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Southern California's Billion Dollar Startup Trio: SpaceX, Snapchat, Beats

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A recent analysis by the Wall Street Journal uncovers a surprising number of Southern California startups in the billion dollar valuation -- led by Hawthorne-based SpaceX , with a $4.8 Along with SpaceX, Southern California includes Snapchat ($2.0 Think Silicon Valley has a lock on billion dollar startups?

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Who's In Southern California's Unicorn Club?

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The list of technology startups in Southern California who are "unicorns"--valued at more than $1 billion--surprisingly, might not be who you think, and in the sectors you might expect. SpaceX, based in Hawthorne, California, is now worth between $12 billion and $15 billion, according to multiple reports. READ MORE>>.

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Southern California's Top 10 Most Popular Tech Stories Of The Year

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What was Southern California's technology community most interested in 2012? BetterWorks--headed by prolific angel investor Paige Craig--apparently was not able to sustain a large enough market, relative to its high costs of customer acquisition. The Complete Guide To Southern California Accelerators and.

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SpaceX's Elon Musk: No IPO, Our Goal Is A City On Mars

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If you''re looking at Hawthorne-based rocket firm SpaceX as the next big IPO in Southern California, you might have to look again. nasa rocket space spaceflight mars exit acquisition merger' The remarks, which were made at a conference in Tokyo, were first reported by Bloomberg. READ MORE>>.

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Elon Musk's SolarCity Sets IPO Pricing Range

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Southern California entrepreneur Elon Musk has huge success this year, in (literally) getting commercial spaceflight firm SpaceX --based in Hawthorne--off the ground and into space, with a hugely successful set of flights to the International Space Station (ISS). READ MORE>>.

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SpaceX Eyes IPO

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Hawthorne-based SpaceX , the commercial rocket firm of technology mogul Elon Musk, is reportedly looking to add itself to the list of Southern California technology firms aiming at at IPO. According to Musk at a conference Tuesday, the firm is considering an IPO filing sometime next year.

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Elon Musk Gets IPO At SolarCity; SpaceX Next

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Technology mogul Elon Musk has made huge waves in Southern California with his success at Hawthorne-based commercial rocket and spaceflight company SpaceX. However, Musk also has his hands in a number of other companies, including Foster City-based SolarCity , which just had a successful IPO this morning.

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