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The next big restaurant chain may not own any kitchens

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The Battle Is For The Customer Interface. Investors are pouring millions into the creation of a network of shared kitchens, storage facilities, and pickup counters that established chains and new food entrepreneurs can access to cut down on overhead and quickly spin up new concepts in fast food and casual dining.

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Squeegy Officially Debuts On-Demand Car Wash Service In LA

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The company--which launched a pilot program in Santa Monica in August--said it now is offering up its service in Beverly Hills, Beverlywood, Brentwood, Century City, Culver City, Mar Vista, Marina del Rey, Pacific Palisades, Palms, Playa Vista, Playa del Rey, Santa Monica, Venice, West LA, Westchester and Westwood.

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Interview with Jay Goss, WaveMaker Three-Sixty Health

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We caught up with one of the co-founders, Jay Goss, about what the new investment fund is looking for in a startup, and the types of investments it makes. What is most interesting, from the perspective of the startups that ready your publication, is where the remainder of where our LPs come from.

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LA’s Chewse Joins 500 Startups | A Better Marketplace For Us To Easily Order Great Food

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LA-based company, Chewse has joined 500 Startups in Silicon Valley, making it the first starup from LA to join the prestigious accelerator program and seed fund. 500 Startups fifth accelerator batch is a selection of international startups with 15 percent of the total originating outside the U.S.

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How Eusoh Wants To Fix Insurance With Technology, With Allen Kamrava

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The insurance industry is an old industry, with a lot of contradictions--it's one where the more claims insurers pay to help customers, the less money the insurers make--and it's also one that hasn't been disrupted much yet by technology. That's what Los Angeles-based Eusoh (www.eusoh.com) is hoping to do. What is Eusoh?

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How CallFire Is Enabling Business Text and Phone, with Dinesh Ravishankar

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If you're a business, what's the best way to send out phone calls and text, and communicate with your customers via phone? One way is to automate the process, which is what Los Angeles-based CallFire has been helping its business customers with. How did you end up in this market? What is CallFire?

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Interview with Rich Branning, Sweep

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We caught up with Rich to better understand the business, and why he thinks it's critical that companies like his step in to handle the labor intensive, logistics challenge that on-demand scooter companies have created for themselves. We all had a background in different spaces, primarily in the startup and technology space.