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Here are ten vision tests for your success

Berkonomics

Your vision for success must be solid and flexible enough to pass several critical tests if it is to guide a business enterprise to greatness. Here in brief are ten tests for your successful vision. Try these on for size, and test yourself for attractiveness to the marketplace, to investors and to history. Ten tests for your successful vision. Is your market identifiable and accessible?

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Music Audience Exchange Looks To Grow Engineering In LA After Funding

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Music Audience Exchange , a startup which develops a marketing platform aimed at the music industry, says it is planning on expanding its engineering team in Los Angeles, after a $6M funding round last month. The company announced $6M in funding from MATH Venture Partners and KDWC Ventures, along with G-Bar Ventures and Gregg Latterman, Founder and CEO of Aware Records in March.

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Silicon Beach Report April 13: Instagram Stories Users Rise to 200 Million Per Day

L.A. Business Journal

Instagram Stories users rise to 200 million per day, Aerojet moves rocket engine work to Alabama, and Hulu Live TV service to cost $39.99 per month with ads.

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Second Sight Retinal Prothesis Implanted In First Patient In Asia

socalTECH

Sylmar-based medical device maker Second Sight Medical Products , which develops implantable retinal prothesis designed to help provide some useful vision in blind patients, says it has implanted its first system in Asia. Second Sight Medical said the Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System was implanted in a patient at the Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (CGMH), in Linkou, Taiwan.

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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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Silicon Beach Networking Mixer At Wurstkuche in Venice

SoCal Tech Calendar

Wednesday, April 19, 2017 -- Silicon Beach Networking Mixer At Wurstkuche in Venice. Join Us For A Night Of Networking With Startup Professionals In Silicon Beach! Support women entrepreneurs and Join the fastest growing tech community in Los Angeles! Meet new people and participate in lively discussions with outstanding names in the Silicon Beach community.

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Qualcomm Ordered To Pay $814.9M Refund to BlackBerry

socalTECH

San Diego-based Qualcomm was ordered to pay $814.9 million, plus interest and attorney's fees, to BlackBerry , as part of an arbitration related to the company's royalties for certain past sales of subscriber units, Qualcomm said on Wednesday. The arbitration award came as a result of a contract dispute between the companies relating to a per-unit royalty cap program at Qualcomm.

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Ixia Shareholders Give Nod To Keysight Technologies Buy

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Calabasas-based Ixia , the developer of network testing hardware and software, along with other products, said late Wednesday that its shareholders have voted to approve the acquisition of the company by Keysight Technologies. The two companies had announced the acquisition deal on January 30th. Ixia said that approximately 82.8 percent of its outstanding shares were voted in favor of the deal.

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Tocagen IPO Raises $85M to Test Gene Therapy in Brain Cancer Trials

Xconomy

Tocagen raised $85 million in its stock market debut today, and underwriters saw enough demand to increase the number of shares in the initial public offering. Tocagen has been developing a gene therapy treatment for a deadly type of brain cancer. San Diego-based Tocagen (NASDAQ: TOCA ) priced its offering of 8.5 million shares at $10 per share. The company had previously planned to sell 7.25 million shares priced between $10 to $12 each.

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j2 Global Buys Five More Companies

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Los Angeles-based j2 Global , which provides both a suite of Internet services and runs an extensive digital media and content publishing business, has made five more acquisitions, the company said today. The company said it completed five acquisition in the first quarter of 2017 across three of its business units. The company said it acquired MXForce (email), SendInc (email), Longscope (email), MailerMailer (email marketing), and Scrypt (fax).

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