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As Quibi reportedly seeks another $1 billion, Fiction Riot fills the programming slate for its rival service

TechCrunch LA

The Los Angeles-based company has already launched a beta version of its streaming service, Ficto , and yesterday announced a host of new shows that will appear on the app later this year. Both Quibi and Ficto see short form as a way to break through with a new kind of storytelling built for mobile media first.

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The makers of the virtual influencer, Lil Miquela, snag real money from Silicon Valley

TechCrunch LA

Last week, the Los Angeles-based startup led by Trevor McFedries , outed itself as the collective consciousness behind the virtual celebrity Lil Miquela and her less well known contemporaries Blawko22 and BermudaisBae in a choreographed melodrama worthy of Los Angeles’ best reality television. ” That was a lie.

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How long can Zuckerberg afford to bankroll the AR/VR market?

TechCrunch LA

The Facebook parent-company saw its stock price get bludgeoned after a bad earnings report showcased that Apple’s ad-blocking changes are shaving billions off its books and the company’s crown jewel — the Facebook platform — has stopped growing and actually shrank this quarter. Image Credits: Facebook. the big thing.

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8 Tasks To Prepare You For Starting Your Own Business

Startup Professionals Musings

The cost of entry has never been lower, with new tools to create your own website , and free social media to get your message out everywhere. Based on my own experience as a mentor and angel investor, I find that as many as ninety percent of startups fail in the first five years, despite their best efforts.

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Should Startups Announce Their Funding?

Both Sides of the Table

One of the advantages of blogging, using social media, public speaking, etc as a VC is that you get a more nuanced view of these shifts by watching your own successes and failures. I will add to this as I write more in the coming weeks on the topic. But succinctly this press places a marker in the ground for your company.

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Its BlogWorld Time! Los Angeles Get Ready!

Tech Zulu Event

BlogWorld and New Media Expo 2011 comes to Los Angeles and its finally here. Also, if you happen not to be able to attend BlogWorld and New Media Expo this year TechZulu has you covered. In this role, he reports directly to Alan Mulally, Ford’s president and chief executive officer.

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Timing and why we’re all VCs

TechCrunch LA

Start writing down predictions about people, companies, and markets. Theodore Schleifer at Recode reported a rare deep dive into the internal intrigue at a prominent VC firm, in this case Mithril Capital. We get at least a dozen at the TC offices every week, which is why we write about books so often around here these days.