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NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Our interview this morning is with Kelly Perdew of Moonshots Capital , a Los Angeles based investment firm that makes seed stage investments in early stage companies�and in particular, for this Veterans Day, in companies founded by military veterans. Kelly is a longtime angel investor in such companies as Scopely, Bitium, UStream, Thrively,� and many others.

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Capital Startup Invest Training 223

L.A. Business Journal

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Zealot Networks, co-founded by Danny Zappin, former chief of Maker Studios, may be acquisition target.

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Content Acquisition Networking 197

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

In the biggest resurrection this side of the Second Coming, Facebook appears to have brought back all of the thousands of people that had suddenly been marked as "dead" on its site due to a bug on Friday by late afternoon. Facebook said there was a "terrible error" that it fixed after users suddenly were getting reports from their friends that they had died, and had become "Memorialized" on the social networking site.

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Social Network Software Review Sites Report 183

L.A. Business Journal

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Zealot Networks draws suitors, Nevada official concerned Faraday Future caught in Ponzi scheme, and Rubicon reports record video advertising surrounding election.

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Report Networking Advertising 127

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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NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Users of Facebook might be surprised to see that their accounts are telling people they are dead, after it appears either a malfunction or hacking at Facebook started showing users as "memorialized" on Friday afternoon. Users across the social media site were being told by friends and family that their accounts were showing that they had just died just around 1pm on Friday.

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Social Media Report Sites Media 157

SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Tuesday, November 15, 2016 -- R.E.D. Talks: Building a Successful Startup in L.A. Michael Dubin, Founder and CEO, Dollar Shave Club. Los Angeles is fertile ground for entrepreneurs—especially for those bold enough to toss conventional wisdom out the window. An important part of the changing tech-paradigm involves Silicon Beach’s continued ascendance as a startup incubator.

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Dollar Shave Club Startup Incubator Los Angeles 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Saturday, November 12, 2016 -- Entrepreneurs in a Biotech Moment. Caltech Entrepreneurs Forum. Encouraging the growth and success of technology-based entrepreneurial ventures in Southern California. Gordon Binder, Venture Capital investor, former Chairman and CEO of Amgen, and Trustee Emeritus of both Caltech and MIT, leads the November Caltech Entrepreneurs Forum program, "Entrepreneurs in a Biotech Age.

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Entrepreneur CalTech Southern California Startup 100

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NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Los Angeles-based online advertising marketplace operator Rubicon Project says that it has seen record-breaking video advertising spend, following the U.S. Presidential Election, as people have been turning to video for information on the aftermath of the election. Rubicon Project said that Election Day was the single biggest day in its company history in terms of video spend, with roughly 85% of that video on mobile.

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Advertising Los Angeles Mobile Angel 124

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

As a business advisor and advocate for entrepreneurs, I find myself almost always talking and writing about change. Yet there are many things about business and work that haven’t changed for a long time, and don’t need to change anytime soon. I’m always surprised when someone doesn’t seem to grasp these basics, or thinks it’s fine to throw the baby out with the bathwater.

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Startup Writing Entrepreneur Screening 93

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

The presidential election ended with Donald Trump’s stunning victory and Republican retention of the House and Senate. Now, the U.S. healthcare sector will try to figure out what it all means. Drug company stocks got a boost with the defeat of Hillary Clinton, a vocal critic of drug prices. But Trump’s plans are unclear. Will he take a softer stance on drug prices?

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Patents Study Pricing Technical Review 87