Video Interview with Courtney Farr, House Calls Mobile
socalTECH
AUGUST 22, 2019
Our interview today is with Courtney Farr, the founder and CEO of House Calls Mobile (www.housecallsmobile.com), a startup in the health services area. READ MORE>>.
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Retrophin Sinks as Drug “Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli Co-Invented Fails
Xconomy
AUGUST 22, 2019
Retrophin, the drug developer founded by jailed former biotech executive Martin Shkreli, has failed its first big test. The San Diego-based company’s experimental drug fosmetpantotenate failed a Phase 3 trial, FORT, in patients with a rare and deadly neurological disorder called pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration, or PKAN. The Retrophin (NASDAQ: RTRX ) drug flunked all of its main and secondary goals in the study, which tested fosmetpantotenate against a placebo in PKAN patients.
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Phyn Rolls Out DIY Water Savings, Leak Detection Product
socalTECH
AUGUST 22, 2019
Los Angeles-based Phyn , which develops sophisticated devices that can both detect water leaks and also monitor water usage across a home--through a single device--has rolled out a new product this week, aimed at the do-it-yourself (DIY) market. According to Phyn, its new product, the Phyn Smart Water Assistant, will launch at Best Buy stores in September, and allows users to track how much water each and every fixture in a home uses, providing water monitoring for an entire home.
So, your board is dysfunctional. What to do?
Berkonomics
AUGUST 22, 2019
It happens. Boards are elected by the shareholders, sometimes with preferred shareholders holding seats by right of their investment. In that instance, often the investor selects the board member and the CEO goes along with the choice, mostly out of having no alternative at the time. How the board can arrive at dysfunction. Then there comes the first – or better yet the fourth – meeting of the board following the appointment of a new member.
Can You Ask for Office Rent Relief? How to Manage Your Lease During COVID-19
Advertiser: Aggregage
Office leases are one of companies’ largest expenses, and if your whole team is working from home with no clear end in sight, you may be wondering what to do about your lease.
Report: Southern California Still Faces Broadband Digital Divide
socalTECH
AUGUST 22, 2019
According to a new report, issued this week, Southern California still has a big "digital divide", between those who have access to affordable, wired broadband, and those that do not. According to BroadbandNow Research, just 68 percent of Californians have access to a $60 or less monthly wired broadband plan--and many California still don't have any kind of wired Internet access at all.
Boingo To Power Indoors Wireless For Verizon 5G
socalTECH
AUGUST 22, 2019
Los Angeles-based Boingo Wireless , which provides Wi-Fi, small-cell, and distributed antenna systems (DAS), will help power indoor 5G wireless services for Verizon , the two companies said on Thursday. According to Verizon, it is working with Boingo to provide 5G Ultra Widebamd services to such areas like airports, stadiums and arenas, office buildings, and hotels.
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AttackIQ Ties Into Microsoft Defender
socalTECH
AUGUST 22, 2019
San Diego-based cybersecurity software developer AttackIQ , which develops continuous security validation tools, said today that it has integrated its AttackIQ platform with Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP). The company said the integration will help joint customers validate their configuration and security coverage provided by Microsoft Defender ATP.
Los Angeles Venture Investors Launch New Podcast
socalTECH
AUGUST 22, 2019
Are you an entrepreneur who'd like to get to know local venture capital and other investors in Los Angeles? A new podcast, called LA VENTURE , run by David Waxman and Minnie Ingersoll, partners at TenOneTen Ventures, has recently started offering up interviews of other local investors. TenOneTen, which is an early stage venture fund, says the new podcast provides an orientation and opinion on the rapidly growing LA tech scene through informal conversations with fellow investors and other key pla
Techstars Music Opens Up Apps For New Class In LA
socalTECH
AUGUST 22, 2019
Techstars Music , the startup acceleration program run by Techstars in Los Angeles, is getting set to launch a new, 13-week program in Los Angeles in February, announcing on Thursday that it has opened up applications for the accelerator. Techstars Music--led by Bob Moczydlowsky--also said that a total of 17 Techstars Music startups have now raised $67M in post-Techstars funding.
Report: Sexual Misconduct, Harassment Common For Zeel Therapists
socalTECH
AUGUST 22, 2019
Zeel , the on-demand, massage service which launched in the Los Angeles area back in 2014, is facing accusations that the company has been tolerating sexual misconduct and harassment of its massage therapists. According to the report, from Gizmodo, Zeel "routinely ignored reports of sexual misconduct" and in at least one instance, a therapist "dispatched to the hotel room of a man with a criminal record for a sex crime" who sexually harassed that therapist.
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