Berkonomics

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Forming business relationships at the highest level. As you follow these insights from ignition to liquidity event, you’ll detect a continuing theme, emphasizing the need for deep and wide relationships that the CEO and senior staff can call upon for advice and guidance. This is the time to elevate those insights to the level of highest value for the corporation, one that cannot be listed on a balance sheet nor included in an appraisal of corporate worth.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Congratulations! Your company is growing rapidly. This brings many new challenges and is an exciting time. But there’s one thing you can’t afford to ignore while expanding: your candidate experience. Rushing through the hiring process negatively impacts the candidate experience. This creates a devastating ripple effect. When you find the right people, they’ll be less likely to accept your job offer.

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L.A. Business Journal

DECEMBER 28, 2017

LeEco founder's assets seized as China pursues absent web mogul; Snapchat developing ‘Stories Everywhere’ outside the app; and TaskUs grows to more than 8,000 employees.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2017

During the holiday season, our tradition over the last few years has been to post reflections on the past year and some predictions from Southern California's "movers and shakers" in the technology industry. This morning, we have a contribution from Michael Terpin , the CEO of Transform Group International and Chairman of BitAngels. Michael is a bit of an honorary Southern California, spending a large chunk of his time in Los Angeles (where he's built many of his companies) although he's now off

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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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Xconomy

DECEMBER 28, 2017

There is little doubt that Silicon Valley has taken a reputational hit in 2017, partly as a result of the media’s usual star-making and -breaking process, but mostly through self-inflicted wounds. However, while specific details in the press may be shocking, the problems were predictable: Bad behavior often follows when there is an imbalance in power, and in the past few years, the heat of the tech market has created an environment where historical lessons of conduct and oversight were ignored f

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Santa Monica-based TaskUs , the provider of business process outsourcing led by Bryce Maddock and Jaspar Weir, has now passed up 8,000 employees, the company said today. According to the company, it added more than 1,000 additional employees this year. The company was started in Santa Monica, but its biggest employee base is in the Philippines. TaskUs did not reveal any financials, but said it increased its revenue by 45 percent in 2017 and signedup 20 new clients, among other milestones.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2017

During the holiday season, our tradition over the last few years has been to post reflections on the past year and some predictions from Southern California's "movers and shakers" in the technology industry. This morning, we have a contribution from investor and investment banker Peter Cowen of Sutton Capital Partners. Sutton Capital Partners is a technology investment banking firm and we are, investors in local SaaS/subscription companies and is well known as the host of the annual Recurring Re

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 28, 2017

If you’ve spent any time in the business-events industry, you know destinations like Las Vegas, Paris, Chicago, or Barcelona like the back of your hand. These top-tier cities are meetings hotspots, with enough convention space and hotel rooms to accommodate thousands of attendees at any given time, plus the cultural amenities and intangible cachet to keep them around.

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 28, 2017

A series of events this year—from the Equifax data breach to the foreign use of social media to influence the U.S. presidential election—has prompted some to question the utopian promise of innovation, especially when it comes to Web companies and cybersecurity. To help put things in perspective at year’s end, Xconomy reached out to Steve Guengerich, executive director of the Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of Texas at Dallas.

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