TechCrunch LA

MAY 14, 2019

Earlier this year, Spartan, the French manufacturer of a silver-lined underwear designed to block EMF radiation from cell phones and wireless routers, relocated to the U.S. and raised some capital from the Los Angeles-based investment firm, Science.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 11, 2018

in September 2017, Bird has become synonymous with both the perils and promise that scooters hold for last mile mobility. They note that the exclusivity agreement is for a particular model of scooters, but each scooter company has its own design and those contracts are still valid. Since its launch in Santa Monica, Calif.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Elementary Robotics was co-founded by Bill Gross, the brains behind an increasingly resurgent Idealab incubator, and Arye Barnehama, a former head of design at the augmented reality startup DAQRI. That was around 2017, when the two first began brainstorming how they would build their company. ”

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Statistica reports that almost 20 percent more companies went public in 2018 versus 2017. This approach, popularly known as “glocalization,” means you design and deliver global solutions that have total relevance to every local market you plan to attack. Thus a record number of entrepreneurs (and team members) are getting rich.

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Tech.Co

JANUARY 4, 2018

Rifft is a company that has designed a multitude of products aimed to enrich our everyday life. The company was selected for the CES Innovation Awards Honoree for 2017 and 2018. This company was selected for the CES Innovation Awards for 2017 and 2018. Rifft (Biot, France). Robomart (Santa Clara, CA). Vaonis (Clapiers, France).

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2018

According to the 2017 Kauffman Startup Activity Index , the share of new entrepreneurs who started businesses to pursue opportunity rather than from necessity reached 86 percent, more than 12 percentage points higher than in 2009 at the height of the Great Recession. Thus a record number of entrepreneurs (and team members) are getting rich.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 9, 2016

And what does this portend for the future of mobile interfaces? But in essence, aircraft builders have concluded that there’s only one efficient design for an aluminum airframe riding on gas-turbine engines, and it’s the one we’ve got. Yes, designing an edge-to-edge display might involve some tough hardware challenges.

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Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

— BenjiLock (@BenjiLock) October 16, 2017. The catalogue of kits is designed to be approachable and memorable for a variety of customer segments. The company is currently a B2C business model but has plans to expand to design a bike sharing program and work with corporations and the tourism industry around the world.

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Tech.Co

JUNE 28, 2021

The new businesses are clearer about their purpose and goals,” says John Galpin, co-founder of Design by Structure , a corporate brand and digital design agency. A prime example of this is a company in our portfolio of investments: Booksy, a popular mobile booking management process in appointment-based businesses.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 28, 2017

As well as phone support, customers expect you to accept mobile messaging, and provide quick responses via social media and multiple Internet websites. Products must be designed for easy support. Designing for support is now as important as designing for low cost, ease of use, and quality.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

Several companies, including Mastercard, Coca-Cola, and Doritos have let customers build commercials and design contests, with big rewards for the customer and for the company. Mobile is where it’s at. Marty Zwilling Published by Xerox Small Business Solutions on 01/30/2017. Want control? Give something away.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

That is why I invited the Founder & CEO, Jonah Peretti , to come talk at the 2017 Upfront Summit and make the case himself. As the 2017 Upfront Summit came less than 2-weeks after the Trump inauguration I had to ask Jonah about some of the more controversial (and in this author’s eyes — inspirational) decisions BuzzFeed had made.

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Southern California Edison Blog

JANUARY 2, 2019

T-Mobile and Sprint, for example, invested billions of dollars in 2017 to bring 5G service to customers in the US by 2019.¹. Customers are demanding seamless, reliable and secure networks that can handle massive amounts of streaming to televisions, mobile devices and other multimedia applications. They aren’t the only ones.

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LATechDigest

MAY 13, 2016

SMASHD’s first Cohort brought four early-stage + one mature company into the fold: Sidestep : Mobile platform for live events that allows fans to order merchandise before, during and after an event for VIP pickup and delivery, who has relationships in place with Ticketmaster, and is a merch partner on Beyonce’s latest tour.

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