Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Every aspiring entrepreneur I know is talking about the fact that there are over 2,000 billionaires in the world today, and how their innovative idea could make them one of the next ones. Most of you prefer to ignore the feedback from analysts that your chances of creating the next unicorn startup may be as low as one in five million. The big question is how you can beat these odds.

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L.A. Business Journal

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Activision Blizzard Inc. outperformed earnings projections in the third quarter, reporting $1.95 billion in net revenue.

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OCTOBER 30, 2020

Los Angeles-based Famous Birthdays , which operates a network of sites which provide information about celebrities, social media stars, TV shows, movies, and more, has expanded its service to serve Portuguese speaking countries. According to the company on Friday, its new site is at Famous Birthdays Portugus. The company now offers up English, Spanish, and Portuguese websites.

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OCTOBER 30, 2020

Marina del Rey-based The Bouqs Company , the direct, farm-to-consumer, online floral delivery service founded by John Tabis, said this week that it has named Rosemary Turner to the company's board of directors. The company said Turner is a veteran logistics leader, having served as president of UPS for 22 years. Turner also serves as Deputy Chair of the San Francisco Federal Reserve, Director of TFI International, headquartered in Canada, Board of Trustee of LMU and Director for SCAN located in

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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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OCTOBER 30, 2020

Glendale-based LegalZoom announced this week that it has appointed Noel Watson as the company's new Chief Financial Officer. Watson was previously CFO of TrueCar, where the firm said he led financial operations including financial planning & analysis (FP&A), accounting, and investor relations. He also served at Chief Accounting Offier at TripAdvisor, in addition to serving at such companies as ArrAy Inc, Way Systems, and Arthur Andersen LLP.

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OCTOBER 30, 2020

Los Angeles-based daily fantasy sports gaming site Monkey Knife Fight and the NFL Players Association said late Thursday that the NFL Players Association has taken an ownership stake in the gaming site. Financial details of the deal were not announced. According to the two, the NFLPA will become a strategic owner in Monkey Knife Fight, in a deal that involves OneTeam Partners.

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OCTOBER 30, 2020

Los Angeles-based SUMA Wealth , a startup which operates an online platform designed to help U.S.-born, Millennial Latinos with financial literacy, has raised a round of funding, the company announced this week. According to the company, it received a pre-seed funding round from a number of female investors. The round was led by Samara Hernndez, Founding Partner at Chingona Ventures, and also included participation from Anna Barber and Raina Kumra at The Fund, Carmen Palafox at 2045 Ventures, G

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