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SpaceX Wins New $97M Launch Contract With NASA

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Hawthorne-based SpaceX has been selected by NASA for a new launch contract, to launch NASA's Sentinel-6A mission into space, NASA said on Thursday. According to NASA, it is targeting launch of its Sentinel-6A from Vandenberg Air Force Base in November 2020. NASA said total cost for it to launch the new mission will be approximately $97M, including launch services and other mission related costs.

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Effective Networking Starts With Empathy

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The better you understand someone, the more you will be able to relate to them in all areas of life. This is just some advice from Alejandro Rioja , CEO of Flux Ventures. We asked him about building relationships and advice for founders needing to expand their network. What is one practical tip you’d give a young entrepreneur who is just setting out to build a professional network?

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Report: Los Angeles, San Diego Among Top Startup Markets

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Los Angeles and San Diego are among the metro areas with the highest startup activity, based on a new report from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. The foundation ranked Los Angeles as number 3, and San Diego as number 4 in terms of the highest startup activity in the United States, based on the rate of new entrepreneurs, startup density, and other factors.

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Burbank Tech Talks: Founder Stories: David Knight, Angel City Data

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Thursday, October 26, 2017 -- Founder Stories: David Knight, Angel City Data. Burbank Tech Talks and TechFire. The City of Burbank, in partnership with TechFire is featuring a Burbank tech success story, Angel City Data's Founder and President, David Knight. Angel City Data has deployed over 2,000 custom desktop, web and mobile software solutions for clients such as Apple, Disney, Warner Bros., Harvard, Caltech, UCLA, USC, the BBC, and NASA.

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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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Qualcomm Gets Exit At August Home

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San Diego-based Qualcomm Ventures , the venture investment arm of Qualcomm, has had an exit in its portfolio--smart lock maker August Home. August was acquired by ASSA ABLOY on Thursday. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. August was venture backed by Bessemer Venture Partners, Comcast Ventures, Maveron, Qualcomm Ventures, AGL, Liberty Mutual and SPDG.

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Information Security Spooktactular

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Thursday, October 26, 2017 -- Information Security Spooktactular. WITI Los Angeles. Are you spooked every-time you hear of a Security Breach? Do the recent Hacks of Equifax and Target make you tremble in fear! Today more than ever, having a basic understandand#8203;ing of Information Security, its issues and threats is essential. Join us at this Halloween themed event and let a Panel of Industry experts to help us scare away your terrors!

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Growth Capital Conference

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Thursday, October 26, 2017 -- Growth Capital Conference. Network with capital sources, advisors, deal makers and 100 entrepreneurs seeking capital and counsel. DEAL DISPLAY showcases growing firms needing capital and counse. View products, videos, online demos.

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Google Powers 3D Virtual Reality Exploration Of The Surface Of Mars

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Have you ever dreamed of visiting Mars? Google has teamed up with NASA and JPL to power a new, 3D, virtual reality experience of the real surface of Mars, on the new Access Mars website. According to Google, it has taken the photos taken by the Mars Curiosity rover, which have been used by NASA to create a 3D model of Mars, and lets users experience the surface of the planet using WebVR.

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Silicon Beach Report Oct. 20: SpaceX Gets $97 Million NASA Contract

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SpaceX gets $97 million NASA contract, Newhall Ranch part of local Amazon pitch and Musk’s Boring Co. gets Maryland dig approval.

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The Tech Info Group Acquired By Capitas Partners

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Los Angeles-based The Tech Info Group , a managed IT services, back-up, cloud, and security provider, has been acquired by Capitas Partners , the two said late Friday. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. According to the companies, Capitas Partners will also invest $200,000 of growth capital in TTIG as part of the transaction. The Tech Info Group says it provides business networks, providing supplementation services for existing IT Departments, and offering strategic IT cons

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7 Drivers of Digital Opportunity or Business Demise

Startup Professionals Musings

Jack Welch, former CEO of GE, once predicted, “When the rate of change outside the company is greater than the rate of change inside, the end is near.” Yet in my role as business advisor, I often see companies naively ignoring this reality. The smarter ones look outside regularly for evidence of impending change, and treat these as opportunities to jump ahead of competitors.

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Ambry Genetics Acquired By Konica Minolta

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Aliso Viejo-based genetic testing company Ambry Genetics has successfully been acquired by Konica Minolta , in a deal worth $1 billion, Konica Minolta and the Innovation Network of Japan (INCJ) said on Thursday afternoon. The companies had announced the acquisition deal on July 6th. Ambry, which was founded in 1999, operates a genetic testing lab which provides offer hereditary cancer panels and clinical exome sequencing.

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Bio Roundup: Kite’s CAR-T Approved, Obamacare Fix & Lilly mRNA Deal

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Kite Pharma wasn’t expecting a regulatory decision for its non-Hodgkin lymphoma treatment until November, but this week, the company got the FDA’s O.K. The approval of axicabtagene ciloleucel (Yescarta) marks the second time in the two months that the FDA has given the nod to a CAR-T therapy, a treatment made from a patient’s own engineered cells. The first, tisagenlecleucel from Novartis (NYSE: NVS ), was approved in August to treat a severe form of pediatric leukemia.

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