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DECEMBER 26, 2018

Editor's note: All this week, and into the start of next year, we'll be featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. What was the biggest news for your firm in 2018? You'll be able to browse all of those contributions here. Happy Holidays!

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DECEMBER 26, 2018

Editor's note: All this week, and into the start of next year, we'll be featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. What was the biggest news for your organization in 2018? You'll be able to browse all of those contributions here. Happy Holidays!

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APRIL 14, 2017

Los Angeles-based streaming television- and video-provider Hulu has selected San Antonio, Texas, as the site for a new customer service center, the company said on Thursday. Hulu said it will hire 300 people by the end of 2017, and another 200 in 2018, as part of the new "viewer experience headquarters" in Texas. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Parts of this story might sound familiar to readers familiar with Good Eggs — when the startup raised its most recent, $50 million funding round in 2018, CEO Bentley Hall also mentioned plans for geographic expansion.

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OCTOBER 26, 2017

ServiceNow said the buy will help its customers easily deliver "consumer-like" mobile experiences for applications build on its Now Platform. The company said it will embed SkyGiraffe's technology in its Now Platform in 2018. Financial details of the buy were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 16, 2016

The new stadium is the site of the future, Super Bowl LII in 2018; the new stadium is expected to open in July. Appetize said the install includes over 600 fixed and portable POS devices, for the new stadium's concessions, premium and portable areas. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 1, 2017

SpaceX has said the first launch of the Falcon Heavy will not carry any customer payloads, and Elon Musk has said there is "a lot of risk" with this first flight. The Falcon Heavy would be the biggest rocket in existence, using 27 of the Merlin D engines--the same engines used in the SpaceX Falcon.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 15, 2021

Redwood City, California-based Abodu, which builds prefabricated ADUs, was founded in 2018 to serve as a “one-stop shop” for building an ADU, or as some describe it, a home in a backyard. The result has been very high levels of customer satisfaction and rapid growth.”

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 29, 2019

This funding allows us to build out new features around banking and investing that will enhance the relationship with our customers.”. According to Grimes, the company made the switch from video to text in March 2018 and built a custom messaging platform on Twilio to service the company’s 500,000 users.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 5, 2020

The new moped is the latest effort by Bird to diversify its product offerings to capture more customers. The Austin City Council approved in February 2018 the creation of a “dockless” bike-share pilot program. SXSW organizers said March 2 that the “2020 event is proceeding with safety as a top priority.”

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 26, 2022

In numerous interviews throughout the past two years, Weiss and other executives have emphasized the company’s focus on its direct-to-consumer online shipping model and obsession with iterating the customer experience based on feedback. billion valuation from Lone Pine Capital, Sequoia, Forerunner Ventures and others.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 23, 2019

In total, more than $60 billion was invested in LA startups in 2018. Additional Fika portfolio companies include Asian food delivery business Chowbus , Elementary Robotics , a developer of robot assistants, and Chatdesk , a customer support messaging platform.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 21, 2020

The company sent an email to customers Tuesday that after examining the business, the car-sharing industry and COVID-19, it decided to shutter the service permanently. Below is a screenshot of the email sent Tuesday morning to Maven customers. Maven had paused service due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Image Credits: Screenshot/Maven email.

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JANUARY 28, 2019

a provider of mobility, cybersecurity, cloud, and IT services to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and other federal customers. ASGN said that DHA had approximately $50M in revenues in 2018. Calabasas-based IT and professional servies provider ASGN Incorporated announced this morning that it has acquired DHA Group Inc. ,

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 27, 2021

Clio has more than 150,000 customers across 100 countries. In 2018, Clio made its first acquisition with its buy of Lexicata, a Los Angeles-based legal tech startup. This investment allows us to expedite our plans and offer even more to our existing customers.”.

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Tech.Co

JANUARY 4, 2018

For many founders, getting noticed by investors, potential customers, incubators and other companies, is a necessity to take your product to the next level. This year at CES 2018 at Eureka Park over 800 startups from around the world will descend on Las Vegas and meet individuals to help boost their business. Meet the Startups.

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JULY 19, 2019

The stock offering will provide the company gross proceeds of $10.5M, which it says it will use to expand sales and marketing, customer support, and technology investments to continue to grow its platform. HyreCar had a small IPO back in June of 2018. READ MORE>>.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 1, 2018

And while that cliché has been said about everything in the Lone Star state for years, it rings particularly true for the hottest startups showcasing their big innovations at SXSW Startup Night 2018 presented by the Kauffman Foundation and TechCo. For retailers, this will mean selling more product, fewer returns and happier customers.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

It’s a far cry from the way other car manufacturers deal with customer feedback. But, while the customer is king, what does it mean for the state of product development at Tesla? If you watched the news at all in 2018, you’ll know that Musk is active on Twitter. This gives him an immense wealth of customer feedback.

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OCTOBER 11, 2018

According to the newly formed company, it completed all three of those mergers earlier in 2018, and now has a customer base of 175 enterprises. The new company has emerged from a three way merger of Reliam, Stratalux, and G2 Tech Group, following an acquisition of the three companies by Great Hill Partners.

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MAY 2, 2019

Los Angeles-based streaming television service Hulu says it has upped its total number of customers to 28 million in total, with 26.8 According to Hulu, it is also seeing increasing average time per subscriber, with an increase of more than 20% in 2018. subscribers in 2018. million of those being paid subscribers.

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MAY 22, 2019

David Wood: It's been about a year and a half now, we launched it in 2018. David Wood: The biggest challenge is scaling, and finding customers who love the product. We've already proven out the model, that people are willing to pay, and customers are very happy, and the churn rate is very low. How are you backed and funded?

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FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Startup Boost says it is looking for companies with the right team, a minimum viable product, customer traction, and viable plan for going forward. The program said that its last program, in Fall of 2018, attracted over 120 applications for its eight spots. Applications for the program will close on March 15th. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 28, 2017

What are you looking forwardtomost in 2018? In many sectors, 2018 needs to be the time for many companies to either sell or make meaningfully aggressive moves to expand. Finally, what is your prediction for what will have the biggest impact on the technology industry in 2018? Overall I am optimistic for 2018.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Irvine-based Digital Motors , which develops an online car sales platform for car dealers, said this week that it has named Paul Edmonds as its VP of Customer Success. Digital Motors develops an online platform that allows car dealerships to offer up online sales, and was founded in 2018. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

There is nothing more pure than building a product, putting it out in the world and seeing paying customers using your product and in some cases loving it. As companies get this initial customer feedback on their product they start to have to ask harder questions about unit economics: How much does it cost us to acquire a new customer?

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NOVEMBER 21, 2019

PayPal said that the acquisition will "transform the shopping experience" for its consumers and also increase sales and customer engagement for its merchants. PayPal said that Honey was profitable on a net income basis in 2018, and that it expects the acquisition to be acrretive to its non-GAAP earnings per share in 2021.

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JANUARY 7, 2019

According to the company, the new product will let financial advisors trade cryptocurrentcy 24/7 for their clients on behalf of their customers, or let their customers trade for themselves. The company claims its has nearly 5,000 customers and has processed over $300M in investments through its platform. READ MORE>>.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Under Hsieh’s leadership, Zappos revolutionized the apparel industry, and e-commerce in general, by being one of the first to prioritize customer satisfaction and service. To build trust in e-commerce with the greater public, his company came up with innovative ideas and fostered new customer behaviors.

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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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APRIL 3, 2017

Hawthorne-based SPaceX has signed up yet another customer for its rocket launch business, Cayman Islands-based Global-IP Cayman. Global-IP Cayman said its satellite is being built by The Boeing Company, and that it expects to launch in Q4 of 2018. Financial details of the deal were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2021

The company said it saw 52 percent revenue growth from 2018 to 2020. The company says it now has more than 11,000 customers using its products, across automobile and aerospace manufacturers, invvestment banks, oil and gas facilities, and more. DDN is led by CEO and co-founder Alex Bouzari.

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AUGUST 18, 2020

The company went through a management recapitalization in February of 2018. SmartAction's cloud-based software is used to automate customer service communications on phone, SMS, web chat, Facebook Messenger, and Skype. SmartAction is backed by private equity firms Staley Capital and TVC Capital.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 24, 2020

Since the company raised its last institutional round in 2018, it has added over 300,000 properties for sale or lease across the U.S. and increased its user base to 6 million customers, according to a statement.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

in venture funding from Canvas Ventures, having raised a seed funding back in 2018. The company said the new fulfillment center will enable it to offer up two-day ground shipping to 90 percent of U.S. MasonHub is backed by $6.5M The company also has a 100,000 square foot fulfillment center in the Inland Empire.

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MARCH 6, 2018

Los Angeles-based mobile communications provider FreedomPop said on Tuesday morning that it has partnered with financial services giant Prudential , to help power a new service that Prudential will up-sell to its existing customers. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 5, 2018

government customer. — SpaceX (@SpaceX) January 5, 2018. Hawthorne-based SpaceX says it has shifted its launch date for its mysterious "Zuma" government payload to January 7th, as extreme weather slowed preparations for launch in Florida. The launch--originally targeted for 5pm on Friday--is being made for a mysterious, U.S.

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