TechCrunch LA

APRIL 17, 2018

“As announced today by Mayor Garcetti, the Port will play an increasingly important role in our mission to help make humanity multi-planetary as SpaceX begins production development of BFR — our next generation rocket and spaceship system capable of carrying crew and cargo to the Moon, Mars and beyond.”

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APRIL 13, 2020

The company said the test included "all of our ground operations; our mission control; all of our communications systems and protocols; all of our range assets; and our carrier aircrafts takeoff, flyout, pull-up maneuver, and return-to-base operations."

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The first is a relatively standard (but still exciting — we are talking about rockets here, very little is “standard”) ISS resupply mission, and the second is a major scientific mission from NASA and the ESA called the “Solar Orbiter.” Otherwise, the mission team says it would not have been caught.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

There’s also a space station resupply mission coming up that it’s getting ready for, and signs ( this time literally ) continue to suggest that its first human spaceflight mission is imminent. It’ll go up aboard SpaceX’s next resupply mission for the station, which is currently targeting liftoff on March 2.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Currently, this Crew Dragon mission is set to take place sometime in early May, and though that may still shift, it’s looking more and more likely it’ll happen within the next few months. Our very own dedicated space event is coming up on June 25 in Los Angeles, and you can get your tickets now.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

“With limited access to the professionals that help us look and feel our best, I think the world has realized something that our team has always recognized: Salons and spas are more than a luxury, they are essential to our well-being,” said Danna, in a statement. “We

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 28, 2020

Looking for fellow travelers to join in on its mission to transform the beverage business, the Los Angeles-based startup Bev has taken on fresh capital from a slew of strategic investors. . We’re partnering with Bev because we’re comfortable buying the product ourselves and telling our friends to buy it,” said Sarah Foster in a statement.

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socalTECH

MAY 18, 2021

Zeb Evans: We're super lucky to support all the businesses that have gone remote during the pandemic, but even pre-pandemic, our software has enabled people to work either remotely or in-person, for getting more work done and saving time. Zeb Evans: We've now raised a total of $135M combined between our Series A and B rounds.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 5, 2021

You will be able to get to all of these posts on our 2020 reflections here. As you may recall the Alliance's mission is to elevate the region as a global leader in innovation, technology & entrepreneurship. Despite the macro challenges, we were able to significantly increase our reach and engagement across the region.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 23, 2019

We also want to emphasize the critical impact each of our early Tesla owners has had on advancing our mission, so as a thank you, all existing Model S and Model X owners who wish to purchase a new Model S or Model X Performance car will get the Ludicrous Mode upgrade, a $20,000 value, at no additional charge.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Virgin Orbit is hoping to soon launch its first orbital mission. Were conducting some fit checks now with our dedicated smallsat launch vehicle and our 747 flying launch pad. CosmicGirl , meet #LauncherOne. LauncherOne, meet Cosmic Girl. We think youll be friends! Its a beautiful day here in Long Beach!

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socalTECH

AUGUST 3, 2020

HelpWithCOVID was really in line with our ethos, because our mission is to empower people to do good, and obviously that aligns with the HelpWith initiative. We believe in the project, and felt it aligned with our ethos. Part of our team is in New York City, and we had people who didn't leave their houses for months.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 17, 2019

Relativity prices its dedicated missions at $10 million, and $11,000 per kilogram to achieve Sun-synchronous orbit. ” It’s also a way for the company to prove out its technology. “It benefits the long-term mission,” Ellis continued. “That’s why we created the printing tech. Not only can we make rockets.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

A manned mission to Mars is slated for as early as 2024, but there are serious health risks that must be mitigated in order for such a mission to be successful. The most pressing risk identified by NASA is radiation exposure.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 3, 2020

HelpWithCOVID was really in line with our ethos, because our mission is to empower people to do good, and obviously that aligns with the HelpWith initiative. We believe in the project, and felt it aligned with our ethos. Part of our team is in New York City, and we had people who didn't leave their houses for months.

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Tech.Co

JUNE 28, 2021

Facebook, for example, decided in 2008 that its mission was to “help you connect and share with the people in your life.” ” The vision was grand and amorphous, with no clear indication of how or why Facebook would carry out its mission. ” Sharper Startup Focuses Warrant Investment.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Startups often have mission statements, goals & objectives and the best roll out company wide processes to align the CEO’s goals with the executive management goals with the next level staff goals all the way down the organization. .” The truth is that the newer the firm the easier that shared mission is. Transparent.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 11, 2018

Or the important one: “Is this idea on mission?” or “Does this idea move us toward our goals?” Is it feasible (financially, with our resources, with our capabilities?)” “Can we afford to do this?” “Is Generative thinking: Do you have board members who often ask “why?” or “What if…” Or “What are the alternatives?”

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socalTECH

JUNE 14, 2018

We decided three years ago, to make the mission of automating that price protection, and get consumers money back automatically. We see, from our discussions with them, that they are seeing consumers switching their payment methods to their credit cards, specifically based on those price protection policies.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 20, 2021

“We’re also helping these individual contractors increase the brand, and helping them with the administration and customer support side with our software.”. We love that ethos — it matches with our thinking about backing entrepreneurs who don’t fit into the stereotypical box,” Kim said.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 24, 2019

With $11 million in funding and a mission to open up the doors of regenerative therapies to dogs across the nation, the Los Angeles-based startup Gallant is now opening its doors for the first time. I knew there had to be a better way to treat and heal our pets, which sparked the beginning of Gallant.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 21, 2020

You will be able to get to all of these posts on our 2020 reflections here. Contact our editors for details. We had a soft launch to test our new identity protection & identity management features to complement our core people search service in 2020. Are you a founder, CEO, or investor who would like to participate?

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

. “He chose us because he already appreciates our mandate,” said Struck. “I think, fundamentally, if a business is mission driven, they’re most likely going to acquire higher enterprise values and retain more talent,” Struck said.

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socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2018

The reason why, is we want to let you fall in love with those products, and continue to let you buy them on our e-commerce site as well, and also discover all of the product line for those brands. We've been really focused on our box business, but our shop will enable to get those products and brands out to a bigger audience.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2020

Part of our team is working on partnerships and sales with big companies like Netflix, Google, and others who require group transportation. His parents own a group transportation business, and we actually spent our early days in the garage of his parent's company trying to figure out this space. wanted to start my own thing.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Our technology and Salted Analytics product helps us grow at the rate we want to and still maintain customer experience,” Applebaum said. “We Brands for the digital age.”. Salted has created six brands so far, including moonbowls, Califlower Pizza and lulubowls, and serves food from Chinese takeout to pizza to salads.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Papaya is a Los Angeles-based startup with a mission to do just that. As long as a biller has an electronic payment method, anyone can submit payments through our app,” Kann said. Our cost of customer acquisition is very low relative to a lot of fintechs,” he said. Paying bills is hardly a fun thing.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

“Our mission is to bring the world’s great products together from the past, present and future, while providing a premier end-to-end customer experience with a point of view on culture and style,” said co-founder and chief executive Eddy Lu, in a statement.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 16, 2019

“In a global mobile games market that is consolidating, Jam City could not be more proud to be working with JPMorgan, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Silicon Valley Bank, SunTrust Bank and CIT Group to strategically support the financing of our acquisition and growth plans,” said Chris DeWolfe, co-founder and CEO of Jam City.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2021

Should our mission statement be a mission question? The declarative mission statement is usually seen by the team as non-questionable, thus limiting business thinking. Business leaders from Google, Netflix, and others have uncertainty built into their DNA.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Every year, at the end of the year, we share some reflections on the past year from our readers, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, sponsors, and others in the local technology community. Serverless technologies have gotten mature enough over the past two years that were building our entire company using serverless technologies.

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socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2013

We serve up four to five percent of the global Internet on our network. We started the company in the fall of 2006, launched in 2007, and have been offering our services to all kinds of mission critical websites since then. One, is the businesses we service are mission critical. We've grown really fast.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

We react positively to suggestions, reward their loyalty with recognition, and make this important cohort not just seem to be, but actually be the ideal example of our mission personified. It takes work. And the reward will surprise you. Engaged customers spend more, generate higher margins, and become passionate influencers.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2016

I was speaking recently to the team at NuOrder , an LA-based company we’re an investor in about “realism in startups” — an impromptu talk I have given to any of our portfolio companies who ask. Mission driven, commercially focused. During the Q&A I was asked about how I make investment decisions in early-stage businesses.

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Tech.Co

MAY 25, 2018

In 2006, a passion to help startups grew into Tech Cocktail , a company whose mission was to showcased burgeoning companies in bars around the country. The thing that fuels this success is the amazing organizations and people from around the world who align and support the mission to build businesses. iFundWomen (New York, NY).

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 10, 2019

“Our investment in DroneBase helps expand the adoption of FLIR thermal imaging technology by putting it in the hands of more pilots who fly drones every day,” said Jim Cannon, the president and chief executive of FLIR, in a statement. Terms of the investment were not disclosed.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 4, 2020

For our interview today, we spoke with Darren Litt , one of the co-founders of Los Angeles-based MarketerHire , an online marketplace focused on connecting companies with marketing talent. We started MarketerHire two years ago, and all of our founders come from a background in and around the world of marketing. What is MarketerHire?

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