socalTECH

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Los Angeles-based videogame developer Riot Games has agreed to pay at least $10M to settle a gender discrimination, class action lawsuit, which had been filed in November of 2018.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 22, 2018

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Irvine-based a href="[link] Technology, a developer of advertising software, says it has launched an IPO, intending to sell 7,500,000 shares of its Class A common stock in an offering on the Nasdaq Global Market as DSP. in 2018, and the acquisition of Adelphic in 2017. The IPO will raise as much as $181M for Viant. and $21.00

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SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 22, 2018

Tuesday, August 28, 2018 --.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2017

Here in LA we ran three programs this year - Techstars Music, the Cedars Sinai Accelerator powered by Techstars, and the inaugural class of Techstars LA, which invests across all verticals. What are you looking forward to most in 2018? Applications for Techstars LA 2018 open on January 8.

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Tech.Co

JANUARY 9, 2018

This year at CES 2018 Eureka Park, the mega startup hub of the conference, the hottest early-stage startups from around the world will showcase their products and services aimed at disrupting their respective industries. Meet the startups showcasing at Eureka Park Startup Arlington this year at CES 2018: BooleanGirl. Albrechtsen said.

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socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2018

The Thiel Foundation , the nonprofit formed by maverick technology investor Peter Thiel, named a new class of twenty entrepreneurs as part of its 2018 Thiel Fellows program--including one Los Angeles entrepreneur, Gemma Busoni.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said production of the Tesla Semi, a Class 8 heavy duty truck, would begin in 2019. Newcomer Thor Trucks is developing a medium-duty Class-6 electric truck for UPS, which will also be tested in California. — Volvo Trucks North America (@VolvoTrucksNA) December 12, 2018.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Techstars Music , one of the startup accelerator programs run by Techstars in Los Angeles, said this week that it has added three new companies to its effort, bringing its total class to nine. According to Techstars Music, it added Concord Music , RecoChoku , and Royalty Exchange to Techstars Music 2018.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 12, 2020

With its third class of startups, Yellow, Snap’s in-house startup accelerator that launched in 2018, brought investors and founders together in private slack channels after a live-streamed presentation. This morning, Snap joined a host of startup accelerators shifting its demo day online amid the COVID-19 quarantine.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 8, 2020

“We feel so lucky that the company is in a position to attract someone with the deep experience that CeCE has in scaling world-class organizations.” . “We are thrilled to welcome to CeCe, a team-oriented and purpose-driven leader, to the Headspace team,” said Pierson in a statement.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2017

What are you looking forward to most in 2018? I'm looking forward to opening up new markets, including the expansion of family offices and other traditional investors to the amazing asset class that cryptocurrency has become. Finally, what is your prediction for what will have the biggest impact on the technology industry in 2018?

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 4, 2019

In addition to creating a franchise chain which exceeded 500 locations at its peak, Martha Harper was also one of the world’s first social entrepreneurs, helping thousands of middle-class women create their own businesses and control their destinies. franchises generated $757 billion of revenue in 2018.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 24, 2019

Bullock graduated from Stanford in 2018 and convinced Anderson to quit his job, the company raised cash through the fall and collected a cool $1.5 “We’re hoping that their first class will take over all their dispensaries… But we have a standing offer for anyone who they send over to us.” million for their venture.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 8, 2020

Salesforce, which was ranked by Fortune magazine as the world’s best place to work in 2018, keeps the focus on employee happiness through dedicated “mindfulness” rooms, 56 hours of paid volunteer work a year, to $5.5 The challenge is to find the best way to keep everyone on your team happy and productive.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 18, 2019

billion in 2018, a record for the region, according to data from Pitchbook and the National Venture Capital Association. It’s got a media component, it’s leveraging new technology and it taps into the incredibly tech-forward community that comprises the rising middle class audience of urban (for lack of a better word) consumers.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Our goal is to build a platform that helps our companies achieve best practices as quickly as possible on their way to becoming world-class companies. First, within our portfolio I am really excited about Wheels (Crosscut led the seed round at the end of 2018). And then there is the lesson of WeWork.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Of course you’ve probably known of Meg as a business leader for many years, formerly as President and CEO of Hewlett Packard and the CEO of eBay before that, but since late 2018 she has been the CEO of Quibi (joining founder Jeffrey Katzenberg as the first employee). Between the heavy hitters at the helm, the more than $1.4B

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

But the reality is that “global warming” massively blunted the effects of winter and my prognosis for VC fundings of entrepreneurs in 2017–2018 is now very sunny indeed. Actually, winter did come and I have the data that shows it. Unless of course something Trump’s our good weather. This chart surprised me the most.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 23, 2018

We’ve sorted the headlines into a few big categories: immunotherapy combinations, breast cancer, lung cancer, the growing class of drugs called PARP inhibitors, and new drugs that treat tumors based on genetic signature.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 1, 2019

In the summer of 2018, parts of San Francisco’s public utilities turned gold. There are other opportunities for engagement: coding classes for public school students, scholarship opportunities for state and community college students and training programs for those interested in switching careers.

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Inverted Software

JANUARY 2, 2019

Nvidia was recently hit with multiple class action lawsuits following this year’s cryptocurrency crash. On November 15, 2018, NVIDIA disclosed that its revenue would decline by over 7% for the fourth fiscal quarter, which was contrast to the 17% growth its management has led investors to believe.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2018

Only later did they expand this offering to multiple classes of cars, Uber for business use, package delivery, and even freight hauling. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 12/11/2018. For example, Uber built their initial success by simply connecting people looking for intra-city car rides via a smartphone app.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Sam’s vision was to build a world-class “reverse logistics” company that could be as ambitious as Amazon has been in delivering goods to our houses. When companies get ready to add scale it’s important to bring in industry experts who bring real-world experiences from world-class companies that you aren’t inventing things for the first time.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Don’t wait for someone else to send you back to class, or push you to change. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 09/20/2018. Proactively prepare for your desired future roles. None of us can keep up on every new thing in this knowledge abundant world. Make the investment. It’s a win-win situation for success.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Another alternative is to find an inexpensive class on grant writing. Marty Zwilling First published on CayenneConsulting on 08/22/2018. If you still have any connections at the local university, look for some guidance there from related subject-matter professors. It’s time to get started today.

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socalTECH

JULY 18, 2018

We have an expert team, marrying world-class IP from Hollywood, and videogames and bringing that into this new format. 2018 is the year people will get a chance to experience SPACES. Everyone came in to support our vision of bringing the next generation of location-based attractions to locations around the world.

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Entertainment Santa Monica IP Startup 180

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

This is a new class of software that can adapt in real time to market changes. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 09/17/2018. In the bike rental business, all operations and rental decisions are made completely by software, with no human intervention.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

In one of my own positions as an executive in IBM, I found that putting a high-potential employee on my own staff for a few weeks was more effective, both short-term and long-term, in gaining me some work relief than any training class I could imagine. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 08/22/2018.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2018

In one of my own stints as an executive in IBM, I found that putting a high-potential employee on my own staff for a few weeks was highly motivating and taught me the realities of senior management responsibilities better than any class could. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 08/06/2018.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2017

We are devoted to the mission of supercharging Southern California's technology ecosystem, and help it emerge as a world class technology hub by 2025. Our focus in 2018 will be on the entrepreneurs. The first step, is to attract more entrepreneurs. We need to increase the entrepreneurial density in SoCal.

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Southern California Venture Capital Startup Entrepreneur 170

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 20, 2015

Now the AP class. April 30th, 2018. Overfunding early is bad. Overfunding just after you find your swim lane is bad. Overfunding after product / market fit is essential to competing and winning. Straightforward. The mega round will devastate many companies. How could that be? What do I know about venture? I’m not totally sure.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 11, 2022

Sure, celebs have begun talking about it, but we’re rarely taught about it in health class. Gina Bartasi launched Kindbody, her third fertility startup, in 2018, after her own journey helped her understand just how broken and antagonistic the system is. Nor is it typically a topic of discussion over holiday hors d’oeuvres.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 26, 2016

In many industries, business and enterprise customers usually pay more than everyday consumers for the business-class version of the same product. percent in 2016,and to be almost double 2015 levels by 2018. The large U.S. wireless carriers will begin to treat enterprise customers differently.

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