LA Techstar Class Includes Local Startups
L.A. Business Journal
JULY 20, 2021
Several local startups are among the 2021 class for Techstars' Los Angeles Accelerator.
Scale Ventures Launches First Accelerator Class
L.A. Business Journal
MAY 17, 2021
Los Angeles’ latest startup accelerator is welcoming its first class of fledgling companies.
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SpaceX Settles Overtime Pay Class Action for $4 Million
L.A. Business Journal
MAY 15, 2017
SpaceX settled an overtime pay class action with 4,100 workers on Wednesday for $4 million.
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Silicon Beach Report May 15: SpaceX Settles Overtime Pay Class Action for $4 Million
L.A. Business Journal
MAY 15, 2017
SpaceX settles overtime pay class action for $4 million, Snap launches new camera lens ads, and hackers may have stolen unreleased Disney movie, Chief Executive Bob Iger tells staff.
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Why should you explain WHY?
Berkonomics
AUGUST 4, 2022
In my early journalism classes, I was taught the five “W’s” of good news stories, and that most should be in the first paragraph at that. Remember the five “W’s?”. Who, what, when, where and why are the five, with sometimes a “how” thrown in for those followers of the macabre. Which of the five is most important for you?
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Do you really want to be the first to market?
Berkonomics
MARCH 4, 2021
For argument’s sake, let’s credit the iPhone with igniting an entire product class. I recall the introduction of artificial intelligence into the hotel reservation process, a “one-up” on the airline method of yield managing the price of airplane seats. My unexpected advantages of being first.
Bloom Science Plans to Advance Microbial Treatment for Epilepsy
Xconomy
MAY 24, 2018
Bloom Science , a biotech founded to advance a new class of microbe-based therapeutics for neurological disorders, is making its debut today with the publication of research that suggests certain bacteria in the gut could be used to manage epileptic seizures.
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Silicon Beach Report May 22: Precellerator Begins New Class
L.A. Business Journal
MAY 22, 2019
Precellerator takes new applications; Snapchat backpedals from x-rated lenses, WarnerMedia co-hosts esports tournament
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Sketchy Expands Online Learning Platform for Undergrads
L.A. Business Journal
AUGUST 23, 2021
Saud Siddiqui and Andrew Berg said they shared an uncommon way of studying for their classes at UC Irvine School of Medicine.
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Emile Learning Brings Virtual Platform to Gen Z Students
L.A. Business Journal
JUNE 28, 2021
a virtual learning platform that Quiros calls a “master class for high school education.” Michael Vilardo, Jonathan Quiros and Felix Ruano felt Zoom school wasn’t up to par with the needs of the 15 million-plus high school students in the United States. So, the trio created Emile Learning Inc.,
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A riddle: Why explain why?
Berkonomics
JULY 7, 2016
In my early journalism classes, I was taught the five “W’s” of good news stories, and that most should be in the first paragraph at that. Who, what, when, where and why are the five, with sometimes a “how” thrown in for those followers of the macabre.
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Interview with Tom Grasty, Stroome
socalTECH
JUNE 30, 2010
They wanted to use the platform we had developed in a class called Mashup Culture. We saw that we had traction in the journalism and news organization marketplace, so we concentrated on that area. We've been in discussions with news organizations to use the platform, including with large organizations and journalism sites.
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Interview with Marc Friedmann, SciVee
socalTECH
MAY 7, 2010
However, it's a very large market--we peg it at around $11 billion a year, and some estimate it to be as big as $20 billion a year, including scientific journals, academic journals, scientific societies, and conferences. They're obviously a world class corporation, and one of the largest players in this marketplace.
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Reflections on 2017: Michael Terpin, Transform Group International
socalTECH
DECEMBER 28, 2017
I'm looking forward to opening up new markets, including the expansion of family offices and other traditional investors to the amazing asset class that cryptocurrency has become. What are you looking forward to most in 2018? Aside from $50,000 bitcoin?
Silicon Beach Report July 11: Snap Inc. Shares Tumble After Underwriter Downgrades Stock
L.A. Business Journal
JULY 11, 2017
shares tumble after underwriter downgrades stock, UberMedia acquires Cintric for an undisclosed amount, and Disney starts new accelerator class.
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SpaceX Nails World’s First Launch, Landing of Reused Rocket
L.A. Business Journal
MARCH 30, 2017
SpaceX landed a used Falcon 9 first-stage rocket on a water barge in the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday — the world’s first flight and landing of a previously launched orbital-class rocket.
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Silicon Beach Report Nov. 4: Snapchat Founders Add Share to Maintain Control After IPO
L.A. Business Journal
NOVEMBER 4, 2016
Snapchat founders add class of shares to maintain control after IPO, website optimizer Zarget raises $6 million, and Snapchat launches a ‘Snapshow’ with Jimmy Fallon.
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Silicon Beach Report Aug. 22: Kobe Bryant Launches $100M Venture Capital Fund
L.A. Business Journal
AUGUST 22, 2016
Dodger announces second accelerator class, and SpaceX puts first vertical rocket landed on display in Hawthorne. Kobe Bryant launches $100 million venture capital fund, L.A.
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Silicon Beach Report Jan. 26: Jeffrey Katzenberg Raises Nearly $600M for New Fund
L.A. Business Journal
JANUARY 26, 2017
Jeffrey Katzenberg raises nearly $600 million for new fund, Cedars-Sinai names new accelerator class, and Hulu to debut virtual reality show.
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Silicon Beach Report July 12: Hyperloop One, Its Chairman Sued by Co-Founder
L.A. Business Journal
JULY 12, 2016
Hyperloop One and its chairman sued by co-founder, Virgin Galactic to restart spaceship testing, Disney Accelerator names 2016 class, and more.
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Bio Roundup: MedCo’s Pricing Plan, Vertex’s Gamble, uBiome Undone
Xconomy
SEPTEMBER 6, 2019
If MedCo’s cholesterol-lowering drug inclisiran wins FDA approval, it will become the third entry in a new class of medicines that block a cholesterol-boosting protein called PCSK9. But the first mover isn’t infallible if someone else has something better. That’s something the The Medicines Co. is counting on.
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Attention Startup Accelerators: Your Job Is Not Over After Demo Day
InfoChachkie
JUNE 9, 2015
I previously wrote about LaunchTN’s second-phase master accelerator class called The TENN, which has a proven track record of helping startups thrive after graduation from an accelerator. Bringing an accelerators’ graduates back as mentors provides value to the next class, certainly. Convert Graduate-Founders Into Mentors.
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How This Entrepreneur Raised $28,000 Using Airbnb to Fund Her Startup
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 20, 2012
Sam is the managing director of Launchpad LA and we were about to pick our 2012 class of entrepreneurs. Tracy is knowledgeable enough to talk tech and swap design & product stories with other founders, but she realized early that networking amongst this group and reading and writing in their journals would not bring her more customers.
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Putting Tom Perkins Comments into Context
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 25, 2014
He just had his Mitt Romney moment and his name will forever be etched in the collective consciousness of the tech community for this terribly insensitive and tone deaf letter to the Wall Street Journal. Having a highly functional middle class is good policy for long-term economic growth. The headline of Mr. Perkins letter to the WSJ?
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417 How Mompreneurs Can Have it All, And Some
Tech.Co
MAY 24, 2017
And not just the token two children, but to actually be the one who volunteered in their classes and screamed at them to stop picking flowers on the soccer field. Whether it is yoga, a workout class or even just writing a journal, spend at least three to four hours on yourself a week. I wanted the career and the family.
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Austin Start-up MailLift Joins 500 Startups
Tech Zulu Event
OCTOBER 8, 2013
In June, The Wall Street Journal profiled McClure and 500 Startups’ unique model. The last 500 Startups class included 28 companies, and over 70 percent of the companies selected were from outside of the U.S. ” said Joe Kirgues, co-founder of the accelerator MailLift went through prior to 500 Startups.
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“Visibility” — A Powerful Lesson on DACA and The American Dream from @LeonKrauze
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 3, 2018
The millions of immigrant workers who silently wash dishes in restaurants, are prep cooks, pick the agriculture that feeds us, build our houses, clean our houses, watch our kids and do our gardening are vilified as criminals by those currently in power to exploit the fears of working-class white, non-Hispanic, Americans. Invisibility.
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174 CapLinked Teams with Quipa to Protect Business Transactions with Military-Grade Security
Tech Zulu Event
JANUARY 22, 2013
It helps it cients close deals faster, exchange files securely, and manage more deals at any given time making it “the go-to place for setting up and closing deals” according to The Wall Street Journal and making it among the “5 Back-Office Tech Innovations” as listed by Inc.
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What Startups Can Learn About PR and Crisis Management
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 14, 2011
You wasted that opportunity with that journalist and that journal. Good PR will help you punch above your weigh class. Journalists aren’t going to write about you all the time unless you’re Facebook. You just burned a story. What a shame.&#. Know your talking points at all times. Know what you want the market to talk about.
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Hands-on Techniques To Avoid Hiring Wantrepreneurs
InfoChachkie
APRIL 3, 2012
Did you just meet the shy boy who spent his High School years writing in his journal or the boisterous verbal bully who used her wit to hide her insecurities? Maybe you spoke with the Class President voted ‘Most Likely to Succeed’ or the nerd who preferred video games over interpersonal relationships.
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Social Media Week Lands in Los Angeles Sept. 24-28
Tech Zulu Event
SEPTEMBER 19, 2012
How Social Media is Transforming Journalism. Here you can find local and online/local hybrid classes for topics like UX Design & Programming or Social Media Law among other classes. Islands In The Stream:The Disruptive Forces Behind Live Streaming. 4:00-4:30pm. Keynote: Barnaby Legg, Director of Innovation at Five33.
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92 Tech Titans Peter Thiel, Matt Jacobson, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Mich Mathews, Elon Musk Buy Homes in Los Angeles
SoCal Delicious
OCTOBER 8, 2012
Professor Journal. Student Journal. Mark Holtzman for The Wall Street Journal. Mark Holtzman for The Wall Street Journal). edition of The Wall Street Journal, with the headline: Tech Titans Hit the Beach. Journal Community. Personal Journal Update. MarketWatch. MarketWatch. AllThingsDigital.
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44 Bio Roundup: FDA Says No, PCSK9 Value Fight, CRISPR Intrigue & More
Xconomy
AUGUST 19, 2016
Meanwhile, the latest study reporting that the drugs’ $14,000-a-year list price isn’t cost effective, published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association , has the drugs’ owners, Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN ) and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: REGN ), up in arms.
My Life as a CEO (and VC): Chief Psychologist
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 8, 2010
If you want to attract world class talent you have to be inspirational, persuasive and persistent (they best people always have other offers). I spoke to a VC recently who said, “if only my company was going as well as the Wall Street Journal says they are.&# That is not uncommon.
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In Defense of Uber: An Unbiased Opinion
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 22, 2014
But this is a high-class problem they solve for me. It has bordered on obsessive from one journal more than others and it’s somewhat hard to attack a company for smear tactics with, well, smear tactics. Case in point, “ Why Your Uber Driver Hates Uber ” is a blog post dressed up as journalism. I know that.
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The Silent Benefits of PR
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 25, 2014
Recruiting – One of the hardest tasks of any startups is recruiting world-class talent. When you eventually want your home run coverage in the Wall Street Journal or are trying to convince Good Morning America to have you on their show – the first thing the journalist or executive producer will do is Google you.
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415 Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Elements of Sustainable Companies
Frank Addante
SEPTEMBER 25, 2006
About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office! ► October (1) New Video! I think this list is spot on. Cisco, Oracle, Apple, Electronic Arts and Atari.
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40 Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Be Best at Something
Frank Addante
OCTOBER 31, 2006
About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office! ► October (1) New Video! L90 (Startup 3.0) , my third company, was the "premium advertising network".
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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 6.0 - the Rubicon Project: Internet Advertising
Frank Addante
MAY 24, 2007
About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office! ► October (1) New Video! So, the "what" is simple. Im getting back into a space that I love.
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40 Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 5.0 – I’m just going to chill out for a bit… (OK, for a month…)
Frank Addante
JUNE 4, 2006
About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office! ► October (1) New Video!
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40 Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 3.0: Internet advertising is good. No, it’s bad. Oh wait… it IS good!
Frank Addante
MAY 15, 2006
About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office! Every person on my team was A-class. ► October (1) New Video!
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40 US Economic Risks (Sept 2010): Impact on Investors & Entrepreneurs
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 30, 2010
This post was originally published in a shorter (more sensible) format in the Wall Street Journal online. This spells further unemployment, cuts in services and a further retrenchment in middle-class spending and housing prices. If you’re short on time click on the WSJ link and read the 990 word version there.
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