socalTECH

MAY 23, 2012

Heavily backed, concentrating solar photovoltaic technology developer Amonix , which is based in Seal Beach, is set to lay off 76 workers across its offices in California, according to regulatory filings with the state. The company also had received a $90M Department of Energy loan guarantee. round in 2010.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2023

If you have a different view, I urge you to see the data presented in a new book, “ The Nine: The Tectonic Forces Reshaping the Workplace ,” by Phil Simon, a globally recognized authority on technology, collaboration, and the future of work. Unions are making new inroads at sacrosanct companies, including Kickstarter and Amazon.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

He eventually founded and sold consumer health firm ViSalus to a public company and is now back making investments, in technology companies, as a venture capitalist here at Los Angeles-based HashtagOne (www.hashtagone.com). After we sold it to that public company, I founded HashtagOne. It's all about leverage.

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socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2017

San Diego-based Inseego , the developer of the MiFi wireless hotspots, has aborted its plans to sell off its MiFi division to Chinese company TCL Industries Holdings (H.K.) Limited , and has embarked on a massive restructuring of the company. Inseego said it would immediately recommit to the Mi-Fi business. READ MORE>>.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 7, 2016

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. —The 2016 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine went to Yoshinori Ohsumi of the Tokyo Institute of Technology. —The U.S.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 17, 2009

Friday, January 23, 2009 -- Navigating The Legal Minefield: How To Keep Your Company Safe In 2009. Jeff Kramer of Troy and Gould will review the most important new employment laws and employment cases for the coming year, and discuss the implications of these legal developments for California employers. See [link] (more).

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Xconomy

JULY 1, 2016

There was plenty more biomedical news this week, from a downsized IPO to downsizing companies, while ugly sexual harassment details emerged in Seattle. To boost the initiative, which aims to speed the pace of cancer research, FDA said it would consolidate its cancer review divisions under the Oncology Center of Excellence.

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Xconomy

JULY 15, 2016

There were other goodbyes: Peter DiLaura said so long to Second Genome, the microbiome company he led for six years. —The federal group that runs Medicare and Medicaid banned Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes from running a lab for two years, throwing into question the viability of the company. —In other Merck news, U.K.-based

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 9, 2012

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). In your own startup, you might experience lean times, but you never will be crushed in a stampede, like a middle-manager in a corporate layoff. Are they successful?

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Xconomy

JUNE 17, 2016

Convicted in 2003 of several felony charges related to insider trading, he is barred from serving as an officer or director of a public company. Despite technical differences and the early nature of the data that made comparison difficult, Wall Street declared Spark this week’s winner. UniQure’s shares fell more than 16 percent.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 6, 2020

There is so much confusion and misinformation out there about the government sponsored “payroll protection plan” loans to companies that the heads of every small business CEO in the country must be spinning. If you do massive layoffs (RIFs) you can assume that you will need to repay your loan since the intent of the loan is to protect jobs.

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