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Techstars Los Angeles Launches 2019 Class

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Techstars Los Angeles , one of the startup accelerators run by Techstars in Los Angeles, has announced its 2019 class. According to Techstars, ten companies were selected for the startup accelerator, which kicked off this week. The companies will have their Demo Day on October 15th.

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Boulevard books $70M to help beauty and wellness salons with their bookings

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Roughly half used some software on premises or in the cloud, but none of it did the trick both for the salons or their customers. In short, it was about “yield optimization,” Danna said. Specialists and their salons wanted to be perfectly booked up, and salons weren’t actually completely offline, either.

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A Pitch Of A Different Kind: The LA Dodger's Accelerator First Class

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It was an unusual sight at Dodger's Stadium on Tuesday evening, at least for baseball fans, as a different Dodger's team took the field: the first class of the LA Dodgers Accelerator , an effort by the team to help incubate and accelerate startups in the sports and sport-related areas. What was the biggest takeaway of the evening?

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GameSalad Rolls Out New Tools To Help Aspiring Game Developers

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Wish you could design and develop your own mobile games, but don't know how to write software? GameSalad Academy features a long lineup of tutorials and learning tools specifically aimed at helping to take users from creating their first game, to publishing their games through GameSalad's own marketplace. No problem! READ MORE>>.

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6 Sources of Help For Early Stage Concept Exploration

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If this is your first foray into the entrepreneurial arena, with no track record in business or technology, your best and perhaps only supporters will be that class of investors known in the trade as friends, family and fools (FFF). They believe in you above all else.

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Rexter Named Part Of Microsoft Accelerator Class

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Altadena-based Rexter , the developer of real time contact and relationship management software led by technology veteran Andy Wilson, has been named one of the fourteen companies in the upcoming Microsoft Digital Work Accelerator. READ MORE>>.

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MINDBODY Helps Power New Google Fitness Reservation Service

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Google, which announced the new service on Thursday , said it now allows users to book and pay for fitness classes through Google Maps, Google Search, and the Reserve with Google website. San Luis Obispo-based MINDBODY is one of the companies behind the new, Google service for booking fitness and spa appointments, Google Reserve.

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