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

TechCrunch LA

Boulevard , a spa management and payment platform, has raised $27 million in a new round of funding despite a business slowdown caused by the COVID0-19 pandemic. They spoke with salon owners in Beverly Hills, Hollywood and other trendy neighborhoods trying to get a sense of where software and services were falling short.

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BloomNation's Goal To Empower Your Local Florist, And Improve Flower Delivery

socalTECH

So, I decided to take a leap of faith, and leave my comfy corporate job, and go around to flower shops and get a full understanding of how they operate, how they run their business, and help solve this problem. We partner with them, and give them tools to help their business. I have such respect for other platforms and technology.

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What I Learned In 2015: Jeb Spencer, TVC Capital

socalTECH

We have added several well respected and experienced institutional investors who have helped us improve our thinking across many areas. In addition, we added some great new talent to the firm this year including Andrew Albert, Ryan Sefidfard and Zach Veenstra and this team has helped to greatly expand our deal sourcing program.

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Interview with Zac Brandenberg, Meteor Games

socalTECH

A few weeks ago, Beverly Hills-based Meteor Games , the latest startup from the founders of NeoPets, announced that it had hired Zac Brandenberg as its CEO. They created Neopets, brought it to the US, helped it grow, and eventually sold it to Viacom in 2005. Why the interest in that area? That's what I think we're doing here.

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Another Success For ITVFest! Winners, Panels and More

Tech Zulu Event

With the amount of networking possibilities, if you had an awesome idea I could almost guarantee you would have found someone to either help you bring your idea to fruition, or if already fully developed a chance to setup a meeting with a network executive. They help finance and sell projects. ITVFest Panel's. The Studio System.

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Why The Next Generation of Online Video Companies Will be Vertical

Both Sides of the Table

And while producers also have their own direct websites and distributors have their own originals: The world is specializing into mostly content producers and content distributors plus social platforms that also distribute video like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Vine and Snapchat. But the one I was most attracted to was Latino.

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