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Sources: Active Network In Major Layoff

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San Diego-based sports registration service Active Network has laid of over 100 people, according to sources near the company. Active Network has been contacted, but has not yet responded to queries about the layoff. active network layoff jobs employment private equity texas websense omnitracs' READ MORE>>.

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Report: Tech Layoffs At Highest Level In Three Years

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You may not see it here in Southern California's high tech sector--which has been booming, due to a surge of startup and accelerator activity--but apparently, the technology sector has seen its highest level of layoffs in three years, according to a report today.

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CityGrid Slashes Staff

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In the latest cuts among Silicon Beach's high tech community, CityGrid , which runs Citysearch, Insider Pages, and Urbanspoon--has laid off a chunk of its staff, including a significant number of Los Angeles employees. The cuts come on the heels of cuts at BeachMint, ShoeDazzle, and Cooking.com.

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Bio Roundup: Theranos Cuts, Alnylam Stops, Nobel Eats Its Own & More

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military’s high-tech think tank DARPA described Safe Genes, a new program to fund safety measures that can be built into genome editing technology or counter its potential wayward effects. —Merrimack Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: MACK ) announced layoffs of 22 percent of its staff and the resignation of CEO Robert Mulroy.

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Culture Counts in Every Business, Large or Small

Startup Professionals Musings

Competition is high, profitability is low, especially low when compared with some of the new, hot industries such as those burgeoning in the high-tech arenas. In terms of analysts such as Michael Porter of Harvard, the bargaining power of buyers, the customer, is high. Employee turnover is extraordinary low.

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Entrepreneurship Is A Compulsion, Not A Choice

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Waiting to be anointed a Herd leader is a high-risk strategy. It generally takes an oppressively long time to work your way to the front of The Herd, just as it takes many years to rise to the top of most Big Dumb Companies (BDCs). Are there any companies out there which already address these problems/pain points. Be honest).

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