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LA-based Maslo pivots to professional services, launching an AI product for executive coaching

TechCrunch LA

When the Los Angeles-based startup Maslo launched its first product in early 2018 , the company was focused on a direct-to-consumer tool designed to encourage mindfulness and self-awareness through a machine learning enabled avatar that would respond to individual’s inputs. Image courtesy of Maslo.

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Assignmint: Freelance Work Available | Founder Interview, The Future of Journalism & The LA Startup Scene

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I have been on every end of the business in terms of journalism and publishing. For all those who want to talk about the fragmentation of media and the models for journalism is in trouble; it’s actually not. Journalism is stronger than ever, but the outlets are fragmented. We expect to be a huge growth market.

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Entrepreneurs Need Market Data to Back Their Vision

Startup Professionals Musings

Most startup founders know exactly what they want to design and sell, and they are personally convinced that everyone will buy one. Your business plan must have an “Opportunity” section, where industry market size and growth projections are included. The big-picture market opportunity data is called secondary.

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Tech and Entertainment Have a Home in Silicon Beach

Tech Zulu Event

The Los Angeles Business Journal recently reported data compiled by SoCalTech.com showing that “L.A. The real estate impact of this activity can probably be traced to the 2011 arrival of Google in the Frank Gehry-designed “binoculars” building on Main Street in Santa Monica. commercial real estate market.

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Startups Weekly: VCs are drunk on beverage startups

TechCrunch LA

Bev , a canned wine business that recently raised $7 million in seed funding from Founders Fund, thinks marketing in the alcohol industry is the problem. Founder Alix Peabody designed a line of female-focused canned rosé. But I decided I better give a quick update on Luckin Coffee’s tough second week on the stock market.

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Get Credible Market Research Without a Consultant

Startup Professionals Musings

Most startup founders know exactly what they want to design and sell, and they are personally convinced that everyone will buy one. Your business plan must have an “Opportunity” section, where industry market size and growth projections are included. The big-picture market opportunity data is called secondary.

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Here’s How to Do PR on a Budget

Both Sides of the Table

I’m generally not a believer in too much PR until you have a product built or at least well designed. This is somewhat changing in the world of crowd funding where people actually raise money so that they can build products but at a minimum your product design ought to be complete and ready to execute.

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