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Cornerstone OnDemand Invests In Four Companies

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The investments went to One Month , which offers online entrepreneurship classes; Rallyteam , an employee talent networking platform; Strive , which is developing tools to help source qualified software developers; and Workpop , a developer of software to help match employers and job candidates.

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Comparably.com, Led By Jason Nazar, Raises $6.5M For Pay Transparency, Culture

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Santa Monica-based Comparably.com , a new startup led by longtime entrepreneur Jason Nazar, has raised $6.5M in a funding round, and launched a new platform to help people compare pay and culture between companies. Comparably's website lets users see what people are getting paid for jobs, across different companies.

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Interview with Damir Davidovic, NEOGOV

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The firm recently showed up as one of the fastest growing companies in LA as part of the Deloitte Fast 500 rankings. We caught up with Damir Davidovic, CEO of NEOGOV, to hear about the rapidly growing (and hiring) company. Damir Davidovic: We started working with government agencies in the area awhile back. What is Neogov?

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Interview with Mike Whitmire, CEO and Co-founder, FloQast

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accelerator--which only inspired him to keep working on making his startup a reality and go from just an idea, to a real company. The company, which started in 2014, now has over 40 employees. I'm a CPA, and I got my start in the audit practice of Ernst & Young, and was working for years on the audit side of the table.

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Interview with Satish Varma, Clorder

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For our startup interview this morning, we caught up with Satish Varma , co-founder of Torrance-based Clorder (www.clorder.com), which is developing restaurant ordering software. Satish co-founded Clorder with Sridhar Sambangi, who was the Chief Architect of Cornerstone OnDemand. We started our services in August of 2012.

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Silicon Beach at USC 2013 | Entrepreneurial Inspiration

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Startup Pitch Competition. In the end, 3 startups were awarded prize money for their spectacular business ideas. Sellbot, an e-commerce platform for sellers made by USC graduates Michael and Payam Ahdoot, took home the grand prize of $25,000. Sellbot helps online sellers sell through multiple platforms.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

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Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly. LA By The Numbers. But even this is changing.