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LA tech industry mourns Kobe Bryant

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The Los Angeles startup community is joining the rest of the world in mourning the death of NBA superstar, entrepreneur and investor Kobe Bryant who was killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, Calif., Last year, the investment firm expanded with a $1.7 shortly before 10 a.m.

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How GridTest Is Helping To Build The Next Electric Car, With Neal Roche

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The clean technology sector is infamous for taking a big toll on startups--requiring large investments, risky technology propositions, steep international competition, and fickle government policies. Every global auto company has an electric vehicle roadmap, and vehicle plans, and we're helping them address that R&D investment.

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Interview with Vic Alston, Ixia

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To do that, we spoke with Vic Alston , the CEO of Calabasas-based Ixia (www.ixiacom.com), a publicly traded maker of network testing equipment and software. But we also have to make sure we're competitive in our existing markets. We have to acquire to get into some new markets.

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Interview Therese Tucker, BlackLine Systems

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We spoke with Therese Tucker , CEO and founder of the Calabasas firm. They see an almost immediate payback in a month or two on the investment they make in BlackLine. How much competition is there in this space with people like Oracle, SAP, etc? We caught up with Therese to hear about her company and why it's growing.

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