socalTECH

OCTOBER 6, 2017

If you're an NCAA fan, and you've loaded the app for your favorite team, there's a high likelyhood that the app is actually the product of El Segundo-based Hopscotch (www.gohopscotch.com). Hopscotch, led by Laurence Sotsky , has built software which enables sports teams, venues, and others to rapidly create mobile apps for their fans. We caught up with Lauren to hear about Hopscotch, and why teams and schools are turning to the company to power their mobile apps.

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L.A. Business Journal

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Two veteran L.A. venture capitalists have formed Bonfire Ventures, a Brentwood VC firm focused on software for businesses.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Los Angeles-based The Honest Company , the natural home products brand, said late Thursday that it has closed on a Series E financing round. Size of the round was not announced. The round was led by Fidelity Management & Research Company, along with others. Unconfirmed reports place the funding at $75M, at $19.60 per share, a significant decrease from the company's prior valuation of $45.75.

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L.A. Business Journal

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Tetra Tech Inc. of Pasadena announced on Thursday that it had been awarded a $356 million contract to provide engineering and technical support services to the Federal Aviation Administration.

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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.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 6, 2017

TiTAN Platform , a Chinese developer of "smart home" devices, says it has officially launched its U.S. product line, and set up its U.S. headquarters in Los Angeles. TiTAN says its product provide a "highly-encrypted" content platform which lets content owners upload and provide their content to consumers through a secure marketplace, all tied into a "smart home" device in the living room.

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L.A. Business Journal

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Tetra Tech Inc. wins $356 million contract to modernize FAA; Andelman and Mullin, VC vets, announce new venture; and Jessica Alba's Honest Co. slashes its valuation below $1 billion.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Thursday, October 12, 2017 -- Plug In: Digital and Beyond - South LA. Join us at our upcoming Plug in South LA event and in our movement to spark conversation and identify and accelerate tech and digital media in South LA. We will have an inspiring program of panels and fireside chats featuring South LA leaders and prominent voices in LA tech and investment.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Every year, petroleum-based feedstocks are used worldwide to make roughly 3 billion flip-flops, the rubbery, flat-sole sandals held on the foot by a Y-shaped strap that fits between the first and second toes. It might seem like a throwaway product—and it is, according to Stephen Mayfield, a UC San Diego professor of biology and director of the California Center for Algae Biotechnology.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Thursday, October 12, 2017 -- Digital Hollywood. Skirball Center. Keynote Event and Evening Host Seth Shapiro, Governor, Interactive Media, The Television Academy.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 6, 2017

The 2017 Nobel Prizes with a biomedical bent were announced this week. Three researchers shared the physiology and medicine prize for their work shining light on the circadian rhythms that govern the wake-and-sleep cycles of all organisms. That basic research is working its way into applications such as drugs that help regulate our body clocks. Another academic trio won the chemistry Nobel for cool—very, very cool—electron microscopy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Could you survive and flourish as an entrepreneur, or should you be satisfied working for someone else? That’s a question I get every day in my role as an advisor to business professionals, and it’s a good one to ask. In my view, the number of traditional long-term employee roles is declining rapidly, due to advances in technology and automation. By some projections , the level of unemployment could reach 50 percent by 2050, unless more people adopt the entrepreneurial, freelance, or gig approac

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