socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2021

Long Beach-based rocket developer Rocket Lab is joining the very long list of local technology companies, which is heading towards the public market through a merger with a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC). Rocket Lab said it expects the deal to be complete by Q2 of 2021.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Only companies with cutting-edge concepts and crystal-clear market strategies stand a chance of surviving through their first year, let alone making a profit. As the clean energy market rises exponentially, Rerverion aims to solve some major challenges plaguing the sector by rethinking the way biogas is extracted. Source: wander.com.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Irvine-based Cosemi Technologies , a developer of plug-and-play HDMI, DisplayPort and USB active optical cables, said on Tuesday tht it has raised $8M in a strategic funding round. The company said it expects the first of its solutions to be available as early as the second half of 2021. The company's President and CEO is Dr. Nguyen X.

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socalTECH

MAY 27, 2021

Irvine-based savings and investing app developer Acorns said today that it will be going public, via a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger with Pioneer Merger Corp., and will trade under the symbol OAKS on the Nasdaq Capital Market. The deal is expected to close in the second half of 2021.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 5, 2022

The Chinese gaming giants are venturing abroad at a time their home market comes under increasing regulatory scrutiny. Many small studios, struggling to obtain regulatory licenses because they lack the financing or resources, have turned to foreign markets for growth. Last year, it added a base in Montreal.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 18, 2022

The alternative protein space is hot, hot, hot as evidenced by both the number of companies developing products and the venture capital going into the space. Investment into alternative proteins, for example, plant-based meats and dairy substitutes was $5 billion in 2021, according to both the Good Food Institute and Crunchbase data.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Fisker is hoping to show a prototype of the Ocean by the summer of 2021. Fisker says it will use a modified version of an EV platform developed by Magna for its Fisker Ocean SUV, using Magna's existing EV platform as the starting point for its own vehicle. Magna is a manufacturer of vehicles for a number of other automotive companies.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 19, 2022

Josh Kaplan and Dee Murthy, both founder and co-CEO of the Los Angeles–based company, started Ghost in 2021 after previously working together at Four Five Group, a men’s apparel business. Ghost is not alone in developing technology focused on inventory. to develop some sweet inventory-planning software.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2020

This is my 4th market upset and in the first three I was defensive. What are you most looking forward to in the technology/startup world in 2021? We are extremely focused on these regions in our hunt for Unicorns in 2021. We intend to double down on investing in 2021 with 2 investments a week planned.

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socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2019

Los Angeles-based electric vehicle developer Faraday Future (FF) says it has received a new, $225M Senior Bridge Financing, from Birch Lake Fund Management, LP, ahead of a $1.25 billion equity capital raise it is running with Stifel Nicolaus & Co.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 29, 2021

I’m often surprised when you as an aspiring entrepreneur, looking for investors, tell me your solution is so innovative that you don’t have to worry about differentiating it from competitors, and customers will flock to it without a real marketing campaign. Focus your marketing on real customer value.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 12, 2022

providing freshly packaged salads, heat-and-eat prepared meals and vegan overnight oats, raised $7 million in funding as it goes after the $34 billion fresh prepared foods market. Positive Food Co., The voracious fight for your salad bowl.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

The first cars are slated to appear on the road by 2021, according to the company’s current leader, Ulrich Kranz. Canoo has spent the past year discussing the development of its prototype vehicle with the manufacturer so the company could provide advice on how to design and develop the car.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

The rate of new entrepreneurs increased between 2013 and 2021, from 280 to 360 out of 100,000 of the adult population. Minimum viable products (MVPs) are recommended for validating the market, with iterative enhancement to quickly meet market feedback. Incorporating a business entity early through online services.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2021

Switch your focus from product development to sales. Of course, customer relationships, and penetration into new market segments are also critical elements. Isolate marketing from sales for maximum customer focus. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 08/04/2021.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 27, 2020

Shows on the platform at launch include a gameplay-focused series built around the augmented reality game, Ingress , developed by Niantic , the game studio behind the massive AR hit Pokemon Go. Series run anywhere from three to ten episodes and there area an additional twenty shows that are currently in production now.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 23, 2019

Now, Canoo is rounding out its executive team and pushing forward with plans to bring prototype vehicles to market by the end of the year. Initially, Canoo will target customers in Los Angeles and the Bay Area, with additional plans to expand to San Diego and Seattle when the company brings its commercial vehicles to market in 2021.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2021

Some of us are proud to be technologists, while others love marketing or team building. Develop a mindset of self-worth and ability to adapt. It allows you to change and learn as the market evolves, and your business needs change. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 07/01/2021.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 26, 2021

Idea people must surround themselves with people who build momentum and get things done, including production, marketing, finance, and sales. Gates was a software developer genius, but Ballmer upheld the marketing and business side. They soon find that the market and competitors are changing faster than they are.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Develop a personal story as a visionary and learner. Investors love entrepreneurs who come across as constantly on the lookout for new ideas, and able to grasp the larger implications for market change. Founders who present themselves as a lone entrepreneur may develop an innovative solution, but building a business requires a team.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 25, 2022

million commercial deliveries (up from 2 million in October 2021) and travelled over 3 million miles globally. The addressable market for campuses that would likely use Starship’s services is around 400-500, he said, “but grocery is billions of dollars. It has now made more than 2.5

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2021

If you are the hot-shot technical innovator that invented your solution, make sure you have an equally adept business and marketing expert to complement your skills. “If Pivot early, as required, to tune your features and marketing to meet the market and technical realities. The market is unpredictable and changes fast.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

As a long-time business advisor, and an investor in startups along the way, I’m always on the lookout for an entrepreneur who is responding first to a problem in the marketplace , rather than bringing a new technology to the market, assuming it will find a problem to solve. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 08/24/2021.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 2, 2021

As I work with aspiring you new venture leaders, I always wish I had a definitive checklist of all the right attributes that I could share with you, encourage you to develop and highlight in your efforts with potential investors, and guide your own actions in starting the next billion dollar company.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Starliner, the crew spacecraft developed by Boeing for NASA’s Commercial Crew program, encountered not one, but two major software flaws during its most recent demonstration mission that would’ve been very bad had they not been corrected. Boeing Starliner encountered two potentially catastrophic issues.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Along with a team of nine developers, the six young adult authors spent two months working nights and weekends to bring Realms of Ruin to life. They said that the authors, who also worked with a team of developers, ended the project because they felt that there was more to lose than there was to gain. It's real.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2021

Manual tracking and occasional surveys won’t keep you competitive in today’s high volume and rapidly changing market. You need a platform that is comfortable with the global scope of today’s market, with it’s wide range of social and economic cultures, trends, and needs. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 05/20/2021.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Two new additions to our portfolio companies stand out in particular: NextCar (Scott Painters latest disruptive LA-based automotive market play) and Transmute (Karyl Fowlers Austin-based supply chain identity and credentialing platform). What are you most looking forward to in the technology/startup world in 2021?

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

You need to be visible in marketing efforts, viral videos, and interactions with key customer segments. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 08/19/2021. Build relationships with known business leaders. That doesn’t mean that you can’t be an entrepreneur today, or feel success and satisfaction from your efforts.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2021

For example, a few years ago, the company Beepi had a vision to build a new market for buying and selling used cars, but became overly focused on fundraising to grow fast, and ignored many customer complaints. Now is the time to develop a new mindset and stick to it. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 09/28/2021.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The challenge is how to develop that self-leadership in every aspiring entrepreneur and business professional role. In many cases, the challenge may just be your ability to market yourself, and what you know. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 09/21/2021. Make sure everyone knows your expertise.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Based on my own experience as a business advisor, I’m convinced that it is all about your mindset for success, and the habits you have developed for tackling problems and challenges. Rather than get angry and upset, fall back to your initial process for evaluating markets, customer needs, and financial implications.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Find out more – Best Ecommerce Website Builders 2021. To put it simply, Amazon is getting instant access to a market it used to operate in. That's not bad but it's miles off market leader Shopify which boasts millions of customers. What is Amazon Getting from the Deal? Selz currently has a user base of more than 125,000.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 26, 2018

just past the AMC Center) , the virtual reality game-maker Survios planted its first flag in the market for location-based gaming. But that’s still a far smaller market than the 10 million game consoles that were sold in the U.S. Standalone virtual reality headsets are expected to push the market to 7.6

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Tech.Co

JUNE 28, 2021

“Marshmallow first began by providing car insurance cover for UK-based expats, a group who had historically been quoted insurance prices that were 51% higher than the market average. “The VCs we’ve spoken to have admitted that they’ve become more risk-averse and more inclined to back companies that are already in their portfolio.”

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Tech.Co

JANUARY 6, 2020

Today, major media prognosticators including market research company Forrester and the Interactive Advertising Bureau foresee podcasting as the next billion-dollar media market , with a report from the latter saying that one-billion-dollar mark could be surpassed as soon as 2021. Even some pros use it.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 27, 2021

Much like how Microsoft Windows defined the operating system for personal computers decades ago, Clio has developed a software platform for law firms and their clients that is cloud-based and client-centric by design,” Newton said. With 5 new unicorns in first week of 2021, are we in for a stampede this year?

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