthorne-based SpaceX appears to have kicked off a race to Mars, as the CEO of Boeing, Dennis Muilenburg, said on Tuesday that the company believes it just be able to be the first to deliver space travelers to Mars. In an interview at a Chicago conference , Muilenberg said that he believes that the first person to step foot on Mars will arrive riding a Boeing, not SpaceX, rocket.

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Accelerate Your Startup With Help From An Incubator

Startup Professionals Musings

One of the reasons that now is the time to be an entrepreneur is the explosion of startup assistance organizations, usually called incubators or accelerators. According to the National Business Incubator Association ( NBIA ), there are over 7,000 of these locations worldwide, and new online versions springing up all over the place, like Founders Space in Silicon Valley.

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CalWave Ocean Wave Energy Project in California

SoCal Tech Calendar

Wednesday, October 12, 2016 -- CalWave Ocean Wave Energy Project in California. William Toman, President of Protean Wave Energy, will discuss the new national CalWave Wave Energy testing center offshore near Vandenberg Air Force Base. He will address how Wave Energy impacts the environment and alternative energy plans. See https://www.eventbrite.com/e/valwave-ocean-wave-energy-project-in-california-tickets-27611497733.

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TerrAvion’s Eye in the Sky For Growers, And Now, Ranchers

Xconomy

Robert Morris was a military drone platoon leader in Afghanistan, where he started thinking about the potential of aerial imagery in agriculture. He later became a chapter president of the Drone Industry Association, and explored the idea of setting up a business providing drone surveillance of farmland. Morris did go on to co-found an aerial imagery company for agriculture in 2013, but he scrapped the idea of using drones.

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Acting and Modeling Startup Castar Is Thriving in LA

Tech.Co

Los Angeles is the destiny of people wanting to succeed in the field of acting. People flock from around the world just to have a chance at a glimmer of fame. And while you might think only 20-something aspiring actors and models are headed to the California city, it’s also the perfect place for a tech startup focused on acting and modeling to set up shop.

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Labels Pursue Video Payback

L.A. Business Journal

Record labels’ piracy lawsuit could be a tune-up in the fight against converting videos into MP3s.

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Henrik Fisker Reboots Efforts To Create Electric Cars, Taps Technology From UCLA

socalTECH

Henrik Fisker , the automotive designer behind ill fated Fisker Automotive, said today that he is starting a new company , Fisker Inc. , to design a new electric vehicle. Fisker's last company--Fisker Auotmotive--was sold out of bankruptcy to Wanxiang Group in 2014. According to an interview with Fisker by Bloomberg, the new company is based on energy storage and battery technology from "several professors from UCLA".

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How To Master Business Decisions And Problem Solving

Startup Professionals Musings

One of the most important skills for every entrepreneur is timely and effective decision making. In a startup, any decision is better than no decision. One of the primary roles of every founder is to solve problems, make a decision, and manage the decision to results. The best entrepreneurs relish this role, while others struggle mightily and ultimately lose their health and their company.

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Business/legal Industry Night At Make In LA - Splash

SoCal Tech Calendar

Thursday, October 6, 2016 -- Make in LA is opening its doors once again for an open house and mixer thanks to many of our favorite lawyers, accountants, and business service providers. See https://industrynightatmila.splashthat.com/.

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Brain Corp.’s First Product is a Brain for Floor-Scrubbing Machines

Xconomy

San Diego’s Brain Corp. has a vision for developing the kind of technology that could some day be used to operate self-driving cars. Before getting out on the open road, however, the company wants to show its self-driving system can clean up a mess in aisle 3 at Jimbo’s. As an independent startup backed by the corporate venture arm of Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM ), Brain Corp. began life in 2009 with a lofty goal of reverse-engineering the human brain.

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WeWork

Tech.Co

WeWork is a platform for creators. They provide the space, community, and services you need to create your life’s work. WeWork has a way of attracting the best people to its community. Being a part of the WeWork community means being surrounded by some of the most innovative and passionate people in the city. Wherever you need to be in Los Angeles—Downtown, Hollywood, or Santa Monica, to name a few hot spots—you’ll find the right office space in one of WeWork’s 12 locations.

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Kobe Bryant’s Partner Courted Controversy

L.A. Business Journal

A previous firm of Kobe Bryant’s venture capital partner Jeff Stibel netted several lawsuits with its business practices.

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GumGum Powers In-Image Ads On Rolling Stone

socalTECH

Santa Monica-based ad technology developer GumGum --which injects contextually relevant ads into images on publishers' websites, said today that it has signed a renewed partnership with Wenner Media, the publisher of Rolling Stone , Us Weekly and Men's Journal. The company said it will deliver its in-image and in-screen ad units to those publications.

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Entrepreneurs Need To Focus On The Right Skill Set

Startup Professionals Musings

In my experience in large businesses as well as years of advising startups, I see far too much focus on product skills, and too little on people and process skills. In my view, this focus on the wrong skill set is the primary reason why over half of new businesses fail in the first five years, and only one out of a hundred startups get their requested funding from professional investors.

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Laser Cuttesr and Beer

SoCal Tech Calendar

Wednesday, October 5, 2016 -- Make in LA is hosting an event in advance of National Manufacturing Day in collaboration with Hexlab and Hardware Massive called Laser Cutters and Beer. This is the first Hardware Massive event in Los Angeles. Jamin Fite, founder of Fifth Column Productions, will be speaking. Expect pizza, beer, and an assembly line to make custom LED name plates for people who RSVP.

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Organovo to Test “Patches” for Patients Awaiting Liver Transplants

Xconomy

San Diego-based Organovo (NASDAQ: ONVO ) said today it plans to use its 3D bio-printing technology to produce living human liver tissue “patches” that can be transplanted in patients with fatal liver disease. The idea is to help improve the function of failing livers, a stopgap measure that could extend the lives of patients on the U.S. liver transplant waiting list.

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Cultivate: DTLA Monthly Happy Hour [ LOS ANGELES ]

Tech.Co

“Hey DTLA biz owners, residents, and creators, Stop by for our second Cultivate:DTLA Monthly Happy Hour! Meet with your fellow innovators from Art, Business, Design, Entertainment, Fashion, Music, Retail, and Tech industries as we share ideas, raise challenges, and discuss local opportunities around DTLA’s emergence as an Innovation Hub in SoCal.

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Facebook Sending Message to Snapchat

L.A. Business Journal

Facebook has launched an unfriendly feud by aping the features of social media upstart Snapchat.

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Charity Effort By Evite, Pledgeling Raises $1M For Nonprofits

socalTECH

Two, Los Angeles area technology companies-- Evite and Pledgeling --say that a joint effort, Evite Donations, has raised $1M in donations for thousands of nonprofits over its first year. The tool, available for any Evite event, allows hosts of Evite events to collect donations to their favorite nonprofit, at no cost, with no fee for donations from Evite.

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7 Key Entrepreneur Habits Highlight Execution Ability

Startup Professionals Musings

As a small business and startup advisor, I find that entrepreneurs often love to talk about their latest idea, but not their execution. Like most investors, I’m convinced that success in business is more about the plan and the person than the idea. It’s great to be a visionary and a thinker, but a business that generates real world change and wealth requires people who get things done.

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Digital Citizenship Conference #2

SoCal Tech Calendar

Friday, October 14, 2016 -- Digital Citizenship Conference #2. This event features 30+ speakers delivering key takeaways in digital citizenship. All of the panels share real tips, tactics and helpful stories attendees can immediately use at home or in the classroom. See https://safesmartsocial.com/digital-citizenship-conference/.

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How Augmented Reality Is Transforming the Manufacturing Industry

Xconomy

For many Americans, the manufacturing industry brings to mind images of Industrial Revolution-era factories, World War II assembly lines, or perhaps even outsourced workshops overseas. But that picture is outdated. The truth is that the advanced technologies that are changing modern life are also revolutionizing the manufacturing industry in ways that are not yet widely understood.

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Codesmith Raised $1.1 Million Funding Round Lead by Test Prep CEO

Tech.Co

Coding bootcamps have proven to the cure for a workforce that isn’t qualified to handle the complicated technologies that rule the business world today. They are relatively short, they are taught by experts, and they provide an avenue to employment after graduation. And one well-known coding bootcamp has made an effort to focus on engineering thanks to a huge investment from a Malibu CEO.

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