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OCTOBER 30, 2017

Garcetti has started a new nonprofit, Accelerator for America , which will help fund "innovation investments" around the U.S. Among the members of the new group's Advisory Council are Dollar Shave Club CEO and Founder Michael Dubin, and Chamath Palhapitiya, the CEO of Social Capital. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 17, 2017

According to the company, it is aimed at creating technology and experiences which help consumers find "new experiences". While at Science, Ground Control said Macadaan was responsible for design and branding for companies such as Dollar Shave Club. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 5, 2018

has rolle dout several new products for helping to vet cryptocurrency initial coin offerings (ICOs). ICO Watchdog says it is looking to help the cryptocurrency community make smarter decisions, and also help legitimize the space to venture capitalists, investors, and the average Internet user. The venture's backers--Science Inc.--has

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JUNE 27, 2019

Los Angeles-based Retina is using machine learning and artificial intelligence to figure out customer lifetime value (CLV) for such businesses as Dollar Shave Club. We formed the company in 2017, and our first customer was Dollar Shave Club. How was it that Dollar Shave Club became your first customer?

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Los Angeles-based FameBit , the online marketplace which helps brands connect with YouTube influencers, has been acquired by Google , the company's backer--Science--announced on Tuesday afternoon. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 7, 2014

Angels Brian Lee (Honest Company, LegalZoom), Michael Dubin (Dollar Shave Club), Tamim Mourad (PriceGrabber.com) and Andy Dunn (Bonobos) also participated in the funding. Retention Science said it will accelerate hiring with the funding, and plans to double its employee base by the end of the year.

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APRIL 2, 2013

Macadaan shared what he learned from his experience redesigning MySpace in 2009 , and how that's helping to shape what he's doing--along with the rest of the team at LA technology incubator/studio Science Inc.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 22, 2018

Recognizing the tens of billions of dollars that the Southern Californian region leaves on the table, because it hasn’t taken its rightful place in the American technology industry, a new group called the Alliance for Southern California Innovation has just released a report to analyze how SoCal can work to assume its pole position.

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MARCH 6, 2015

Santa Monica-based FameBit , the developer of a self-serve, YouTube marketing marketplace that helps brands connect with YouTube celebrities, has just passed 300 million subcribers, according to the company. FameBit''s marketplace helps get YouTubers to do product reviews, place products, create comedy videos, and much more for those brands.

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DECEMBER 26, 2017

Michael has been behind such companies as HelloSociety (acquired by New York Times), FameBit (acquired by Google) and Dollar Shave Club (acquired by Unilever). I also love Tala, the app that uses alternative data to deliver instant credit and help users build their financial identities. www.science-inc.com).

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APRIL 6, 2015

MakerSquare , which operates coding camps and classes to help students get software jobs, is setting up a new location in Los Angeles, according to the Hack Reactor collective. The two said that MakerSquare will launch its first class on June 29th. San Francisco-based Hack Reactor acquired MakerSquare in January.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2012

TripleThread--headed by Allan Jones--said its is looking to provide those brick and mortar retailers with an "entirely new revenue channel" and to help those retailers acquire traffic. headed by former MySpace CEO Mike Jones--is also behind such services as Wittlebee, Dollar Shave Club, and Uncovet. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 7, 2012

In the meantime, Gumhouse appears to be helping to promote the entire stable of Science INc. sites, by Tweeting deals to WittleBee, Uncovet, Dollar Shave Club, and a number of other Science Inc. Gumhouse lists its Brian Lee (ShoeDazzle, LegalZoom), Mike Jones (Science Inc.), Peter Pham (also of Science Inc.), properties.

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JUNE 21, 2018

How do you take the energy of such successes as Dollar Shave Club, Ring, Cornerstone Ondemand, and the many other local successes from the startup energy, and tap into the resources of local universities and research institutions?

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2016

But one tech news story stood out for me — the fact that LA-based Dollar Shave Club (DSC) was sold to Unilever for $1 billion. Because I work so closely with video companies I’ve been very vocal with startups I’ve backed about the need to invest in high-quality video to help support a brand.

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OCTOBER 17, 2016

The company's other acquisitions included the $1 billion acquisition of Dollar Shave Club by Unilever, and the acquisition of HelloSociety by the New York Times. This is your third exit this year, including Dollar Shave Club and HelloSociety. Mike Jones: There are probably two reasons. Mike Jones: We are.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 31, 2013

12,000 people signed up in the first 48 hours after the Dollar Shave Club video went live in 2012. Tips from Dollar Shave Club viral video creator Michael Dubin: 1- Have fun. There are lots of talented professionals that can help build a concept for success. 2 – Get right to the point.

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DECEMBER 27, 2012

The biggest impact on the LA tech scene in 2012 is the arrival of the accelerators and coworking spaces, which have helped drive LA's tech scene like never before. The accelerators have several success stories already in under a year including PageWoo, Invested.In, Look.io, Dollar Shave Club, and many more.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 23, 2016

Icon Media Direct described how it helped TrueCar use TV ads plus digital to reach mainstream audiences and increase revenue. Someone just thanked me last night, saying he got two clients at Silicon Beach Fest and was able to help several others. The fest has grown with the community.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

I had a narrative in my head that I didn’t want to fund apps that would help husbands cheat on their wives or help kids send naked photos. So we had the discussion and I told James, “Isn’t Snapchat just a photo-based TigerText?” Of course that was a wrong narrative for both companies.

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Tech.Co

JANUARY 10, 2018

Natalie Kaminski, CEO and cofounder of goBaby.co , an on-demand rental marketplace for baby gear that helps reduce stress of traveling with little kids, is hyper-focused on gaining the trust of mothers. Mentors help fill in the gaps and can serve to give you a holistic or landscape view of your industry. Tasteful Humor. Final Thoughts.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 6, 2015

Straight outta Austin, MakerSquare has teamed up with coding school collective, Hack Reactor , to open a new campus in LA to help fill the tech talent gap and to provide the area with the necessary talent pool to continue the Los Angeles tech expansion (as a call to action for President Obama’s TechHire initiative).

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 23, 2015

This week Michael Dubin’s startup Dollar Shave Club announced a $75 million funding round at a rumored $650 million valuation. It will help more early-stage entrepreneurs get funded locally and not move out of our great ecosystem thus avoiding the silent killers. LA has grown up a lot over the past 5 years.

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