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FEBRUARY 6, 2013

- Focus@will , the Los Angeles music startup which says its service can help users improve their concentration and retention while working, said today that it has opened up a public beta of its service. Focus@will explained that the public beta comes after the signup of over 9,000 private beta users.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 31, 2022

We decided to take a look at two cities that were at the forefront of the e-scooter revolution – Los Angeles and Paris. One study from 2021 found that e-scooter users in Paris are mainly men aged 18 to 29, have a high educational level, and usually jump on a scooter for travel time savings. LA is different. million car trips.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 21, 2020

The automaker Tuesday said its Maven car-sharing service, which launched in 2016, will shut down for good. Maven had paused service due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The company sent an email to customers Tuesday that after examining the business, the car-sharing industry and COVID-19, it decided to shutter the service permanently.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 10, 2021

Please join Biocom Los Angeles and the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) for a virtual webinar to learn how Life Science companies in the Greater LA area can enter the Japanese market. Thursday, August 12, 2021 -- Entering the Japanese Market by Partnering With The Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO). Biocom California.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 3, 2018

Postie , a new Los Angeles-based startup, has a vision for the future of advertising and marketing — and it’s direct mail. According to study from the Direct Marketing Association, direct mail campaigns rang up $46 billion from advertisers and companies in 2014, and Fink and his co-founder are hoping that number will climb.

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JANUARY 4, 2018

Los Angeles-based eHarmony in under fire in the United Kingdom, for its use of the phrase "scientifically proven" in its advertising, according to a report today. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 6, 2019

An study shows that Bird had nearly 7,000 scooters active in Los Angeles County in January, but only 1,500 of them survived until April. According to the LA Times, despite a massive rollout of scooters across the world, the scooters are wearing out "long before they could earn back their cost".

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

One side of SpaceX’s business that isn’t necessarily as obvious as its commercial cargo launch services is the space tourism angle. Japan is sending a mission to Phobos and Deimos to study the two moons of Mars, using a probe that will orbit the red planet’s natural satellites loaded with sensors.

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APRIL 24, 2013

Los Angeles-based Focus@will , the operator of the music streaming service aimed at helping users become more productive, said today that it has is launching its paid subscription service to consumer tomorrow. Focus@will said it also plans to released Android and iOS versions of the service soon. a month or $34.99

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Clean, safe and reliable natural gas company Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) has established $1 million innovation fund in partnership with Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) , to speed the development of clean technologies to meet current global energy needs and become a sustainable energy source.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

A new, Los Angeles startup, HotOutlines.com has debuted its service, which lets students and colleges and universities upload their class notes, outlines, and study guides, and sell them for a commission.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 7, 2021

It’s coming from Leif , itself a startup that provides financing services to edtech platforms so that they can offer their students income share agreements (otherwise known as ISAs, arrangements where students are not required to pay back tuition loans until they find jobs). Entity’s own story fits into both of those story lines.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Los Angeles-based e-commerce service provider Onestop Internet --which is backed by Bessemer Ventures and Fung Capital USA--said it has run a new consumer survey, which shows that Amazon is a "serious threat" to its customers, apparel brands. The company said the margin of error for this study at a 95% confidence level is 4.4%.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2011

In fact, a recent study released by Ernst & Young found that there were eight companies in Southern California, out of 22 total in California, who were lined up for an IPO in Q4. Gevo is just the latest in a surge of companies hitting the public markets which have Southern California links.

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DECEMBER 12, 2019

AngelList claimed in its report, Startup Growth and Venture Returns, that someone who "blindly invests in every credible deal" would do better than an angel investor who happened to miss "the best-performing seed investment". AngelList's service is aimed at promoting seed investment.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 5, 2022

From Los Angeles to Silicon Valley , a trend emerged among social media influencers and startup founders alike: move into a mansion with 10 or so collaborators, work day and night together to build fame and wealth, and hope that your new roommates do their dishes.

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OCTOBER 7, 2015

If you've ever flown into Los Angeles International Airport�or pretty much any other, major airport--on a busy, holiday weekend, you might be familiar with the sometime hours long lines at rental car counters, horrible customer service, and companies looking to nickel and dime you with all kinds of add on insurance and options.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 23, 2010

The Third Annual India Trade Conference is being presented by Southern California Edison; the Port of Los Angeles; the U.S. Commercial Service, U.S. Theme: Renewable Energy and Social Entrepreneurship July 29, 2010 - Los Angeles - Edison CTAC Conference Center 6090 North Irwindale Avenue, Irwindale, CA 91702 WHY ATTEND?

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 25, 2019

For one, because millennials, according to various studies, are consuming less alcohol than previous generations and are therefore seeking non-alcoholic beverage alternatives. The Los Angeles ecosystem is $76 million stronger this week as Fika Ventures, a seed-stage venture capital firm, announced its sophomore investment fund.

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AUGUST 7, 2015

Los Angeles-based Howloud (www.howloud.net) has figured out how to apply computer algorithms--combined with data on roads, airports, and businesses--to figure out a complete map of noise around real estate. Brendan Farrell: Currently, all cities do noise studies. That said, we have largely worked from scratch.

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JULY 29, 2016

Los Angeles is often thought of as just the city of entertainment and creative industries�but it turns out, it's a lot more. Why is manufacturing important to Los Angeles? We recently did a study, and we found that there were nearly 3,000 new businesses created in manufacturing here in the last three years.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 14, 2020

The unexpected arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic led the LA-based startup to rework and accelerate its original launch plan — shifting its first focus to getting a telehealth service up and running fast. “So for us it was really important to partner with really the best team in Los Angeles.”

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MAY 10, 2018

Behzad Kianmahd is the co-founder of Los Angeles coworking space Cross Campus , which is one of the major centers of startup activity in Silicon Beachand also involved as co-founder and lead investor in a brand new, venture capital fund, TAU Ventures (www.ideasimmersion.com/tau-ventures/). What is TAU Ventures?

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APRIL 15, 2019

We caught up with Josh Viner , who serves as CEO, and Marco McCottry , the company's COO, who most recently ran North American operations at Bird, and also managed Uber's midwest business, to hear about how Wheels is differentiated from all of the other last-mile transportation services out there. What is Wheels? We're doing the same here.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

It's not easy, which is why Los Angeles-based Divercity.io How long have you been offering up this service? MIT and McKinsey did some studies on this, that showed about $400 billion a year is lost in the tech industry, due to lack of diversity and inclusion. Describe what Divercity.io is all about?

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socalTECH

MAY 11, 2011

Earlier this week, Los Angeles-based Anti-AgingGames (www.Anti-AgingGames.com), a new online game startup, announced a new service to help users improve their memory and concentration, as well as improve brain function. I studied cognitive science, the study of the brain, as an undergraduate.

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AUGUST 30, 2017

We grew to about 50,000 musicians and bands using our music matching service, where we match people based on a proprietary formula for musical compatibility. David Baird: I've been a musician since I was five, studying classical piano, and evolved into guitar like so many other people. I've been in bands for a long time. and Canada.

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MAY 30, 2019

Our interview this morning is with Robin Richards , the CEO of Los Angeles-based CareerArc (www.careerarc.com). Richards also has been an active angel investor in local startups. Robin Richards: We found that in career transition services, the vast majority of people were being left out.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2013

That's the idea behind Focus@Will (www.focusatwill.com), a new Los Angeles music startup headed by Will Henshall. We caught up with Will to learn more about the company and how it hopes its service and music can help people improve their concentration. Where is the service now - can people use it? It's free to use.

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JULY 1, 2014

Vadio came out of LA''s Amplify startup accelerator, and now has operations both in Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon. So, ultimately, if we have the correct deals in place, where we source everything within the terms of service of those platforms, everything is taken care of. How did you start the company?

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OCTOBER 19, 2016

Leroy Hood, the well known DNA and genomics pioneer�which combines gene sequencing with a host of other diagnostic tests, with personalized counselors and health and wellness recommendations, recently launched an expansion into California, starting in Los Angeles. Arivale is based in Seattle. What is Arivale?

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MAY 10, 2016

Los Angeles-based Napkin Finance (napkinfinance.com) has figured it out, with a series of very visual, highly engaging �napkins�, which explain, in a graphical way, many of the principles and basics of personal finance. We spoke with Tina Hay , founder and CEO of Napkin Finance, about the service and financial literacy.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Last night I co-hosted a dinner at Soho House in Los Angeles with some of the most senior people in the media industry with executives from Disney, Fox, Warner, media agencies and many promising tech & media startup CEO’s. He studied the errors that other people had made and tried to improve on them.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

I’ve recently had a chance to reconnect with Eric David Greenspan ( LinkedIn , Twitter ) He’s the CEO of Make It Work a high quality, personal, high touch technology service provider for homes and small businesses. What networking events in Los Angeles or Southern California do you go to? Look forward to the discussion.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

It provides tools like the Equity Calculator and curates and vets vendors that service startups. They teamed up with Dr. Julie Edge, who received a grant from The Kauffman Foundation to conduct the first study on cofounder relationships. The online site looks at personality assessments, compatibility, industry, distance, and roles.

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MARCH 26, 2012

The Los Angeles startup is looking to help connect travelers with local guides and hosts. Aigerim Duiseneyeva and Shana Zheng are the co-founders of the firm, and told us more about the service. First, for people who have never used your service, can you talk about how it works?

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MARCH 6, 2009

Tell us a little a bit about the service, and what it provides? We try to keep abreast of all the different subjects people are studying, though, obviously, we get a lot more questions in something like, say, biology, than art history. Sean McCleese: I went to Occidental College in Los Angeles, and I was a physics major.

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