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Bill Gates wants Western countries to eat “synthetic meat”; Meatable has raised $47 million to make it

TechCrunch LA

Meatable has a long road ahead of it, because, as Gates acknowledged in his interview with MIT Technology Review (ed. Now with 35 employees and new financing, the company is trying to shift from research and development into a food production company.

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LA-based Boulevard raises $27 million for its spa management software

TechCrunch LA

Through those months of interviews the two developed the booking management and payment platform that would become Boulevard. There is more than $250 billion spent per year across roughly 3 million businesses in the salon and spa category, according to data provided by the company. million in funding.

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Entity Academy, an edtech startup that trains, mentors and places women in tech roles, secures $100M

TechCrunch LA

Women have made great inroads into the tech world in recent years, but there remains a long way to go before we reach a truly equitable state of affairs in workforce numbers, remuneration and product development. Entity’s sweet spot is a bifurcated one, Schwab said in an interview.

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Want to Start a Technology Company in LA?

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I was recently interviewed for an article that appeared in Fast Company titled, “ Why you should start a business in LA.&# If you’re interested in the topic it’s worth a read, but I thought I’d elaborate on the topic since it comes up all the time. But we do have great technology developers. Get over it.

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Understanding a VC’s Seed Funding Policy is Critical

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I think the issue was mostly framed initially by Chris Dixon in his article The Problem with Taking Seed Money from Big VC s. VentureHacks laid out the debate in a truly awesome interview & PowerPoint slides if you really want an in-depth understanding of the issue. million is “follow on&# seed investment.

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Turning Thoughts into Productivity | The Fetchnotes Story

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No folders, submenus, or “category-container-box-lists” Write your reminder with a string of hashtags: #todo #pickup autobiography of arnold schwarzenegger from #amazon. Updates and the Fetchnotes backstory, expressed through a narrative interview with Fetchnotes CEO, Alex Schiff. And that, became the core of their product.

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63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of

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Our Best Interviews Via Email: Monthly. Features like this, as well as our daily interviews wouldn’t be possible without the amazing support of our sponsor eMinutes – a law firm here in Los Angeles that focuses on helping entrepreneurs structure their companies. Idea Mensch. where entrepreneurs share their stories. Subscribe to RSS.