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The Station: Via hits $2.25B valuation, letters from readers, layoffs in a time of COVID-19

TechCrunch LA

I have started to publish a version of the newsletter on TechCrunch. I will repeat my appeal from last week: Maybe you’re a startup founder, a safety driver at an autonomous vehicle developer, a venture capitalist, engineer or gig economy worker. The on-demand shuttle startup raised $400 million, TechCrunch learned.

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Glossier just laid off one-third of its corporate employees, mostly in tech

TechCrunch LA

Glossier, the popular beauty brand led by former blogger Emily Weiss, let go of 80 of its corporate employees today, according to an internal email obtained by Modern Retail. The tech team layoffs are notable for a beauty retailer that has often described itself as a technology company.

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CityGrid Slashes Staff

socalTECH

In the latest cuts among Silicon Beach's high tech community, CityGrid , which runs Citysearch, Insider Pages, and Urbanspoon--has laid off a chunk of its staff, including a significant number of Los Angeles employees. The cuts come on the heels of cuts at BeachMint, ShoeDazzle, and Cooking.com. READ MORE>>.

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Sell when growth is high, even if cash flow is low.

Berkonomics

Dave’s note: Our guest author this week is John Huston, founder of the 300+ member Ohio TechAngel Funds and a past Chairman of both the Angel Capital Association and the Angel Resource Institute. . This should be a major milestone goal of all start-ups. By John Huston.

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Adam Scott | ScoreBig, Startups, and LA Tech

Tech Zulu Event

Adam has been in the startup business for a long time and knows his way around on running a business. Adam sat down with us to talk about startups, the LA scene, and his company ScoreBig. TechZulu: Where did you get the idea to start ScoreBig? ScoreBig also recently teamed up with United MileagePlus.

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Adam Kanner | ScoreBig, Startups, and LA Tech

Tech Zulu Event

With ScoreBig being Adam’s fourth startup, he certainly knows his way around a business. Adam sat down with us to talk about startups, the LA scene, and his company, ScoreBig. TechZulu: Where did you get the idea to start ScoreBig? ScoreBig also recently teamed up with United MileagePlus. Tell us more about it.

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