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MARCH 4, 2016

IndieU , a new, Los Angeles area startup, is hoping to help connect local college students with independent artists. The startup recently launched a service, which lets college students follow the musical interest of their friends, create playlists, and stream and download independent songs for free, and find local independent musicians. On the artist side, the startup connects independent artists with opportunities at campuses, to perform at local colleges and parties, to broaden their exposure

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MARCH 4, 2016

The good news is that everyone expects entrepreneurs to make mistakes, since founders explore uncharted territory. In fact, investors recognize that founders usually learn more from mistakes than from success, so a well-explained startup failure can improve their odds of funding the next time around. However, investors do expect you know the common pitfalls -- and not repeat them.

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MARCH 4, 2016

The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has sold the royalty rights to a prostate cancer medication based on research done at the school, for a cool $1.14 billion, the school said Friday afternoon. According to UCLA, it sold its royalty interest connected with prostate cancer medication Xtandi to Royalty Pharma , which includes cash payments of $1.14 billion and potential, additional payments based on future sales.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 4, 2016

It’s easy to get confused by all the new technical jargon that seems to be constantly spilling out of our computer screens. By now, you’ve probably heard about big data as a service , machine learning, and now deep learning, but differentiating between them isn’t always the easiest thing to do. The temptation may even be to ignore them, but all of these terms are actually a pretty big deal.

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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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MARCH 4, 2016

Hawthorne-based SpaceX is hoping the fourth time is the charm, with plans to attempt yet another launch of its SES-9 mission on Friday afternoon. SpaceX, which scrubbed the third attempt at a launch earlier this week due to a combined alarm and incursion of a boat into the launch area at Cape Canaveral, is hoping to finally launch its Falcon-9 at 6:35 p.m.

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MARCH 4, 2016

Los Angeles-based expense management and invoice processing software developer Chrome River says it has linked up its systems with Uber , letting Uber automatically send ride information directly into expense reports. Chrome River says the integration means all rides taken for business on Uber, including a receipt image, are now sent to Chrome River at the same time a receipt is sent to a user directly.

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MARCH 4, 2016

Uber and Capital One said today that they are offering up four, free rides to each of its customers in Los Angeles through UberPOOL, starting today and running through Sunday, March 6th. According to the companies, users who use Capital One's cards over the next three days just need to add the promo code CAPITALONEPOOL for a free ride, in Los Angeles, as well as a number of other major cities.

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MARCH 4, 2016

Santa Monica-based Comparably.com , a new startup led by longtime entrepreneur Jason Nazar, has raised $6.5M in a funding round, and launched a new platform to help people compare pay and culture between companies. The funding round was led by Crosslink Capital and also included Upfront Ventures, Lowercase Capital, Alpha Edison, Crosscut Ventures, Ludlow Ventures, Cornerstone OnDemand, 500Startups, Pritzker Group, Rincon Venture Partners, Accelerator Ventures, BAM Ventures and David Sacks.

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MARCH 4, 2016

Venice-based instant messaging app maker Snapchat has raised another $175M in funding , according to the WSJ this morning, from Fidelity Investments. According to the report, the new funding values Snapchat at $16 billion, the same valuation as the company's last funding injection. Snapchat has now raised more than $1.2 billion in funding. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 4, 2016

Hawthorne-based SpaceX successfully lifted off from Cape Canaveral on Friday afternoon, at 6:35 p.m. ET, in the Falcon 9's 22nd mission to space. The mission will deliver a payload for satellite communications operator SES, and its SES-9 satellite. The launch--which was webcast live by SpaceX--is the fourth try to launch the SES-9 to space, after several aborted attempts over the last week.

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