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GoodRx Names CTO

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Santa Monica-based GoodRx , a venture-backed startup which runs a prescription drug pricing marketplace, has named Jody Mulkey as the company's Chief Technology Officer. GoodRx is backed by Founders Fund, Upfront Ventures, Highland Capital, SV Angel, Lerer Ventures, Dawn Lepore (drugstore.com), and Mike Ovitz.

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Backed by LG, AmazeVR is hoping to resurrect virtual reality’s consumer dreams

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Propelled by new technologies, new businessmen have been landing in Los Angeles since the invention of the nickelodeon to create a studio that would dominate popular entertainment. The company was formed and financed with $6.3 “What we saw as the problem is the content creation itself,” says Lee.

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Helping Consumers Name Their Own Price For Products, With Greentoe

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To bring that ability to name your own price on products, Los Angeles-based Greentoe (www.greentoe.com) recently launched, allowing consumers to name their own price to retailers of everything from electronics to baby products. Joe Marrapodi: GreenToe is a name your own price marketplace for products. What is Greentoe?

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Canoo takes the covers off of its debut electric vehicle

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Remarkably, Canoo has completed the design and engineering of its first model in just 19 months and is preparing its vehicles for production through a contract manufacturer. The first vehicle has a five-star safety rating and includes driver and passenger airbags throughout the canoo.

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Pragma is a back-end toolkit for gaming companies, so game developers can focus on games

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Games are taking five to 10 years to launch out of beta,” Chen said. . The gaming industry is a $139 billion behemoth that in some ways lags behind its technologically-savvy peers in creating off-the-shelf tools to speed production. In the game industry, a game can stay in beta for years as developers work out the kinks.

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Nothing negative about Positive Food’s meal expansion plan after $7M investment

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Positive Food’s vertical integration technology is mainly done in-house, including production and a cold-chain logistics network. He said the company has been growing in double-digits month over month, had zero churn and produced five times as much food this year versus the same time period in 2021. “We

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What Startup Advisors Do I Need?

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You can’t afford and don’t want to hire a full-time CTO or architect. For me, if I can help you within a couple hours Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions , I’m happy to do that and I don’t expect compensation or equity for that. Here’s the other aspect that both Tony and I preach: get help.

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