Fri.Jun 19, 2020

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One LA Company Hiring: Jam City

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Even as the global pandemic has thrown growth plans into question, apparently, at least one Los Angeles company is ramping up its hiring: Jam City. According to a report, the LA mobile games developer has "dozens of positions" open at the company. Jam City is behind a large number of popular, casual mobile games, including the recently launch game World War Doh, the Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery mobile game; Panda Pop; Cookie Jam, and many others.

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5 Ways To Validate Your Technology As Market Driven

Startup Professionals Musings

Technical entrepreneurs love their technology, and often are driven to launch a startup on the assumption that everyone will buy any solution which highlights this technology. Instead, they need to validate a customer problem and real market need first. Don’t create solutions looking for a problem , since investors ignore these, and customers other than early adopters will be hard to find.

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Esri Powers New COVID-19 Dashboard In Saudi Arabia

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Redland-based Esri reports that it has been selected by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), to power a the country's first coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) dashboard. Financial impact of the win were not announced. Esri said the dashboard was created in cooperation with Esri Saudi Arabia and the country's Ministry of Health (MoH), and is the official source of data for tracking COVID-19 cases throughout the kingdom.

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Bio Roundup: A Royal IPO, Akili Arrives, Orca Bio Surfaces & More

Xconomy

The biggest life sciences deal this week involves a company that doesn’t discover or develop drugs, or even sell them. Yet its mark is found on pharmaceutical products spanning the entire sector. Royalty Pharma (NASDAQ: RPRX ) acquires the royalty rights for drugs. Most of those royalties are for products that are already approved, but the company has also been striking deals for compounds still in development.

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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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Procore Debuts New Features

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Carpinteria-based Procore Technologies , which develops construction management software, says it has launched a number of new features, aimed at greater collaboration and communications. The company--one of the Central Coast's fastest growing companies--says it launched the new features at its own virtual construction industry event, Next Steps Summit.

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Honk: Many American Drivers Still Not Driving

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Los Angeles-based HONK , an app-based service which connects motorists with roadside assistance and towing, says that American drivers are still not driving as much as they did--even as most lockdowns have been loosened. According to HONK, it ran a survey showing that 45 percent of American drivers are fueling their vehicles no more than once a month.

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Jukin Media Ends Up In Middle Of Political Battle

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Another, Southern California technology company has ended up in the middle of increasingly divided U.S. politics, after Culver City-based Jukin Media issued a takedown request for a misleading, manipulated video that has been retweeted by Donald Trump. According to Jukin, it submitted a takedown request to Twitter for the misleading edit of an endearing viral video, which originally showed two children--one black, another white--hugging.