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The Bouqs Company Names New Board Member

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Marina del Rey-based The Bouqs Company , the direct, farm-to-consumer, online floral delivery service founded by John Tabis, said this week that it has named Rosemary Turner to the company's board of directors. The company said Turner is a veteran logistics leader, having served as president of UPS for 22 years. READ MORE>>.

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Encantos Links With Teachers With Educator In Residence Program

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Culver City-based Encantos , the venture-backed developer of family entertainment education brands which raised $2M in January , says it has launched a new program which links the company with educators, the companys said today.

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New Startup Incubator Launches At Loyola Marymount

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According to the school, it has launched the The LMU CBA Business Incubator , a brand new startup incubator focused on companies in the technology and consumer products area. Choi--is launching with nine student and alumni companies, and provides space, advisors and mentors, and connections to startups.

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General Assembly,XYZ Tie On Registry Website Design Contest

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According to.XYZ, General Assembly, and hosting company GoDaddy, they are offering up the chance to win a Macbook Air, Xbox One, Jawbone Jambox, Google Chromecast, and other prizes--plus, giving a free hosting account,xyz domain, and those class credits--to students and alumni of General Assembly, USC, UCLA, UCI, LMU, or Pepperdine who submit a new (..)

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TYLT Labs' New Seed Fund And The Promise Of Silicon Beach

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Among those funds is TYLT Lab (www.tyltlab.com), which recently announced a new, $20M early stage investment fund specifically focused on companies here. We''re pretty agnostic in terms of the kind of company, and historically we''ve been all over the place. Gerard Casale: The funnel, in terms of intake, is we''ll look at any deal.

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LawKick: A Modern Way To Find Legal Help

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We spoke with Michael Chasin, the company''s co-founder, about the startup. One day, I was talking with a friend who was trying to develop and app for a school event, and had created his own app creation company. He actually ended up dropping out of law school in his second year to pursue his app company. What''s LawKick about?

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Backing the Jockey and Not the Horse

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The question was posed by Nolan Simons, an LMU student from Professor David Choi’s Business Incubation class. I was invited along with Kluge’s CEO, Arturo Perez , to listen to five companies from the class pitch their ideas. “So are there any other tips you can give when pitching VC’s?”

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