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SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

in a Series A financing, to go towards its social and mobile platforms for athletic training. The funding was led by DFJ Frontier and the Pasadena Angels, and also included Gideon Hixon Fund, Tech Coast Angels, SLO Seed Ventures, along with Rudy Duran, who was the first coach for Tiger Woods. Edufii is led by Spencer Dennis.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 16, 2021

Along with the funding, the company said it has acquired Lessonly, a developer of sales training, coaching, and enablement software which is based in Indianapolis. The company said the new funding will be used to continue expanding Seismic's platform, R&D, and global footprint. Financial details of that acquisition were not announced.

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socalTECH

MAY 27, 2020

Los Angeles-based ServiceTitan , which develops a cloud-based software platform used by residential and commercial service contractors to manage their businesses, has acquired Pointman , a New York-based company that develops software for contractors. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 7, 2020

The company says it will use the new funding and the startup support from the two accelerators for growing the company into a "global platform".

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2022

I believe these will really help anyone recognize great leaders, and even more importantly, accelerate their own entrepreneur leadership transformation: Demonstrates a burning ambition and a burning platform (fire metaphor). Works with other team members on mutual aspirations (coach metaphor).

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Endera says its shuttles are based on the Ford F-550 platform with a body built by Diamond Coach. Endera said ACE Parking, which manages the airport's shuttle fleet, is purchasing the electric shuttles to replace existing LPG (liquified petroleum gas) and CNG (compressed natural gas) fleet.

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socalTECH

APRIL 12, 2013

Can a software algorithm help student athletes and coaches connect better? FieldLevel has initially been targeting its technology at college baseball teams, and claims it now has 80 percent of that market, in addition to five Major League Baseball teams; the company also says it will be opening up its platform to other sports verticals.

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socalTECH

JUNE 19, 2019

We spoke with ProGuides founder Sam Wang to better understand what the company does, and why users are joining its service and using its marketplace to find professional video game coaches. The best way to think about it, is as a learning platform. After finishing a course, we've found they likely also want to find a coach.

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socalTECH

MAY 6, 2014

Irvine-based PEAR Sports , a developer of personalized coaching apps for the iPhone and Android, has raised $5M in a funding round, to go towards its mobile apps and platform. PEAR Sports said the funding will go towards sales and marketing of its mobile app and hardware. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 29, 2021

The funds will be used to build out its platform, hire beyond its 27-person workforce and expand its service area. It was here that she met Ellis, a career coach at LACI who also worked at the Long Beach Job Corp Center. The company said it has raised $2.75 Ellis is now the chief workforce officer at ChargerHelp.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 29, 2019

Los Angeles-based PlayVS (pronounced “play versus”) wants to become the dominant platform for amateur esports, starting at the high school level. As a player, what that experience means is you play on a team, in a position, with a coach, in a season that culminates in some sort of championship.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 24, 2019

The service is available on iOS, Android and the web, with other platforms on the company's roadmap. Plankk said its roster of trainers include FitByValen CEO Valentina Lequeux; IFBB Bikini Pro Ashley Kaltwasser; Jessie Hilgenberg, creator of Jessies Girls Fitness; fitness coach Zoe Rodriguez; and personal trainer Ingrid Romero.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 8, 2014

San Diego-based Qualcomm said this morning that its subsidiary, Qualcomm Life , is in a collaboration effort with vitaphone e-health solutions , a provider of health care management, telemonitoring, telemedicine devices and patient coaching. Financial details of the link were not disclosed.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 17, 2014

Santa Monica-based voice and texting API developer CallFire said this week that it has just hit two billion messages send via its platform, and decided to donate $10,000 in credits on its service to a nonprofit to celebrate the milestone. READ MORE>>. callfire messaging voice texting flywheel fitkidsamerica nonprofit donation charity'

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2022

I’m not an expert on leadership, so I am always on the lookout for specific development guidance, such as the classic book, “ Leadership Results ,” by the well-known leadership coach and business psychologist, Sebastian Salicru. If necessary, use a strengths coach, and always start a business which highlights your signature strengths.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2019

I believe these will really help anyone recognize great leaders, and even more importantly, accelerate their own entrepreneur leadership transformation: Demonstrates a burning ambition and a burning platform (fire metaphor). Works with other team members on mutual aspirations (coach metaphor).

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socalTECH

AUGUST 8, 2012

Pivotshare offers up a turn-key service which allows users to create video and audio, and offer those videos and audio to users via a subscription or one off purchase; the firm said it is looking to help content creators such as life coaches, comedians, filmmakers, performers, business strategists, and others with its platform.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 21, 2023

These authors bring a wealth of knowledge from their decades of practicing executive coaching and psychology, as well as business employment law, with real companies both before and during the transition. Use shared-document platforms, in-house message systems, and online whiteboards, to maximize sharing and minimize miscommunication.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 7, 2021

An edtech startup called Entity Academy — which provides women with training, in areas like data science and software development; mentoring; and ultimately job coaching — has raised $100 million on the heels of strong growth of its business, and an ambition to improve that ratio.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 1, 2012

Weplay , the online social media site focused on youth sports, has inked a sponsorship deal with the owner of thirty local Denny's restaurants in New York, to sign up local sports teams for the platform, the company announced Wednesday. Financial details of the sponsorship deal were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 11, 2021

But for creators seeking to monetize their following, these newer platforms may be more attractive to some creators, since they already have built-in tools to help them monetize their followings. If a creator or celebrity were to sell personalized videos on Cameo , they’d lose 25% to the platform. Image Credits: Snipfeed.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2023

This new definition applies equally to brick-and-mortar stores, as well as online platforms. An oversight or deficiency on any platform can easily cancel all other positives, and be hard to overcome. Start by hiring the right people, and providing the necessary training, coaching, and mentoring. Inflexible processes.

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Xconomy

APRIL 17, 2017

San Diego-based TakeLessons set out nine years ago to create a Web-based platform that helped match music students with qualified instructors. TakeLessons also acquired Chicago-based Betterfly, which offered online vocational classes, DIY projects, and self-improvement courses like public speaking and personal life coaching.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2023

Utilize business content curators and coaches. Entrepreneurs should be monitoring online curator platforms and blogs. Potential resources available to entrepreneurs are enormous, but often under-utilized. The challenge is to find these just-in-time, including community and university startup incubators, accelerators, and advisors.

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Berkonomics

MAY 9, 2019

I recently spent fifteen minutes in front of a table-top display, attempting to coach an entrepreneur who repeatedly tried to state why his business was better than a competitor (one I didn’t recognize) and never explaining what it was that he did. You only have seconds to do it or lose. Some examples of excellent mantra. “We

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Tech.Co

JUNE 29, 2021

Long hours in co-working offices with CEOs fresh from university with big ideas and a lot of vague, nebulous chat about platforms. So, we decided to offer a ‘wellbeing coach’ to give the team the opportunity to express their feelings and get things off their chest.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 3, 2015

I believe these will really help anyone recognize great leaders, and even more importantly, accelerate their own entrepreneur leadership transformation: Demonstrates a burning ambition and a burning platform (fire metaphor). Works with other team members on mutual aspirations (coach metaphor).

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2017

The first, the distributed platform that supports smart contracts, which as a technology has great disruptive potential across many industries but is still early. A certified executive coach, Anna works with her portfolio companies to build great teams, develop a sound strategy and create a strong network. Find her @annawbarber.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 30, 2017

I believe these will really help anyone recognize great leaders, and even more importantly, accelerate their own entrepreneur leadership transformation: Demonstrates a burning ambition and a burning platform (fire metaphor). Works with other team members on mutual aspirations (coach metaphor).

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Two new additions to our portfolio companies stand out in particular: NextCar (Scott Painters latest disruptive LA-based automotive market play) and Transmute (Karyl Fowlers Austin-based supply chain identity and credentialing platform). This ability to do more with less will pay dividends post pandemic as we focus on growth.

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socalTECH

APRIL 24, 2012

Lane Soelberg: We are a social platform for families involved in youth sports. The social platform is very family friendly, and provides all of the front end functions for parents and kids involved in Little League, Pop Warner, or whatever group activity that keeps a family busy. How did WePlay come about?

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socalTECH

MAY 30, 2019

Our platform not only distributes your jobs, but helps with your brand online, and helps candidates move forward to see if they have a great fit with the company. We also saw that it was easy for job seekers to cross over to Glassdoor and see what employees had said.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 5, 2010

In addition they are a platform (the OS part) where they’re encouraging developers to build third party apps on their platform. ThereNow has build a platform (physical camera + software platform) to help remote coaches help improve teachers. The pro’s (for me) – the UI was simply beautiful.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 23, 2013

The top two on the personal side are “urgency” and “desire,” but these have to be matched on the business side with the willingness to burn the platform (change any aspect of the business) without a crisis. Works with other team members on mutual aspirations (coach metaphor).

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InfoChachkie

JULY 11, 2012

The following guest post is from Dan Monarko, Online Marketing Manager at The Resumator , a SaaS applicant tracking system and hiring platform trusted by many of the fastest-growing companies in the world, including: Pinterest, Tumblr, Hootsuite, Klout, Posterous, Bitly, Atari and Mashable.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2018

I'm also tracking the growth of esports - both amateur participation through leagues, analytics platforms and training solutions as well as new tech around the viewer experience for pro esports - lots of exciting stuff here. Finally, what's your prediction on what will be most important thing for the technology industry in the coming year?

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Berkonomics

JUNE 7, 2012

I recently spent fifteen minutes in front of a table-top display, attempting to coach an entrepreneur who repeatedly tried to state why his business was better than a competitor (one I didn’t recognize) and never explaining what it was that he did.

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