socalTECH

MAY 1, 2019

What's the best way to get legal advice, if you're a small business? Brian Liu , the co-founder and CEO of a new startup, BizCounsel , was the co-founder of LegalZoom, and thinks there can be a new way that every business owner can get access to dedicated business attorneys for legal work. The startup offers up legal advice for just $59 per month for small business owners, matching them with business attorneys for legal work and one-on-one advice.

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Tech.Co

MAY 1, 2019

Pranksters in Brisbane, Australia, have hacked the audio files on rentable scooters owned by transportation startup Lime. At least eight scooters had their messages switched. According to local news, the scooters had their audio messages replaced with more edgy statements, although Lime has failed to see the funny side. The news follows a series of unfortunate events for scooter companies, from criticism from environmentalists to vandalism.

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socalTECH

MAY 1, 2019

Irvine-based Solarflare , a developer semiconductor used for high performance, low latency networking, has been acquired by San Jose-based Xilinx. Financial details of the acquisition were not anounced. According to Xilinx, the deal will help the company accelerate its "data center first" strategy. Solarflare's network interface cards are used in cloud computing, fintech, and other data center applications, where applications require low latency network access.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2019

Image via Pixabay As a mentor to many small business owners, I always caution them that you can never relax completely, just because your initial solution or product set appears to be getting traction, and the market buzz is positive. Unfortunately, your next stage of scaling the business is fraught with potential oversights that can lead to the downfall of even the best-laid business plans.

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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.

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socalTECH

MAY 1, 2019

Santa Monica-based advertising startup VideoAmp said on Wednesday that it has raised a big $70M funding round, led by the Raine Group, and also included Ankona Capital, Mediaocean, and RTL Group. The company, which develops cross-platform advertising, said it will use the funding to build out its team, as well as for acquisition. As part of the funding, Peter Liguori (former CEO of Tribune Media) joins the company's board of directors.

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Xconomy

MAY 1, 2019

San Diego’s prowess in computer science, medical devices, and life sciences makes it a natural hub of innovative digital health companies. The finalists in the Digital Trailblazer category of the Xconomy Awards San Diego highlight the wide variety of healthtech ideas emanating from local startups and big companies alike, ranging from virtual coaches for physical therapy patients, to experimental software designed to address Alzheimer’s symptoms.

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Xconomy

MAY 1, 2019

The on-demand delivery war in retail is on. In its quarterly earnings call Thursday, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN ) announced it would switch to one-day shipping for Prime members, halving the time the 100 million-plus people who subscribe to the service must wait before receiving their purchases. The Seattle e-commerce giant told analysts the move would cost around $800 million but that didn’t appear to concern investors.

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socalTECH

MAY 1, 2019

A new launch of supplies to the International Space Station by Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX has been delayed, on request of NASA. According to NASA , it ran into a power system glitch on the ISS on Monday, and has shifted the window for the SpaceX launch no earlier than Friday, May 3rd. SpaceX is launching the Dragon cargo ship atop a Falcon 9 from Florida, however, the company also has a launch of satellites for the Canadian Space Agency expected sometime in late May or June from Vandenbe

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socalTECH

MAY 1, 2019

Really love using that electric scooter parked outside your office? Santa Monica-based scooter rental service Bird has just started offering up its scooters on a monthly basis--rather than per-use--in a test in San Francisco and Barcelona. According to Bird, it will allow its users to rent Bird scooters for a month, or more , for a mere $24.99 a month in San Francisco, letting riders use the scooters for unlimited rides and letting users store those scooters at home.

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