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Science Inc. Eyes New Venture Capital Fund

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The startup studio--which both incubates its own companies as well as works with startup founders to help accelerate their efforts--has backed such companies as Dollar Shave Club , DogVacay , FameBit , EventUp , August Home , Hello Society , Playhaven , and Superfly Labs.

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Science's Mike Macadaan: What I Learned From Redesigning MySpace

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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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Science Inc.'s New TripleThread Brings Work Style To Men

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The latest startup out of Los Angeles-based startup studio/incubator Science, Inc. 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. The new venture out of Science Inc. READ MORE>>.

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Southern California needs to find its hub for it to develop its own tech ecosystem

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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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Reflections On 2017: Michael Jones, Science Inc.

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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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Mike Jones of Science Inc, On Exits And Finding The Right Entrepreneurs

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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.