socalTECH

JANUARY 26, 2016

A big Los Angeles area construction and engineering firm, AECOM , said Tuesday that it has been selected to build the first, Hyperloop test track, for a competition being run by Hawthorne-based SpaceX. The size of the contract was not announced.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

Hawthorne-based Space eXploration Technologies (SpaceX), the rocket firm backed by Elon Musk, said Monday that the firm has introduced a new, reusable spacecraft as part of its set of products. SpaceX said the new product is aimed at providing a platform for in-space experimentation, both in a pressurized and unpressurized environment.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 16, 2008

The Playa Vista-based X PRIZE Foundation has added two new teams for the group's Google Lunar X PRIZE competition, the group said Tuesday. The Google Lunar X PRIZE competition is a $30 million competition to land a robot on the surface of the Moon, travel 500 meters over the lunar surface, and send images and data back to the Earth.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 16, 2008

The Playa Vista-based X PRIZE Foundation has added two new teams for the group's Google Lunar X PRIZE competition, the group said Tuesday. The Google Lunar X PRIZE competition is a $30 million competition to land a robot on the surface of the Moon, travel 500 meters over the lunar surface, and send images and data back to the Earth.

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L.A. Business Journal

MAY 21, 2018

SpaceX Readies Next Falcon 9 Launch; More Competition for Bird; Core Innovation Backs $8 Million Crypto Raise.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Hawthorne, California-based space rocket developer SpaceX has its first, real, commercial competition, as of Monday, after competing rocket developer Blue Origin launched its first successful test into space. Blue Origin is backed by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos; SpaceX is run by fellow tech mogul Elon Musk.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

The United Launch Alliance , the Boeing-Lockheed joint venture which had, until recently, a lock on contracts for national security launches for the Air Force, is taking aim at Hawthorne-based SpaceX. There is no love lost between ULA and SpaceX. Photo: SpaceX Dragon docking with the ISS in an earlier mission. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 30, 2012

SpaceShiptTwo is based on SpaceShipOne, the first rocket-powered, manned spaceship which was flown to space in 2004 as part of the Ansari X Prize competition. SpaceX is expecting its Dragon spacecraft to return to earth around 5:35 a.m. Thursday morning.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

PT Scientists , a German team which is competing as part of the Google Lunar X Prize --one of the competitions run by the Los Angeles-based XPrize Foundation--says that it is likely that SpaceX will deliver a lunar rover, based on the electric powertrain used in Audi's electric vehicles--to the moon, for the company.

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L.A. Business Journal

JULY 15, 2016

SpaceX launches ninth resupply mission, Jacobs Engineering Group sells off French subsidiary, Hyperloop pod competition postponed, and more.

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L.A. Business Journal

JULY 22, 2019

Hulu CFO leaves for Amazon; Frank Pearce retires from Blizzard; SpaceX picks hyperloop competition winner

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

HTT, along with the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency (NOACA) said the Great Lakes Hyperloop consortium have raised $1.2 million to finance a study, which it expects to take six to nine months to complete, with the backing of a large number of groups in the region, including Meggitt Aircraft Braking Systems, Corp., READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

And I constantly have to remind people that the largest tech startup employer in LA is actually SpaceX and that, yes, Elon Musk does live in LA. See in the end, in LA VC firms are far more collaborative than competitive. We love LA!

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Rocket Lab's small rockets--unlike those from another Los Angeles area company, SpaceX--are designed solely for launching small satellites, CubeSats, and other payloads into space. The launch is the second, orbital launch for Rocket Lab, which is led by Peter Beck.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Sir Richard Branson , the founder of Virgin Group, which is behind such local Southern California companies as Virgin Galactic , Virgin Hyperloop One , and Virgin Orbit , as well as Elon Musk , the CEO and founder of SpaceX and The Boring Company , have joined a group of CEOs who issued a statement on Monday backing the Paris Agreement.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Most new business owners I know feel the challenges of not enough time, money, and resources, and see these as problems rather than a competitive advantage. Most businesses stay focused on their core solution until they face growth stagnation and competition. Outsourcing of manufacturing is another option.

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Tech.Co

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Former SpaceX rocket designer Brogan BamBrogan was one of the initial cofounders of Hyperloop One. TransPod was founded by Sebastien Gendron and Ryan Janzen in September 2015 as Toronto Hyperloop, which was one of the 120 that competed in Elon Musk’s pod design competition. Hardt Global Mobility.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 6, 2021

For example, no one should be convinced that Elon Musk is following someone else’s lead as he charges ahead with Tesla, SpaceX, and other initiatives. Personal leadership is setting your own direction and making real decisions first. Of course, this kind of leadership has a big risk, since you have no one to blame if you get it wrong.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2020

By definition, every successful startup has to be different from the competition, with many unknowns, new challenges to overcome, and new customers to be attracted. He used his expertise on rocket ships to sell the future potential in interviews, blogs, and public speaking opportunities, long before he started SpaceX as a company.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Source: hibobbie.com The company also raised an impressive $70 million in funding in June to acquire the legacy pediatric nutrition brand Nature’s One, bringing its total kitty up to $142 million and helping to secure its competitive advantage in the industry going forward.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

” – Elon Musk, Founder Tesla Motors and SpaceX. Minimal Science / Technology – Other than the technology associated with ecommerce, most successful MBA startups do not rely on technological innovations or fundamental, scientific discoveries to achieve a competitive advantage. and Wharton 2.7%.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2018

You can expect some strong competition, but it’s unlikely that there will be 5 great scooter companies. Capital of course drives scale advantages and when you have “winner take most” markets it also has a way of scaring away some investors from investing in the 3–5th “me too” competitors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Elon Musk is doing both of these, first by expanding his Tesla electric vehicle initiatives beyond cars, into self-driving taxis and trucks, and secondly by entering new domains of transportation with SpaceX and Hyperloop. He entertains no sense of a static business. Redefine your product to reach a new category.

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LATechDigest

JUNE 13, 2016

SPACEX to Reuse Rockets for First Time ( link ). Daqri, Snapchat, SpaceX Make CNBC ‘s Disruptor 50 ( link ). RECESS Finals Competition Wrapped at CTRL. Midroll / Scripps Purchases STITCHER for $4.5M ( link ). LEGENDARY Bringing Nerdist, Geek & Sundry to OTT ( link ). SNAPCHAT Showing Phenomenal Growth ( link ).

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 27, 2018

I will suggest to you as a business owner and entrepreneur that focus on certain key behaviors will drive innovation without waiting for the next competitive crisis: Be outspoken in communicating proactive required change. If your business hires only to fill existing openings, it is falling behind, and ripe for competitive crisis.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Rather than punish them, it may pay you to nurture and manage their outside-the-box thinking, and capitalize on their innovations that help your customers and keep you ahead of the competition. Indeed, internal innovators usually don’t have the risk tolerance of entrepreneurs like Elon Musk, who invested nearly everything into SpaceX.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 7, 2018

Elon Musk, for example, had no experience or training as a rocket scientist when he came up with the idea of reusing rockets, and the innovative idea for SpaceX. The bar for staying competitive in business keeps going up. Give people time alone to ponder ideas without judgment.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

They might be ideas they hatch internally (via a Foundry) or a founder who just left SpaceX and raises money to search for an idea. Today you have funders focused exclusively on “Day 0” startups or ones that aren’t even created yet. The legends of Silicon Valley?—?two two founders in a garage?—?(HP HP Style) are dead. just to name a few!

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