L.A. Business Journal

JANUARY 10, 2020

After shutting down an existing esports league, Activision Blizzard Inc. is betting big on a new league that will begin its inaugural season Jan 24.

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Activision 165

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 10, 2020

Most new entrepreneurs don’t anticipate the learning burden of being the leader, including the sense of loneliness and isolation at the top. People outside the team can’t relate to the pressures of “the buck stops here,” and everyone on the team assumes that they are the primary ones under pressure to deliver. Even in a single entrepreneur startup, the leader carries a heavy weight.

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Entrepreneur Activity Organization Course 134

L.A. Business Journal

JANUARY 10, 2020

From ambitious streaming services to fantastical flying cars, Los Angeles companies demonstrated innovative concepts in droves last week in Las Vegas at the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show.

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Company Companies Los Angeles Services 130

socalTECH

JANUARY 10, 2020

Irvine-based patient monitoring equipment developer Masimo has sued Apple , claiming that Apple stole its trade secrets and infringed on its patents--not to mention, hired away key employees--in order to add health monitoring features to its Apple Watch. In a patent filing in the US District Court for the Central District of California, Masimo and one if its spinoffs, Ceracor Laboratories, said Apple infringed on ten patents held by Masimo in order to implement health monitoring features in the

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Patents Develop Development 100

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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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L.A. Business Journal

JANUARY 10, 2020

Culver City-based cannabis retailer MedMen Enterprises Inc. is continuing its aggressive push to implement its restructuring plan in light of large losses.

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Culver City 130

socalTECH

JANUARY 10, 2020

San Diego-based Element Biosciences , which is developing DNA sequencing technology, says it has raised $80M in a Series B funding round. The new funding came from Fidelity Management & Research Company and JS Capital LLC, along with Foresite Capital and Venrock. According to Element Biosciences, the new funds will go towards accelerating the development of its genomic sequencing products.

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San Diego Research Capital Funding 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 10, 2020

Santa Monica-based fintech startup Grow Credit said this week that it has signed up Trash Butler , a "trash valet" company which takes out the trash for apartment, student housing, and condo dwellers, and will help Trash Butler's workforce and clientele establish and build their credit. Grow Credit says it is helping consumers establish or build credit through a virtual Mastercard, which lets users exclusively processing payments from subscription companies such as Disney Plus, Netflix or Spotif

Santa Monica 100

Santa Monica Netflix Services Help 100

Xconomy

JANUARY 10, 2020

A letter signed by 215 people involved in the biopharma industry, including CEOs and investors, published Wednesday promised to put the “interests of patients first.” Six CEOs, including five who run public companies, co-authored the letter. Signatories agreed to what they dubbed a New Commitment to Patients, a list of “core principals and actions” promising that “pricing of our medicines at launch will reflect innovation and value to patients” and “any price increases on our medicines must be r

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Pricing Guide San Diego Company 52

socalTECH

JANUARY 10, 2020

Los Angeles-based Honey , the developer of a browser extension which searches out coupon codes and deals for users, has been labeled a security risk by Amazon , according to a report from Wired. Honey was recently purchased for $4 billion by PayPal. It's unclear why Amazon might be targeting Honey, however, Honey uses affiliate codes as part of its model to provide rebates to users, and likely has been gathering an outsized portion of those e-commerce revenues from online merchants.

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Report Commerce Los Angeles Angel 100