socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2022

According to AutoNation, it will pay $190M for RepairSmith, in a deal which is expected to close in the first quarter of 2023. The company was led by Joel Milne and originall spun out of Daimler AG. AutoNation says RepairSmith has significant operational footprint in the southern and western United States.

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Tech.Co

OCTOBER 27, 2023

In this guide, you'll learn exactly what Claude is, how it works, and all about its parent company, Anthropic. Anthropic is an AI startup company based in San Francisco, California. Since then, Google has invested almost $400 million in the startup and holds a 10% stake in the company, while Amazon has pledged up to $4 billion.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 4, 2023

According to the company, it is planning a demonstration mission to performan in-space services, including last-mile orbital payload delivery, payload hosting, very low altitude maneuvers and controlled atmospheric re-entry. The company said it has booked a launch slot on a SpaceX Falcon 9 around Q4 of 2023.

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socalTECH

JUNE 17, 2021

The company says it expects to employ up to 2000 workers at the location. Canoo--which has yet to deliver any vehicles--recently went public via a merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). The company said the factory is expected to open in 2023.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 6, 2021

At the moment, SpaceX is the only commercial company with a platform which meets NASA's safety requirements to transport crew to the space station. NASA says it expects that it might use those any additional flights as early as 2023 to maintain mission readiness.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 24, 2020

Relativity Space has a new customer for its 3D-printed rockets: Established satellite maker and operator Iridium, which has picked the company for launches in 2023. To accomplish those, and other launches like them, the company is also setting up a new launch site at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Garcetti said it hopes to see the introduction of low-noise, electric aircraft flying in Los Angeles airspace by 2023. The idea of high-flying air taxis has been popular; in 2017, Uber said it planned to have flying taxings in Los Angeles by 2020 (pictured); just last week, Uber sold its flying tax division to another company.

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socalTECH

MAY 14, 2021

Irvine-based electric car maker Fisker has teased out a video promoting a yet-to-be-annnounced, new vehicle "Project Pear", which Henrik Fisker says Foxconn will build for the company. Manufacturing is reported to be targeted at Q4 of 2023. Signed and sealed! The design is going to be freaking amazing!

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

According to Hon Hai Technology Group, the parent company of Foxconn, and Fisker, they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on a global electric vehicle project. The two said the project annual volumes of more than 250,000 of the vehicles, with product starting in Q4 of 2023.

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socalTECH

MARCH 11, 2021

Los Angeles-based Canoo, the now public developer of electric vehicles, has rolled out plans for an electric pickup truck, which it promises to deliver as early as 2023. The company said its new pickup truck--shown in a rendering--will include workbenches, tool storage, and a modular expandable bed.

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TechEmpower

AUGUST 7, 2023

The role of a CTO varies as the company matures. And you certainly don’t want to be the company that spends time and money building something you could have picked up off the shelf. Should a startup CTO spend their time programming? Exploring new technologies? Increasing competitive advantage? The answer is: it depends.

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socalTECH

MAY 15, 2020

The company said the first year is worth $76M. The company said it will provide a full system, including Switchblade systems, operator training, and support and logistics. AeroVironment's drones are armed with an explosive warhead, and are used to hit targets "kamikaze" style by crashing into them and destroying those targets.

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socalTECH

JUNE 17, 2020

According to the company, the contract, with Monterey Bay Community Power Authority (MBCP) and Silicon Valley Clean Energy (SVCE), will supply Community Choice Energy (CCE) providers. The company said the project will include 150 megawatt hours (MWh) of energy storage, providing enough power for 93,000 homes. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 8, 2018

On-demand ride service Uber is kicking off its annual conference, UBER Elevate this morning at the Skirball Center in Los Angeles, where it will feature presentations from the company, regulators, vehicle manufacturers, investors, and many others. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2023

If you don’t need these common resources, but need specialized technology services, you should look for technology parks and research facilities, often sponsored by leading companies in specific technologies, like Intel Capital and Google Ventures (GV). That’s about the same ratio that angel investors claim.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Camarillo-based aircraft startup Sabrewing Aircraft Company , which says it is developing large, un-manned vertical take off and landing (VTOL) cargo carrying drones, said on Tuesday that it has received over $2M in a funding round. According to the company, the lead investor on the funding was The Drone Fund, which invested $1.8M

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 13, 2018

The Austin campus alone will cost the company $1 billion, but Apple said that the 133-acre space will generate an initial 5,000 jobs across a broad range of roles with the potential to add 10,000 more. by 2023. More broadly, Apple said it added 6,000 jobs to its U.S. workforce this year to take its total in the country to 90,000.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Playa Vista-based advanced transportation technology developer Hyperloop Transportation Technologies , one of the companies working on the Hyperloop transportation concept first devised by Elon Musk, says that a study--conducted in Ohio--shows one of its proposed routes "is profitable and makes sense". READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 23, 2019

One year after a $38 million Series B valued on-demand aviation startup Blade at $140 million, the company has begun taxiing the Bay Area’s elite. Called UberAIR, Uber will offer short-term shareable flights to commuters as soon as 2023. The company has raised billions of dollars to turn this sci-fi concept into reality.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 23, 2021

Gates’ call is being met by startups and public companies hailing from everywhere from Amsterdam to Tel Aviv, London to Los Angeles, and Berkeley to… um… Chicago. The company aims to have its first product approved by European regulators by 2023 and notching commercial sales by 2025.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 5, 2014

It looks like Hawthorne-based SpaceX is confident it will keep its headquarters in Hawthorne for quite a long time--despite setting up a commercial launch facility in Texas this week--based on details on the recent sale of the company''s leased headquarters at 1 Rocket Road in Hawthorne--to a commercial real estate investment trust.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 31, 2022

Yet despite billions in VC money and plenty of hype , the future that micromobility companies promised still hasn’t quite arrived. Plus, cities that allowed shared e-scooter companies in their midsts are increasingly making it difficult for scooter companies to operate sustainably. What type of market, if any, is the right one?

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Based on my years of experience as a business executive and consultant, I am convinced that most companies gradually lose their ability to be creative as they mature, and over time are overcome by new competitors and market changes. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 08/28/2023 Don’t forget to follow through in actions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2023

For a company to grow and thrive, it needs to find and broadcast its purpose in all that it does. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 05/08/2023 Any of these will provide business growth without socially disruptive or existing business consequences.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

I started my first company in 1999 and was admittedly swept up in all of this: Magazine covers, fancy conferences, artificial valuations and easy money. Between 2006–2008 I sold both companies that I had started and became a VC. So now our collective companies are worth less. How’s that advice holding up? The tide has gone out.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 25, 2023

As a business consultant, I can get you started in this transformation, but I was pleased to see more detailed guidance, including things to watch out for, in a recent book, “ The Ecosystem Economy ,” by Venkat Atluri and Miklos Dietz, both senior partners at McKinsey & Company with much experience.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Whether you are a business professional in a big company, or an entrepreneur with a startup, innovation is a key strategy. More success has been logged with companies like Amazon, which lightly funds many business model experiments each year, and is not hesitant to pivot or learn from failures.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 3, 2023

She brings more than twenty years of experience building and working with globally dispersed teams and Fortune 500 companies around the world. It’s all about contributing and being connected to team and company values for improving the lives of customers, or possibly a higher-level purpose, such as saving the environment.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2023

For example, many companies are fighting the remote work trend by bringing team members back to the office where they can better focus together on improving customer experience. Many business leaders are now proclaiming their company support to a higher purpose to facilitate this initiative.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 24, 2023

Typically, these companies are relishing prior successes, as did Blockbuster and Kodak in their heyday, or are totally risk-averse, as is the case with many mature businesses and government entities. In these companies, you will see more sustained innovative activity, but little organization-wide recognition of innovation as a discipline.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

For example , when Yvon Chouinard founded Patagonia , a successful outdoor products company, his real goal was building safe products to help the environment. Some people love starting companies, while others enjoy scaling them. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 09/14/2023

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

If everyone knows that someone at the company is not right, and management does nothing, top-performing staff will leave. Remember that people join companies, but they leave people. Exiting your company will be the most extreme transition of your life. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 1/23/2023

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 10, 2023

He brings over 25 years of experience with Silicon Valley leadership companies in highlighting winners and losers. It’s a rare and ideal combination for a large company, and you need to have the patience to evangelize with key decision makers. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 04/26/2023

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2023

Unions are making new inroads at sacrosanct companies, including Kickstarter and Amazon. The problem is particularly acute for middle-class, non-managerial, and exempt employees who don’t qualify for overtime pay under tightening labor laws, and high big-company expectations. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 04/10/2023

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2023

In my perspective, it’s more true than ever that team members work for people , rather than companies, and they quit bosses who treat them like inanimate pawns that can be moved around as required to plug the holes in the business. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 05/21/2023

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Networking to build and maintain positive relationships with the right people outside your company is something you can’t forget in the rush to get your new business going. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 10/01/2023 Enlist industry leaders and influencers as proponents. Life is too short to make it all pain and no joy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Company leaders, as well as front-line team members usually realize when they have a problem, but most have no idea what is possible or how to change the culture. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 2/3/2023 They keep waiting for top management to somehow fix the situation.

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