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What I Learned In 2015: Richard Wolpert

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Our first for this year is from Richard Wolpert , founder of HelloTech (www.hellotech.com), an in-home, technology and IT support service. Who or what do you think had the biggest impact on the technology industry in 2015? We'll be publishing these between now and the new year.

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What I Learned In 2015: Richard Wolpert, HelloTech

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Our first for this year is from Richard Wolpert , founder of HelloTech (www.hellotech.com), an in-home, technology and IT support service. Who or what do you think had the biggest impact on the technology industry in 2015? We'll be publishing these between now and the new year.

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Humana partners with Heal and invests $100 million in the company’s doctor-on-demand service

TechCrunch LA

The two companies have announced a new partnership that will see Humana pushing Heal’s in-home and virtual care delivery services to the patients it covers and committing $100 million to spur the Los Angeles-based startup’s growth. “ We think we are… an accelerant for the adoption of those services.”

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London and SF have become Impact Tech hubs, with 280% increase in VC in 5 years

TechCrunch LA

Tech solutions for such pressing issues as the climate crisis and social inequality have seen a 280% increase in global VC investment from 2015 to 2020, while investment in this space more than doubled in both cities over the past five years. times) since 2015, compared to 3.1 times) from 2015 to 2020. billion into U.S.

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Lightpost Digital Lands New Funding For Online Marketing Services

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San Diego-based Lightpost Digital , a digital agency which provides online marketing services to local businesses, has raised a round of funding, the company disclosed this week. The company is a spinout of Deal Current, and was founded in 2015. The funding came from Canal Partners and DWP Investments.

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LA’s consumer goods rental service, Joymode, sells to the NYC retail investment firm, XRC Labs

TechCrunch LA

What remains of the company is an inventory management system on the back end and a service that will allow any retailer to get involved in the rental business going forward. “I believe that the inventory management system we made was incredible and it will be a standard for retailers doing rentals going forward,” he said. .

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Business 2015 - Optimism, But Upgrade Your Strategy

Startup Professionals Musings

This approach will help you diversify and broaden your business’s product lines and services. A healthy manufacturing sector, likely to gain even more strength in 2015, is creating an impetus to invest. 2015 business optimism entrepreneur strategy' economy toward a self-sustaining and continuing economic expansion.

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