Thu.Jun 28, 2018

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All The Questions You Wanted Answered about Bird Scooters and Their Recent $300 Million Funding

Both Sides of the Table

My friend Michael Broukhim, founder & co-CEO of FabFitFun and I recently had a catch-up meeting for 3-miles on the Santa Monica “Bird Trail” No company has ever elicited so many questions by friends, colleagues, entrepreneurs, fellow VCs and journalists as has Bird, the company that pioneered the electronic scooter as a service market. Until recently it was headquartered 2 blocks from our offices in Santa Monica so we literally saw it emerge under our feet and we proudly invested in the last

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Big tech companies are looking at Hollywood as the next stage in their play for the cloud

TechCrunch LA

This week, both Microsoft and Google made moves to woo Hollywood to their cloud computing platforms in the latest act of the unfolding drama over who will win the multi-billion dollar business of the entertainment industry as it moves to the cloud. Google raised the curtain with a splashy announcement that they’d be setting up their fifth cloud region in the U.S. in Los Angeles.

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California Passes Data Privacy Bill

L.A. Business Journal

Lawmakers in California passed a data privacy bill in both chambers June 28 that would require major companies to disclose the data they collect from consumers and also allow consumers to elect not to have their data sold by the company to ad agencies. Governor Jerry Brown signed the bill into law Thursday afternoon.

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RivetAI Targets Hollywood With AI Tools

socalTECH

Can artificial intelligence help Hollywood unlock more creativity from storytellers? Los Angeles-based RivetAI hopes it can, saying Thursday that it has launched to apply artificial intelligence technology to help assist storytellers in planning and producing content. The startup--whose founders come from production company End Cue, SpaceX, and Caltech--says its software can help assist in such areas as script dissection--providing producers with information every prop, character, and scene that

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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 Report June 28: California Data Privacy Bill Signed Into Law

L.A. Business Journal

Data privacy law signed; Fitplan raises $4.

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Marketplace Debuts Amazon Alexa Skill

socalTECH

Marketplace , the new program recorded in Los Angeles and carried on more than 800 public radio stations nationwide, says it has rolled out its very own Amazon Alexa Skill this morning--based on Marketplace's "Make Me Smart" podcast. According to Marketplace, its skill will connect Amazon Echo users with bits of information on the economy, pop culture, tech and current events every weekday.

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Fitplan Technologies Finds $4.7M For Fitness Apps

socalTECH

Los Angeles-based Fitplan Technologies , a startup that develops mobile apps which connects users with workouts with routines used by what the company says are the "world's most influential fitness personalities", has raised $4.7M in a funding round. The funding was led by Lerer Hippeau, Bullpen, Advanceit and Imaginary VC. The startup was founded in Vancouver, Canada in 2016 by Landon Hamilton and Cam Speck.

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BitSight Picks Up $60M to Fend Off Rivals in Cybersecurity Ratings

Xconomy

BitSight Technologies is restocking its war chest to try and win the emerging market for cybersecurity ratings. Today the Cambridge, MA-based tech company announced it raised $60 million in a Series D funding round led by Warburg Pincus, the global private equity firm that has backed the likes of CrowdStrike in cybersecurity, DBRS in credit ratings, and Reorg Research in information services—three sectors that relate to BitSight’s business, CEO Tom Turner points out.

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Amgen Ties With Piper Jordan On Migraine Management

socalTECH

Thousand Oaks-based biotech giant Amgen said this morning that it has tied with Piper Jordan , a health and benefit consulting firm, to launch a new disease management program for people living with migraine. According to Amgen and Piper Jordan, they will launch a disease management program called "Manage My Migraine" to several large employers, representing more than 50,000 employees.

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Is your company or department as efficient as it should be?

Berkonomics

Close. There is more money lost in businesses today from inefficient processes than any other single area. Yet this is not a place where most managers feel comfortable deconstructing and rebuilding. Somewhere out there is a consultant or future employee (or even suggestions from present employees) that will provide the roadmap toward making your processes run more smoothly, more quickly and more inexpensively.

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