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Thursday, October 15, 2020 -- Virtual Tech Happy Hour. Startup Coil. The State of the L.A. Tech Ecosystem Updates on startup fundings and major news; Expert Discussion and QandA Hiring and Getting Hired During a Global Pandemic. In conversation with Career and Culture Whisperers: Kurt Daradics, GM @ Hunt Club, Steve Taylor, National SaaS Practice Lead @ Trinet See [link] (more MORE
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., the Hawthorne-based aerospace company, last week secured a substantial new government contract and made progress on multiple fronts with its Starlink satellite project MORE
Cash is everything to a new business. . How many times do we have to say this? The days of being able to trust that there will be an investor or lender on the other end of a call or email whenever needed ended with the 2000 and 2008 bursts of those respective bubbles. MORE
Costa Mesa-based Veritone has swapped its CFO, saying that it has named local technology industry veteran Michael L. Zemetra as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer as part of a "planned transition". The company said prior CFO Peter F. Collins will serve in an advisory capacity during a transition period. Veritone did not say where Collins is departing to, but did praise his work in taking the company from a start-up company to its public status. MORE
The pervasiveness of social networking and the Internet has caused a new focus and value on “openness,” which leads to a new element of leadership, called “open leadership.” The mantra of open leadership is “Be Open, Be Transparent, and Be Authentic.” MORE
Mojiit, the Los Angeles-based company behind the popular avatar generation service Mojichat, has landed one of its highest-profile users with the launch of Odell Beckham Jr.’s ’s live stream over the weekend. As Odell Beckham Jr. MORE
Gossamer Bio’s lead drug, an experimental treatment for asthma and allergies, has failed in two mid-stage clinical trials but the biotech sees enough in the data to pursue further development in a severe form of asthma and it wants to talk with regulators about advancing the compound to a larger Phase 3 study. MORE
Google today announced a few updates to Live View, the augmented reality walking directions in its Google Maps app that officially launched last year. MORE
Headspace Inc., the Santa Monica-based meditation app developer, has promoted CeCe Morken to chief executive MORE
Grindr, one of the world’s largest dating and social networking apps for gay, bi, trans, and queer people, has fixed a security vulnerability that allowed anyone to hijack and take control of any user’s account using only their email address. MORE
The biggest error in planning may not be spreadsheet calculation error. Or cost estimation. It is most often missed assumptions about the market, the competition, the speed of adoption, or other critical metrics you’ve researched, or selected, or even just guessed at to create your plan. MORE
Companies that have leveraged technology to make the procurement and delivery of food more accessible to more people have been seeing a big surge of business this year, as millions of consumers are encouraged (or outright mandated, due to Covid-19) to socially distance or want to avoid the crowds of physical shopping and eating excursions. MORE
One of my favorite sayings is “Real change doesn’t happen until the pain level gets high enough.” There aren’t many of us who love change, just for the opportunity to learn something new, and even we won’t pay much for it. MORE
Long Beach-based satellite launch company Virgin Orbit, looking to rebound from a failed test flight in May, is seeking to raise funds ahead of a second launch MORE
Most of the time, I’m all about providing encouragement and inspiration to entrepreneurs. They need it and they deserve it, because entrepreneurs are the lifeblood of our economy. MORE
Investors love it when entrepreneurs draw little or no money from their startups. It extends the cash available for research and other necessary fixed costs and gives the fragile, young company more “runway” to get to breakeven. What are you worth to the business? MORE
Due to the pervasive Internet, the scope of most successful startup teams today has become global. Also, more people are only available to work remotely , especially with the current pandemic. MORE
Los Angeles-based Draper Goren Holm , a new venture capital fund founded by Tim Draper, Alon Goren, and Josef Holm, announced on Tuesday that it has raised $25M in its very first fund. According to the firm, its Fund 1 will make seed and Series A investments in the fintech and blockchain startup world. The fund was announced at the LA Blockchain Summit, which is virtual this year. MORE
Too many of you business owners think success only means being the next Amazon, or you stress yourself out trying to be everything to every customer. MORE
Downtown-based J2 Global Inc., an internet information and services company, has entered into a purchase agreement to acquire RetailMeNot Inc. for about $420 million MORE
Thursday, October 15, 2020 -- Pepperdine Most Fundable Companies Showcase 2020. Now in its third year, the Most Fundable Companies competition has grown to over 4,500 companies, and for the first time attracted startups from all 50 U.S. states. MORE
Social platforms and media content creators in Los Angeles are leveraging their influence to encourage voting by Gen Z and millennial audiences as registration deadlines approach MORE
Some entrepreneurs start polling venture capitalists for that multi-million dollar investment before they even have a business plan. That’s like trying to sell part of something to a stranger for big money when you haven’t fully defined it yet. MORE
“The devil in the details” is a quote that we have all heard, and clearly applies to startups, where success in the long run is all about execution. MORE
I still know some entrepreneurs who boast of simply following their gut instincts, rather than listen to anyone or any data, to make strategic decisions. We’ve all worked with autocratic leaders in large companies who seem to thrive in this mode. MORE
Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand , which develops employee development software, says that a survey it has run has found that 50 percent of employees it surveyed desire time off to study their ballot before they vote. Cornerstone OnDemand said it ran a survey with YouGove, which provides public opinion and data, finding 80% of adults typically spend less than two hours to learn about their ballot--and could use additional time off to study their upcoming ballots. MORE
Santa Barbara-based Sonos and General Electric have connected GE's appliances with Sonos speakers, through a new integration effort between the two companies. According to the two companies, GE's appliances now allow its users to set up alerts--such that an oven is pre-heated, or a dishwasher cycle is done--through Sonos speakers in their home. MORE
SEPTEMBER 30, 2020
As a business advisor, I listen to many of you entrepreneurs talking about achieving your dreams, but too few of you have structured that dream, and can express it in a set of specific goals, with a timeline for getting there. MORE
Ovid Therapeutics and Takeda Pharmaceutical joined forces three years ago to develop a small molecule into a potential epilepsy drug. That research is starting to pay off as the companies now look ahead to pivotal studies testing that compound in several inherited forms of the disorder. MORE
Tech enthusiasts from around the globe can make the last three months of the year count by tuning in to a great variety of inspiring events that take place on online platforms. The post Top virtual tech events to end 2020 on a high note appeared first on StartUp Beat. Events events MORE
Amazon and Rivian , the electric vehicle developer with operations in Irvine and Carson, California, have revealed Amazon's first electric delivery vehicle, which Amazon plans to roll out as part of its climate efforts. MORE
In many areas of the world, there may be no more precious commodity than water — and that’s especially true in Los Angeles MORE
Los Angeles-based Virgin Hyperloop One has set the location for a new certification center, which will test, develop, and validate its systems on Thursday. According to the company, it will spend $500M to build a certification center in West Virginia, focused both on validating usage of its technology in Virginia, as well as the United States and the world, with plans to eventually build a full sized, operational hyperloop system at the location. MORE
A pitch to offer artists a way to give geo-fenced, live events to fans around the world has brought the new Los Angeles startup Moment House $1.5 million in seed funding. The money came from heavy hitters in the Los Angeles entertainment and investment scene including Scooter Braun, Troy Carter, Kygo’s Palm Tree Crew and Jared Leto. Patreon chief executive Jack Conte and Sequoia Capital partner Jess Lee also participated in the round. MORE
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San Diego-based sales enablement and marketing software developer Seismic said this week that it has named a new Chief Product Officer. Seismic said it has named Krish Mantipragada as its new Chief Product Officer, joining the company from Medallia, where he also was Chief Product Officer and an Executive Vice President. Mantipragada also previously served at First Data and SAP. Seismic recently raised another $92M in funding, which valued the company at approximately $1.6 MORE
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 19, 2020
Most of the time, I’m all about providing encouragement and inspiration to entrepreneurs. They need it and they deserve it, because entrepreneurs are the lifeblood of our economy.
L.A. Business Journal
OCTOBER 19, 2020
Headspace Inc., the Santa Monica-based meditation app developer, has promoted CeCe Morken to chief executive
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TechCrunch LA
OCTOBER 2, 2020
Grindr, one of the world’s largest dating and social networking apps for gay, bi, trans, and queer people, has fixed a security vulnerability that allowed anyone to hijack and take control of any user’s account using only their email address.
Berkonomics
OCTOBER 15, 2020
Investors love it when entrepreneurs draw little or no money from their startups. It extends the cash available for research and other necessary fixed costs and gives the fragile, young company more “runway” to get to breakeven. What are you worth to the business?
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L.A. Business Journal
OCTOBER 12, 2020
In many areas of the world, there may be no more precious commodity than water — and that’s especially true in Los Angeles
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 18, 2020
“The devil in the details” is a quote that we have all heard, and clearly applies to startups, where success in the long run is all about execution.
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TechCrunch LA
OCTOBER 1, 2020
Google today announced a few updates to Live View, the augmented reality walking directions in its Google Maps app that officially launched last year.
Berkonomics
OCTOBER 8, 2020
The biggest error in planning may not be spreadsheet calculation error. Or cost estimation. It is most often missed assumptions about the market, the competition, the speed of adoption, or other critical metrics you’ve researched, or selected, or even just guessed at to create your plan.
L.A. Business Journal
OCTOBER 12, 2020
Social platforms and media content creators in Los Angeles are leveraging their influence to encourage voting by Gen Z and millennial audiences as registration deadlines approach
socalTECH
OCTOBER 6, 2020
Los Angeles-based Draper Goren Holm , a new venture capital fund founded by Tim Draper, Alon Goren, and Josef Holm, announced on Tuesday that it has raised $25M in its very first fund. According to the firm, its Fund 1 will make seed and Series A investments in the fintech and blockchain startup world. The fund was announced at the LA Blockchain Summit, which is virtual this year.
TechCrunch LA
OCTOBER 5, 2020
Companies that have leveraged technology to make the procurement and delivery of food more accessible to more people have been seeing a big surge of business this year, as millions of consumers are encouraged (or outright mandated, due to Covid-19) to socially distance or want to avoid the crowds of physical shopping and eating excursions.
Berkonomics
OCTOBER 1, 2020
Cash is everything to a new business. . How many times do we have to say this? The days of being able to trust that there will be an investor or lender on the other end of a call or email whenever needed ended with the 2000 and 2008 bursts of those respective bubbles.
L.A. Business Journal
OCTOBER 5, 2020
Downtown-based J2 Global Inc., an internet information and services company, has entered into a purchase agreement to acquire RetailMeNot Inc. for about $420 million
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 17, 2020
One of my favorite sayings is “Real change doesn’t happen until the pain level gets high enough.” There aren’t many of us who love change, just for the opportunity to learn something new, and even we won’t pay much for it.
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 30, 2020
Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand , which develops employee development software, says that a survey it has run has found that 50 percent of employees it surveyed desire time off to study their ballot before they vote. Cornerstone OnDemand said it ran a survey with YouGove, which provides public opinion and data, finding 80% of adults typically spend less than two hours to learn about their ballot--and could use additional time off to study their upcoming ballots.
TechCrunch LA
OCTOBER 9, 2020
Mojiit, the Los Angeles-based company behind the popular avatar generation service Mojichat, has landed one of its highest-profile users with the launch of Odell Beckham Jr.’s ’s live stream over the weekend. As Odell Beckham Jr.
TechCrunch
OCTOBER 14, 2020
A pitch to offer artists a way to give geo-fenced, live events to fans around the world has brought the new Los Angeles startup Moment House $1.5 million in seed funding. The money came from heavy hitters in the Los Angeles entertainment and investment scene including Scooter Braun, Troy Carter, Kygo’s Palm Tree Crew and Jared Leto. Patreon chief executive Jack Conte and Sequoia Capital partner Jess Lee also participated in the round.
L.A. Business Journal
OCTOBER 12, 2020
Pasadena-based CodeSpark Inc. wants to teach kids to code even before they can read
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 12, 2020
Some entrepreneurs start polling venture capitalists for that multi-million dollar investment before they even have a business plan. That’s like trying to sell part of something to a stranger for big money when you haven’t fully defined it yet.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 19, 2020
Santa Barbara-based Sonos and General Electric have connected GE's appliances with Sonos speakers, through a new integration effort between the two companies. According to the two companies, GE's appliances now allow its users to set up alerts--such that an oven is pre-heated, or a dishwasher cycle is done--through Sonos speakers in their home.
StartUp Beat
OCTOBER 13, 2020
Tech enthusiasts from around the globe can make the last three months of the year count by tuning in to a great variety of inspiring events that take place on online platforms. The post Top virtual tech events to end 2020 on a high note appeared first on StartUp Beat. Events events
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 9, 2020
Due to the pervasive Internet, the scope of most successful startup teams today has become global. Also, more people are only available to work remotely , especially with the current pandemic.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 9, 2020
Los Angeles-based Virgin Hyperloop One has set the location for a new certification center, which will test, develop, and validate its systems on Thursday. According to the company, it will spend $500M to build a certification center in West Virginia, focused both on validating usage of its technology in Virginia, as well as the United States and the world, with plans to eventually build a full sized, operational hyperloop system at the location.
SoCal Tech Calendar
OCTOBER 12, 2020
Thursday, October 15, 2020 -- Virtual Tech Happy Hour. Startup Coil. The State of the L.A. Tech Ecosystem Updates on startup fundings and major news; Expert Discussion and QandA Hiring and Getting Hired During a Global Pandemic. In conversation with Career and Culture Whisperers: Kurt Daradics, GM @ Hunt Club, Steve Taylor, National SaaS Practice Lead @ Trinet See [link] (more
Xconomy
OCTOBER 13, 2020
Gossamer Bio’s lead drug, an experimental treatment for asthma and allergies, has failed in two mid-stage clinical trials but the biotech sees enough in the data to pursue further development in a severe form of asthma and it wants to talk with regulators about advancing the compound to a larger Phase 3 study.
L.A. Business Journal
OCTOBER 14, 2020
Long Beach-based satellite launch company Virgin Orbit, looking to rebound from a failed test flight in May, is seeking to raise funds ahead of a second launch
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 30, 2020
As a business advisor, I listen to many of you entrepreneurs talking about achieving your dreams, but too few of you have structured that dream, and can express it in a set of specific goals, with a timeline for getting there.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 9, 2020
San Diego-based sales enablement and marketing software developer Seismic said this week that it has named a new Chief Product Officer. Seismic said it has named Krish Mantipragada as its new Chief Product Officer, joining the company from Medallia, where he also was Chief Product Officer and an Executive Vice President. Mantipragada also previously served at First Data and SAP. Seismic recently raised another $92M in funding, which valued the company at approximately $1.6
SoCal Tech Calendar
OCTOBER 12, 2020
Thursday, October 15, 2020 -- Pepperdine Most Fundable Companies Showcase 2020. Now in its third year, the Most Fundable Companies competition has grown to over 4,500 companies, and for the first time attracted startups from all 50 U.S. states.
Xconomy
SEPTEMBER 30, 2020
Ovid Therapeutics and Takeda Pharmaceutical joined forces three years ago to develop a small molecule into a potential epilepsy drug. That research is starting to pay off as the companies now look ahead to pivotal studies testing that compound in several inherited forms of the disorder.
L.A. Business Journal
OCTOBER 12, 2020
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., the Hawthorne-based aerospace company, last week secured a substantial new government contract and made progress on multiple fronts with its Starlink satellite project
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 3, 2020
The pervasiveness of social networking and the Internet has caused a new focus and value on “openness,” which leads to a new element of leadership, called “open leadership.” The mantra of open leadership is “Be Open, Be Transparent, and Be Authentic.”
socalTECH
OCTOBER 9, 2020
Costa Mesa-based Veritone has swapped its CFO, saying that it has named local technology industry veteran Michael L. Zemetra as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer as part of a "planned transition". The company said prior CFO Peter F. Collins will serve in an advisory capacity during a transition period. Veritone did not say where Collins is departing to, but did praise his work in taking the company from a start-up company to its public status.
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 5, 2020
I still know some entrepreneurs who boast of simply following their gut instincts, rather than listen to anyone or any data, to make strategic decisions. We’ve all worked with autocratic leaders in large companies who seem to thrive in this mode.
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 16, 2020
Too many of you business owners think success only means being the next Amazon, or you stress yourself out trying to be everything to every customer.
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