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Dreaming of Mars, the startup Relativity Space gets its first launch site on Earth

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That’s the goal Tim Ellis and Jordan Noone set for themselves when they founded Los Angeles-based Relativity Space in 2015. Like the other launch sites at Cape Canaveral, Launch Complex 16, where Relativity expects to be launching its first rockets by 2020, has a storied history in the U.S.

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Myspace Accidentally Loses 12 Years Of Music

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The onetime social networking site, founded in Los Angeles, is now owned by Meredith Corporation and is still active as an online music discovery site. However, the site has quite a bit less music now, after the site accidentally lost all of the music uploaded to the site uploaded between 2003 and 2015.

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GOAT Gets $100M From Foot Locker

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Los Angeles-based footwear trading site Goat Group , founded by Eddy Lu and Daishin Sugano, has raised a big, $100M funding round from footwear retailer Foot Locker , the two announced on Thursday. in total since it was founded in 2015. GOAT has now raised $197.6M READ MORE>>.

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Will Crowdfunding Replace Angel And VC Investors?

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Yet as I mentor entrepreneurs around the country, it still seems to be one of the least understood approaches to startup funding, with more myths than accredited angels and professional venture capital investors combined. only accredited investors can use crowdfunding sites such as EquityNet to buy ownership in their favorite startup.

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8 Insights For Startups To Attract Angel Investors

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Most entrepreneurs have found by now one or more of the many popular crowdfunding sites , and have the name and contact information for at least one of the big venture capital firms. Here are eight key insights that will help you find a productive match: Angels want equity ownership, not causes. Angels prefer strong teams to big ideas.

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Zealot Networks Buys ViralNova

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Los Angeles-based Zealot Networks , the startup led by Danny Zappin which connects creators and influencers with brands, has acquired viral content site ViralNova. The two companies said that ViralNova is on track to have $35M in revenues in 2015, and is now seeing an average of 100 million monthly visits to its site.

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YapStone Plans Big LA Expansion, Hiring

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Silicon Valley-based payment technology provider Yapstone has big hiring plans in Los Angeles, with plans to double the size of the company''s office from 35 to 70 people in the next year. yapstone angeles expansion hiring jobs payment processing rental marketplace homeaway' YapStone was founded in Santa Monica in 1999. READ MORE>>.