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Seismic Scores $170M, Now Worth $3 Billion

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San Diego-based sales and marketing software developer Seismic has raised $170M in a Series G funding round, the company said this morning, and is now valued at $3 billion. 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.

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In Wake Of Infamous Biotech Party, 20 Women Join New Exec Training

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In other circumstances the five-day workshop, scheduled this fall at George Washington University in the nation’s capital, might go unnoticed among the sea of executive training programs offered every day. The bank, LifeSci Advisors, is looking to pay penance by helping fund the training program. Morgan conference in January.

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Interview with Ken Rutkowski, The Founder Institute

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The Founder Institute (www.founderinstitute.com), an entrepreneurial training program that originally launched by Adeo Ressi in Silicon Valley, recently announced that it is setting up shop in Southern California, with branches both in San Diego and Los Angeles. Ken Rutkowski is the man making happen here.

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How Arivale Is Harnessing Genomics To Optimize Human Health and Wellness

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We'll talk more about that, but what we do is bring the data cloud to life through licensed professional coaches, who understand the incentives of behavior change, and meet participants where they are, through three or four occasional recommendations each month. They'll take the risk of chocolate cake over the risk of diabetes in five years.

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MapMyFitness | Keeping an Eye on Health

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If we rewind to 8 years ago, it was me in San Diego training for my second marathon and I was trying to start another company at the time. Kevin Callahan , Co-founder of MapMyFitness, spoke to us about the creation of MapMyFitness: “It was an evolution of sorts. The MVP option goes at a rate of $5.99/month month or $29.99/year.

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The Power of Dreams: Making a Difference as a Detroit Entrepreneur

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Those born and raised in Detroit are used to defying expectations, but making your dreams a reality is never an easy task. It involves overcoming both personal and professional hardships, which is why I named my business Make Your Dreams Come True (MYDCT).

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The Future of Human-Robot Interaction

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The ACTUV (Anti-submarine warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel) program has delivered an unmanned ship that can not only comply with the complex Rules of the Road in the open ocean, but simultaneously track and harass a manned submarine, keeping a step ahead of a highly trained human submarine captain.