TechEmpower

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

As part of the onboarding process, the app asks both job seekers and employers what they’re looking for - in a text box - while providing a few suggestions in a pop-up. This isn’t just our opinion - our startup metrics prove it! Even with the pop-up suggestions, we saw significant drop-off during user onboarding.

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OCTOBER 21, 2020

Los Angeles-based Output , a startup developing music creation software aimed at professional artists, has raised $45M in a Series A investment. According to Outtput, its software-as-a-service offers up loops, samples and melodic content, making it easier for professionals turn those loops and sounds into tracks.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 12, 2021

San Diego-based Cardea Bio, a startup that is developing molecular biology equipment which uses semiconductors to analyze samples, said on Tuesday that it has raised $6.5M According to the company, it will use the funding to further develop its platform, to expand mass manufacturing, and grow its partnerships.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2019

Every startup founder knows implicitly that startup success is a long hard road. Based on a small sample of household names from Bill Gates to Mark Zuckerberg, he is an optimist. Here is some data from Wikipedia: Microsoft – Bill Gates founded Microsoft in 1975, to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2019

Santa Barbara-based Affinity Biosensors , a startup developing benchtop, automated systems for microbiology research, has raised $5.9M Affinity Biosensors' products are based on micro-electromechanical (MEMS) technology, which it says allows for cell counting, mass measurements, and visual observation of liquid samples.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

I was asked by a reader how much equity he should give out to early employees and to service providers in a very early stage startup. Founders vs. Early Employees To help with this discussion, let me start with a definition of "early employee." the better the startup will be. Risk Premium on Equity Compensation?

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2021

Every startup founder knows implicitly that startup success is a long hard road. Based on a small sample of household names from Bill Gates to Mark Zuckerberg, he is an optimist. Here is some data from Wikipedia: Microsoft – Bill Gates founded Microsoft in 1975, to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Valencia-based Sanguine Biosciences , a startup developing a service around blood sample collection for research and development, said Thursday that it has closed on a seed financing round. Size of the round was not announced. The funding was led by INVENT Ventures and Heliant Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JULY 1, 2019

San Diego-based Biological Dynamics , a startup that is developing a biomarker testing platform which is smartphone-enabled for use in countries with limited access to testing labs, says it has received a grant award from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Amount of that award was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Sign up here to receive it weekly on Sundays in your inbox. There’s also a space station resupply mission coming up that it’s getting ready for, and signs ( this time literally ) continue to suggest that its first human spaceflight mission is imminent. Japan is going to get and return a soil sample from a Mars moon.

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Tech.Co

MAY 25, 2018

Fortunately, the Startup of the Year program aims to make it easier for founders to connect with resources. In 2006, a passion to help startups grew into Tech Cocktail , a company whose mission was to showcased burgeoning companies in bars around the country. Greater Fargo Moorhead Economic Development Corporation (Fargo, ND).

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 6, 2013

Every startup founder knows implicitly that startup success is a long hard road. Based on a small sample of household names from Bill Gates to Mark Zuckerberg, he is an optimist. Here is some data from Wikipedia: Microsoft – Bill Gates founded Microsoft in 1975, to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

According to the firm, it is offering up a new resume builder to help people create a resume; ability to create up to 20 different resumes tailored to different opportunities, industries, or job titles; and sample resumes for job seekers looking for a start point for their own resume. READ MORE>>.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 1, 2018

And while that cliché has been said about everything in the Lone Star state for years, it rings particularly true for the hottest startups showcasing their big innovations at SXSW Startup Night 2018 presented by the Kauffman Foundation and TechCo. Beast Mode is taking on a new meaning in the startup world.

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socalTECH

JULY 8, 2010

Here are three, Southern California startup firms--and their competitors--who are engaged in head to head battles to dominate their industry. HauteLook, one of the first firms to capitalize on the sample/private sales market, is already profitable and is growing rapidly. Any other epic startup battles you think are worth watching?

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Los Angeles-based RxVantage , the venture-backed startup developing cloud-based, scheduling software for managing the interaction of physicians and biopharmaceutical and medical sales representatives, said today that it has rolled out a new corporate subscription program. Pricing on the new offering was not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 13, 2012

Los Angeles-based Kidworth (www.kidworth.com) is looking to both help kids learn about entrepreneurship, and more importantly, make it easy for them to set up an online store, sell their services or products, and even handle things like collecting payments via credit card. We take the logistics out of starting up a business.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Exact Sciences has gone from being a customer of Biomatrica, a San Diego-based vendor of equipment for storing and preserving blood and saliva samples, to now being the company’s owner. Biomatrica manufactures and sells tools for preserving biological samples.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2011

If you are new to the entrepreneurial world of startups, you are likely confused by the terminology of seed-stage, lean startups, micro-VCs, and Super Angels. The good news is that he is all about helping early-stage startups, the hard part for entrepreneurs is figuring out what it takes to play. Early-stage startup.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 24, 2011

For this morning's company profile, we thought we'd connect with ShareSquare (www.getsharesquare.com), a newly funded Los Angeles startup focused on QR barcodes -- 3D barcodes -- focused on musicians and entertainers. We caught up with Matthias Galica , the firm's founder, to hear more about the company. However, one way the U.S.

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Xconomy

APRIL 6, 2017

Consumers who aren’t squeamish about spitting into a tube and sending it to a lab can now have 23andMe test those samples to assess their risk of developing Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, and eight other disorders. The FDA says its marketing authorization for 23andMe is the first covering any direct-to-consumer genetic tests.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Cash is the fuel of every startup. It continually amazes me how two startups, seemingly comparable in stage and objective, can be so far apart in their burn rate. Here are some recommendations on how to keep the rate low, and help your startup to prosper at the same time: Measure it and manage it. Which would you bet on?

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Xconomy

JANUARY 3, 2018

Kevin Lo, an Internet veteran who recently joined Genalyte as president, said in a telephone interview the company is creating a next-generation lab services business that doesn’t require blood samples to be sent to centralized labs for testing.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

Corey Weiss , IPSY's Head of Business Development, is based in Santa Monica, and helps to run that effort. We caught up with him to learn more about IPSy and its subscription business. Corey Weiss: Michelle started her career eight years ago as a beauty creator. The average retail value of a glam bag is $40.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 29, 2010

Every startup founder knows implicitly that startup success is a long hard road. Based on a small sample of household names from Bill Gates to Mark Zuckerberg, he is an optimist. Here is some data from Wikipedia: Microsoft – Bill Gates founded Microsoft in 1975, to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

One of the startups in that area--born out of a.NET development organization here in Los Angeles--is FatCloud (www.fatcloud.com), which develops a NoSQL database which ties directly into Microsoft''s SQL Server database. It''s a distributed data platform built for scale, and build for accelerated application development.

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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2012

We caught up with Andy, whose executive experience ranges from ZeroDegrees, NBC Internet/Xoom.com, Infoseek / Go Network, to CNET and Snap.com, and whose last firm was MerchEngines, which he sold last year, to hear more about his new startup. Andy Steuer: This is the eighth startup I've been a part of. What is Punchcard?

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Xconomy

JUNE 6, 2019

Grail CEO Jennifer Cook has stepped down from the cancer diagnostics developer and its board of directors. Grail, an Illumina (NASDAQ: ILMN ) spinout, is developing a cancer test that detects fragments of cancer DNA that are shed by tumors and circulate in the blood. By testing a small sample.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 28, 2011

Cash is the fuel of every startup. It continually amazes me how two startups, seemingly comparable in stage and objective, can be so far apart in their burn rate. Investors assume it will only go up with more funding. Investors assume it will only go up with more funding. Which would you bet on? Great strategy.

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Xconomy

MARCH 30, 2017

Echo , a San Diego startup that has developed a digital, all-in-one microscope, says today it has closed on $7.5 In a phone interview this afternoon, founder Eugene Cho (the E.Cho in Echo) tells me the three-year-old startup will use the funding to significantly increase production of its Revolve hybrid microscope.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 22, 2010

Is the resulting algorithm okay to use in your startup? For example, you might come up with: Industry / Specific Knowledge Skills / Roles Timeframe Geography / Travel Personality Team Styles etc. When you first start, often the number of items that you can match are relatively small. Needs to hold up to scrutiny.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 31, 2016

Every startup founder knows implicitly that startup success is a long hard road. Based on a small sample of household names from Bill Gates to Mark Zuckerberg, he is an optimist. Here is some data from Wikipedia: Microsoft – Bill Gates founded Microsoft in 1975, to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 25, 2014

Growing up, I had dogs and it was always a pain getting them to the vet. That’s how we came up with the idea initially was to figure out how to use this technology that already exists and make it workable with cellphones.”. Petnostics only develops the tools to diagnose dogs and cats’ urine sample as of now.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

For today's interview, we thought it would be worth visiting with Carey Ransom , CEO of Irvine-based RealPractice (www.realpractice.com), a firm which develops legal-based software products. Tell me how you ended up at RealPractice, and a bit about the recent funding? Carey Ransom: I like to think of myself as a startup guy.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

People+ , developed by 3-person startup (Pro Populi, Inc.) Check out a sample demo of their Google Glass product, due to arrive in 2014 (well, it was due to arrive then). To keep up to date with People+’s work, be sure to visit and follow their Twitter and Homepage. But speculation is merely that. Speculation.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

In particular I tried to do most of the “entrepreneur advice on VC” up front so that if you don’t want to watch our views on the deals you don’t have to. I don’t do advertising on my blog, but I thought it was worth mentioning Ryan in particular because he has an alternate model for doing a startup. They sponsor TWiVC.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

The latest to launch is an at-home test for urinary tract infections from the Los Angeles-based startup Scanwell Health. The company was founded by Stephen Chen, who literally grew up in the diagnostics testing business. Companies continue to refine digital diagnostic tools for in-home healthcare at a rapid clip.

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