socalTECH

MARCH 8, 2018

has laid off more than 120 engineers, according to reports based on internal emails being circulated from the company, saying it had cut its "lowest performing" engineers in recent job reviews. The layoffs represent around 10 percent of Snap's engineering team. Venice, California-based social networking app developer Snap Inc.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 18, 2018

If there is no closer connection to the corporation, when times are tough for any reason, it is these employees that make it tough for management to gain understanding and consent for actions that must be made such as missing payrolls, making layoffs, or abandoning pre-announced plans. Investor loyalty is most tenuous of all.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2012

Initial news of the cuts, which were made in the last couple of days, came through recruiters and others close to the company. Citygrid did not respond to emails for comment yesterday from socalTECH, however, TechCrunch is placing the size of the cuts at 15 percent of the company. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 14, 2012

A company it bought in May. The company will also close a third of its offices worldwide. Google will however feel the layoffs. The executive team promised to continue being innovative everyday in TV,talk, email, text, and web and were still expectant of a Motorola Powered future but such a move might be a wake up call.

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Berkonomics

MAY 3, 2018

In such instances, it is much less risky for a company to execute its plans for spending in coordination with forecast revenues. Further, a company suffers in its reputation with its employees when hiring and firing in short cycles to meet short term needs, unless those brought aboard are hired as temporary or seasonal workers.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 8, 2012

The anonymous tipster said that an interim management team is now seeing to sell the company after a severe layoff by its investors. Marina Del Rey-based Cooking.com is looking for a buyer, and has recently laid off at least sixteen staff, according to a reader tip.

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socalTECH

MAY 13, 2010

Storage hardware developer Adaptec is shutting down its Lake Forest, Orange County site, according to sources close to the company. No details on the shutdown have been given, and Adaptec has not returned emails and phone calls requesting confirmation of the move.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 3, 2016

Her firm is a model of a virtual company, with over 100 employees and absolutely no office other than a post office box. At my CEO roundtables, all too often I listen to leaders who are perfectly positioned to transform their company into a virtual one to great financial gain, but who are afraid to take the first step. So we moved out.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Here are some observations I have from this exposure: If a company moves from strength-to-strength with predictable outcomes, easy financings, low staff turn-over, limited competitive threats then the composition of the board probably doesn’t matter as much. In the best cases boards come together to help the company get through its trough?—?in

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

There are only two types of companies -those which have achieved positive cash flow and those which have not. While it is easy to divide all companies into just these two groups, this simplification ignores whether management has made a conscious, strategic choice about their growth. By John Huston.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 7, 2011

If there is no closer connection to the corporation, when times are tough for any reason, it is these employees that make it tough for management to gain understanding and consent for actions that must be made such as missing payrolls, making layoffs, or abandoning pre-announced plans.

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socalTECH

MAY 23, 2012

According to an email from Craig, the company decided to close down the BettterWorks perk platform, and will not longer be active after next Thursday. BetterWorks--and Paige Craig--have been one of the companies driving the growth in Santa Monica's Silicon Beach.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

A report, published on Tuesday, says that troubled electric car maker Faraday Future has put off restarting its operations and having furloughed employees return to work, although it's unclear what the holdup might be for the company.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

I recently got a phone call from an entrepreneur whom I respect and who runs a company that I hope will do great things one day. He had pitched me in the past and I told him that for a variety of reasons his company was too early stage for me but that I would happily keep track of their progress.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2013

Don’t email him unless you have to. Most startup execs are barraged with hundreds of emails and they spend hours trying to reach the elusive Zero Inbox nirvana. Emailing – even when well intentioned – just adds to this to-do list. And that’s often what your partner is looking for.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 6, 2013

Adam sat down with us to talk about startups, the LA scene, and his company ScoreBig. We had companies come knocking on our doors to tell us a solution to our empty seat problems. I am so proud of this company. I had to close the doors of businesses and layoff people. Selling seats was very challenging.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 6, 2013

Adam Kanner is the co-founder and CEO of ScoreBig and has set two goals for the company. Adam sat down with us to talk about startups, the LA scene, and his company, ScoreBig. We had companies come knocking on our doors to tell us a solution to our empty seat problems. I am so proud of this company.

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