Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2020

In my experience, consummate entrepreneurs tend come up with more startup ideas than they can ever implement, and some of the ideas may not even make business sense. But how does any entrepreneur know which ideas to implement, and which ones are best left behind? After all, most great breakthroughs, like a computer in every home, seemed like a crazy idea before Steve Jobs and Bill Gates made it happen.

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L.A. Business Journal

AUGUST 17, 2020

Hawthorne-based Swoop Inc. wants to bring digital order and ease of use to the group transportation industry, a fragmented market populated with small operators who keep their books manually.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 17, 2020

Our interview today is with serial entrepreneur Neel Grover , the CEO and founder of Indi (indi.com). Indi operates an app which lets people get paid for sharing their social content, making product recommendations, and more. Neel was most previously the Chairman and CEO of Bluefly.com, CEO and President of Buy.com and Rakuten North America and an Executive Officer of Rakuten Inc.

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L.A. Business Journal

AUGUST 17, 2020

Igor Vaks, the founder and chief executive at Culver City-based Social Edge Inc., doing business as CreatorIQ, understands that his company’s complex platform can be difficult to describe to potential investors.

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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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socalTECH

AUGUST 17, 2020

Carlsbad-based satellite communications company ViaSat reports this morning that its cybersecurity software, Mobile Dynamic Defense (MDD), is now available for the Samsung Galaxy S20 Tactical Edition (TE). The company said its software--which lets users access network applications with satellite and other networking systems--ensures that sensitive Department of Defense (DoD), U.S. federal government and international Five Eye (FVEY) allied forces information hosted on S20 TE devices are protecte

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L.A. Business Journal

AUGUST 17, 2020

Hawthorne-based Swoop Inc. wants to bring digital order and ease of use to the group transportation industry, a fragmented market populated with small operators who keep their books manually.

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Platform Hawthorne Marketing 130

L.A. Business Journal

AUGUST 17, 2020

The clock is ticking for TikTok.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 17, 2020

Tustin, California-based THREAD , a developer of software used for managing decentralized clinical research, has raised $50 more in funding from private equity investors Water Street Healthare Partners and JLL Partners. The company was acquired by Water Street and JLL Partners last year, in 2019. THREAD's software is aimed at helping biopharma, contract research organizations (CROs), and other life sciences organizations manage remote data collected for clinical studies.

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L.A. Business Journal

AUGUST 17, 2020

TrueCar Inc., the Santa Monica-based online car-buying marketplace, has managed to gain investors’ trust even as it adjusts to the market under Covid-19.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 17, 2020

Logically , a developer of artificial intelligence software and a team of experts focused on news and fact checking, says it is expanding its news checking service to the U.S., and is looking to open up an office in the U.S. The company did not say where its office will be located, but made its announcement from Los Angeles. Logically says it is using artificial intelligence and a team of "expert fact checkers" to work with government bodies, social platforms and consumers to ensure safer electi

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Steve Reich

AUGUST 17, 2020

Bankers have a huge asset on their balance sheet that they are not managing: the traffic that flows daily to desktop and mobile Digital banking platforms. Non-bank Digital marketers spend fortunes to generate “organic traffic”—meaning people who come to their platforms because they are interested in the content, rather than arriving after clicking on an ad.

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