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Reflections On 2019: Andy Wilson, Alliance for SoCal Innovation

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The Alliance is following the classic start-up trajectory: transition from the big idea to your beachhead product offering. What new technology area, startup, service, or app did you find most interesting or useful this year, and why? The start-up has developed kinetic energy based, long-duration energy storage solutions.

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CapLinked Worldwide Pitch Competition | Submit Your Startup

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CapLinked , the online platform for private investment funded by members of the “ PayPal Mafia “—announced that it is launching a worldwide pitch competition for entrepreneurs to present their business ideas to a panel of all-star judges from Idealab, Rincon, Rapidfire, and Actarus.

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Evolution Robotics Hits Retail Market With Floor Cleaner

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Pasadena-based Evolution Robotics , the robotics technology startup backed by Idealab, said today that it has linked up with a number of retail partners on its Mint Automatic Floor Cleaner--the firm's entree into the household robot market. The robot puts the firm in direct competition with Roomba.

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Twitter Takes Aim At Ad.ly, Bans In-Stream Ads

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Twitter said that third party ad networks are not necessarily looking to preserve the "unique user experience" of the site, and also said it came because it is looking to use its "Promoted tweets" to preserve the "integrity and relevance" of user timelines. Tags: twitter tweet adly idealab tweetup advertising online.

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How Jukin Media Is Turning Viral Video Into A Real Business

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Los Angeles-based Jukin Media (www.jukinmedia.com) thinks it has figured that out, and instead of trying to create viral videos, has been buying up the rights to those videos--before they really go viral--to create not just a one-hit, viral video wonder, but a sustainable business. Lee Essner: That''s one of the competitive edges we have.

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Interview with Aigerim Duiseneyeva and Shana Zheng, TripTrotting

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The Los Angeles startup is looking to help connect travelers with local guides and hosts. It's great for networking, and for developing friendships. However, we felt the pain that everywhere you go, particularly on tours, you end up ushered around places by people who are always trying to sell you things.

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Ad.ly, Diversifying From Twitter, Looks To Facebook

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Los Angeles-based Ad.ly , the Twitter advertising startup, is further looking to diversify its service from Twitter, saying this week that it has added support for Facebook. The move is similar to a move by fellow Twitter ad startup TweetUp, started by Idealab's Bill Gross, which added Facebook status updates at the end of August.