TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 29, 2019

When ProGuides pulled the covers off of its service earlier this year, the young Los Angeles-based startup intended to give gamers a way to train with professional and semi-pro esports players from around the world. But as users signed on to the service, it became clear that they weren’t looking for training necessarily… Instead what players wanted was a ringer. “After we launched the beta, we found some interesting user behavior,” says Sam Wang. “We found that game

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L.A. Business Journal

AUGUST 29, 2019

Live event producer LiveXLive Media Inc., based in Beverly Hills, announced today it will partner with Irvine-based Allied Esports Entertainment Inc. to put on live esports events.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 29, 2019

For weeks, we’ve highlighted both good and bad things about boards of directors for your company (or non-profit.) This week, let’s focus upon number one – aside from the requirements of boards to protect the company itself (not the shareholders.). Normal functions of boards. Boards of directors fulfill numerous important functions, both legal and structural.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 29, 2019

The USC Viterbi Startup Garage , the startup accelerator that is part of the University of Southern California, has scored backing from the Amazon Alexa Fund , the venture investment arm of Amazon that invests in startups using Amazon Alexa. According to the USC Viterbi Startup Garage, its new Fall 2019 cohor will now host startups focused on voice technology, as part of a joint effort between Amazon's Alexa Fund and the University of Southern California's Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneur

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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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L.A. Business Journal

AUGUST 29, 2019

Santa Monica-based venture investment firm March Capital Partners led a $4 million funding round in San Francisco-based mobile game developer Knock Knock Games Inc.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 29, 2019

Los Angeles-based on-demand scooter startup Bird is pulling its scooters from the streets of a number of Florida cities, as the state faces its first major hurricane in the "on-demand scooter" era. Bird joins other scooter and transportation companies like Lime and Uber who are having to remove those scooters from the streets as Hurricane Dorian is expected to landfall somewhere in Florida.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 29, 2019

Santa Monica-based videogame publisher Activision is bring back a popular, retro character from the 1990's, its purple dragon, Spyro, through a new title, the gaming publisher said this morning. According to Activision, Spyro Reignited Trilogy will launch on the Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam, starting on September 3rd. The new set of "remastered" videogames include Spyro the Dragon , Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage , and Spyro: Year of the Dragon.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 29, 2019

Fountain Valley-based gaming accessories maker HyperX , and NFL football star JuJu Smith-Schuster have signed a new, two year brand ambassador deal, which will have Smith-Schuster wearing HyperX headsets, as well as promoting HyperX's lifestyle headphones and gaming headsets, mice, keyboards, mousepads, and streaming mics. Financial terms of the branding deal were not announced.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 29, 2019

Two, Los Angeles area companies-- LiveXLive , which operates live entertainment and media events and online media, and Allied Esports , and e-sports company, said this morning that they are in a multi-year partnership. According to the two, Allied Esports will provide its fleet of mobile esports venues, the HyperX Esports Trucks, at the music events and festivals run by LiveXLive Media.

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