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Netflix employees stage a trans solidarity walkout, pose list of demands

TechCrunch LA

Netflix employees staged a walkout yesterday in response to the company’s handling of a Dave Chappelle special that premiered on October 5. Netflix has decided to air Chappelle’s special, which contains jokes about transgender people, even though some employees have voiced concerns they feel have been ignored by the company.

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Southern California Technology Jobs Surge

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According to numerous local CEOs, startup executives, and recruiters, the number of open positions for technical--and other-- talent at local companies has surged in recent months, and there's a wild scramble to find the right employees.

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What Makes a Successful Startup Community? Is it Possible to Build One Where You Live?

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” In that post I talked about how a few key people in any community can have an enormous impact on the fledgling success of the city or company. And in many communities that are new to building tech startups I’ve found that a lot of angel money is not very sophisticated at investing in startup companies. Here are mine: 1.

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Twiistup 007: Final Showoff's Additional Speakers and TZ Discount

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Through Demand Media, Richard is redefining the next generation of new media companies. . He is the co-author of several books including The Black Art of Java Game Programming(Waite Group Press, 1996). Alex Quilici was the co-founder of voice-portal company Quack.com (acquired by AOL), and is currently CEO of YouMail.