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Maestro nets $15 million for its interactive commerce, community and engagement tools for livestreams

TechCrunch LA

. “ 2020 was a blowout year… People needed an interactive streaming platform that they could spin up quickly that they could launch on their website.” Since the launch of monetization tools in May of last year, Evans estimated that the platform has paid out at least $5 million to entertainers who used the service. “We

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Choosing Internet Platforms

SoCal CTO

The topic is: Betting Your Company On An Internet Platform? However, these platforms could be interesting for prototype and pilot solutions. The other conclusion was that you need to have a migration path from the platform. Must design your application differently to live on top of the platform. It's funny.

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Instacart Drops Its Valuation by Almost 40%

Tech.Co

By ensuring their value isn't bloated, the company will net its employees better equity over time. Instacart also launched a new set of digital tools yesterday, “Instacart Platform,” which is designed to help retailers and grocers offer faster fulfilment, get better analytics, and potentially get started with advertising.

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United Dwelling is one startup building something to solve California’s housing crisis

TechCrunch LA

” Instead, Dietz and the architecture firm Modative collaborated on a new design for a pre-fabricated house. The nonprofit is designed to help low-income individuals find employment and get on the path to economic self-sufficiency, according to the company. Image Credits: United Dwelling (opens in a new window).

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JS Saturday | Javascript Beginner to Advanced in One Day!

Tech Zulu Event

In a collaborative effort, Ria Consulting, LLC and Los Angeles Net Developers Group are hosting this event on November 10th, 2012 at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, California. Troy Miles , A designer and developer of software since 1979 writing games in assembly and C.

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Interview with Alan Horsager, Episona

socalTECH

That means, if you do a test in a single laboratory, you can get the designation of a lab developed test, which is regulated under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment, part of Medicare. We then got some additional funding, of essentially high net worth individuals, not insittutional funds. Those are the two big things.

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Interview with John Ellis, PurePhoto

socalTECH

We looked at online photo marketing, and what the real needs are out there, and launched our platform last year, aimed at helping photographers publish and perfect their art. Finally, I decided it was time to remove the safety net, and had an idea of my own to pursue, so I started by own company. What does that store offer?