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Have you lost (some) enthusiasm for the job?

Berkonomics

So, you’ve been at this for years through thick and thin, great days and days in which you’ve had better times. Much of your job has become routine. But it feels good to see your “baby” grow and others buy into your vision. That daily routine. It is human nature for you and every entrepreneur to fall into a routine of taking care of day to day issues, meetings, communicating with customers and shareholders.

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Elon Musk Goes Off Rails On Earnings Call

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Elon Musk , the founder of Hawthorne-based SpaceX , in addition to Tesla , appeared to go off script and off the rails on the Tesla earnings call on Wednesday. Musk--while answering questions about when Tesla might resume production in the Bay Area--suddenly called the Bay Area's "shelter in place" order "fascist" and said that is "not why people came to America or pulled this country--what the f**k?".

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Podcast: How San Diego is Building a Biotech Ecosystem – Genomics & Precision Medicine Experts Weigh in

Xconomy

Miss the event or want to revisit the insightful content? Our new podcast packages the highlights from the recent Xcelerating Life Sciences San Diego: Biomedical Breakthroughs in Precision Medicine & Genomics forum. Listen today. Featuring expert panels on: Successful R&D models What it takes for commercialization Building a biotech ecosystem in San Diego Dozens of biotechs have emerged from universities, research institutions, and philanthropic organizations, defining San Diego as a mee

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Dear Media Finds $8M

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West Hollywood-based Dear Media , which is developing a podcasting network focused on female voices, said on Thursday that it has raised $8M in a funding round. The funding came from private equity investor Magnet Companies. Dear Media is led by CEO Michael Bosstick, and the company was co-founded with Raina Penchansky. The company is focused on millennial and Gen-Z women.

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Can You Ask for Office Rent Relief? How to Manage Your Lease During COVID-19

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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NASA Selects SpaceX For Moon Landing System

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Hawthorne-based SpaceX is one of three companies which was selected by NASA today to develop lunar landers to land astronauts on the Moon, according to NASA. According to NASA, SpaceX is one of the companies selected to design and develop human landing systems (HLS) for the agency's Artemis program. Although NASA did not say what each company in the program will receive, it said that combined value of the contracts for program, split between SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Dynetics, would be worth $967

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Progenity Names New CIO

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San Diego-based molecular testing technology developer Progenity said this morning that it has named Troy Seelye as its new Chief Information Officer (CIO). Seelye was most recently at Teradata, and also served at Illumina, and Amgen. Seelye had spent 17 years of his career with Amgen. According to Progenity, Seeyle will help to strengthen the company's technology and data strategy.

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RIVIT TV Pauses Service Due To Pandemic

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Hollywood-based streaming television service Rivit TV , which recently launched a streaming television service which had allowed audiences to choose which series they wanted to support, says it will "pause" its service due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The company--which just launched on March 24th--blamed the "difficult current climate faced by audiences" and said it plans to restart in the Fall.

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Two Bit Circus Launches Virtual Cardboard Challenge

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Los Angeles-based Two Bit Circus Foundation , the nonprofit, educational arm of Two Bit Circus, says it is launching a new online "virtual Cardboard Challenge", a competition that encourages the worldwide STEAM community to create projects using cardboard at home. According to Two Bit Circus Foundation, the effort is aimed at getting people to embrace creativity and inspire the next generation of inventors.

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