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Cornerstone OnDemand, Grovo Link On Learning Tools

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Santa Monica-based human capital management software developer Cornerstone OnDemand , along with online learning provider Grovo , said Tuesday that the two have expanded an existing strategic relationship. According to the two, Grovo will connects its Grovo Create product as an add-on to Cornerstone OnDemand's platform.

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Cornerstone OnDemand Invests In Four Companies

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The investments went to One Month , which offers online entrepreneurship classes; Rallyteam , an employee talent networking platform; Strive , which is developing tools to help source qualified software developers; and Workpop , a developer of software to help match employers and job candidates.

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Comparably.com, Led By Jason Nazar, Raises $6.5M For Pay Transparency, Culture

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in a funding round, and launched a new platform to help people compare pay and culture between companies. Santa Monica-based Comparably.com , a new startup led by longtime entrepreneur Jason Nazar, has raised $6.5M

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Interview with Mike Whitmire, CEO and Co-founder, FloQast

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The company is venture backed by Polaris Partners, Toba Capital, Amplify.LA, Wavemaker Partners, and Danmar Capital. I moved over to work in software-as-a-service, at Cornerstone OnDemand, before its IPO. The very first product we built got us into Amplify, but we ended up scrapping that entire platform.

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A Chat With Jamie Montgomery On How LA's Tech Ecosystem Has Grown

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The conference is run by Jamie Montgomery , one of the local industry's pioneers in venture capital and investment. Jamie is currently also co-founder of March Capital Partners, in addition to running the summit. Snap hopefully will be one, or is one already, and Cornerstone OnDemand, and what Brian Lee has done.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

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Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly. billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. Both are massively funding other LA tech companies through what Fred Wilson once defined as “recycled capital.”

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Workpop: Using UX And Design To Power The Next Career Site

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funding round from such investors as Trinity Ventures, SV Angel, Evan Williams and Biz Stone''s Obvious Ventures, Cornerstone OnDemand, Joe Lonsdale, Aaron Levie, Slow Ventures, Box Group, Ironfire Capital, Plus Capital, Lee Linden (Facebook), Jim Pallotta, Dennis Phelps (IVP) and Michael Marchetti.

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