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9 Innovative Startups To Watch For in 2024

Tech.Co

Bobbie One startup that's proved to have the formula for success this year is Bobbie – the first infant formula to be certified as organic by the USDA, and the fastest-growing product of its kind to enter the US market since the 1980s. Organic milk formula product Bobbie. million site visits in October alone.

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VC firms of Kevin Durant and Snoop Dogg back Dutchie, a new cannabis delivery service

TechCrunch LA

Ross Lipson, the chief executive officer and co-founder of the on-demand marijuana and cannabis delivery service, Dutchie, had thought he was done with the online delivery business. where he’d retired after selling his online food delivery business GrubCanada to JustEat, the European tech-enabled delivery giant, back in 2012.

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UCSB Tops Harvard & Wharton In Startup Wars

InfoChachkie

Organic Academia. Unlike most university programs that are over architected and underfunded, the TMP evolved organically, based on the demands of its students and input from the local community. The company was acquired by Becton, Dickinson and Company during August of 2012, for approximately $65 million.

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ServiceTitan is LA’s least likely contender to be the next billion-dollar startup

TechCrunch LA

Founded by Ara Mahdessian and Vahe Kuzoyan in 2012, ServiceTitan is very much an up-and-coming billion-dollar business that’s a family (minded) affair. Mahdessian and Kuzoyan met on a ski trip organized by the Armenian student associations at Stanford and the University of Southern California back when both men were in college.

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Does Doing Good In Business Imply Doing Less Well?

Startup Professionals Musings

I just finished a new book by Christoph Lueneburger, “ A Culture Of Purpose ,” which details how to build this new culture, and why it is becoming more instrumental in bringing about success, as well as sustainability, in organizations as diverse as Unilever and Walmart. They also tend to stay longer with the organization, reducing costs.

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Mark Suster, Nely Galan to Keynote Silicon Beach Fest

Tech Zulu Event

ABC Family, Fox, Universal Music, Google, Facebook, Demand Media, MyLife, Riot Games, DFJ Frontier, Rustic Canyon, GRP Partners, Siemer and Associates, Marketshare, Saatchi Online, OMD, Ignited, Rubicon Project, Smashbox Cosmetics, NFL, UCLA, USC, and dozens of start-ups. Opening Party hosted by Demand Media with KCRW at the Viceroy.

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Start Business Planning Now For The Holiday Season

Startup Professionals Musings

Yet you can never forget the seasonal business cash flow and activity demands that are approaching, so to be prepared – you need to start the planning now. Here is where you need a “bottoms-up” estimate from the people in your organization who have to deliver. Don’t let the demands of seasonal fluctuations spoil the party.

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