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Are you innovating because of need or inspiration?

Berkonomics

Most innovations come from responding to a customer’s needs, or finding a niche where products need improvement or extension. It is rare to innovate using a blank sheet of paper in a room with bare walls and no other contributors. A thought exercise. Imagine the room in which several graduate business school student groups have gathered, tasked with coming up with an idea for a business plan competition.

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Boulevard Partners For Salon Waste Reduction Effort

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Los Angeles-based Boulevard , a startup which is developing business management software for salons and spas, says it has partnered with Green Circle Salons on a waste reduction effort. Green Circle Salons offers up recycling, recovering, and repurposing beauty waste from salons and spas. Boulevard said it will help increase the visibility of the Green Circle Salons initiative.

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Advantages of Government Fiber Internet

Southern California Edison Blog

Municipal and state governments require highly secure networks to transfer sensitive information and files. They also depend on reliable networks to support providing resources to the public, such as information about voting and licenses, as well as live streaming hearings and court proceedings. . While government agencies have several network options, fiber cables are a great option due to the customizable nature of the setup, which allows them to prepare for future growth and quickly address n

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TuSimple Takes $350M

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San Diego-based TuSimple , which is developing camera and vision systems for use in self driving trucks, has reportedly raised $350M. The funding was led by VectoIQ, and also included Goodyear, Union Pacific, CN Rail, U.S. Xpress, Kroger, Traton Group and Navistar. TuSimple has been developing systems that use CMOS imaging sensors for self driving truk fleets.

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Can You Ask for Office Rent Relief? How to Manage Your Lease During COVID-19

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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Esports One Takes $4M More

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Santa Monica-based Esports One , an online fantasy esports website, said Thursday that it has raised $4M in a funding round. The funding came from XSeed Capital, Eniac Ventures, and Chestnut Street Ventures. The funding brings the company's total raised to $7.3M. Esports One lets users create their own, fantasy sports team based on esports players. READ MORE>>.

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Classy Powers $37.9M In Giving Tuesday Donations

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San Diego-based online nonprofit fundraising software developer Classy reports that nonprofits on the service raised $37.9M on Tuesday, Giving Tuesday, the highest amount raised on a single day on its platform. The company said the amount raised through the platform came from 261,000 donors, and was an increase of more than $18M over totals collected last year on the platform.

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Esports One Finds $4M More

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Santa Monica-based Esports One , an online fantasy esports website, said Thursday that it has raised $4M in a funding round. The funding came from XSeed Capital, Eniac Ventures, and Chestnut Street Ventures. The funding brings the company's total raised to $7.3M. Esports One lets users create their own, fantasy sports team based on esports players. READ MORE>>.

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Sketchy Medical Finds $3M More In Series A

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Los Angeles-based Sketchy Medical , which helps medical students learn through visually focused, illustrated diagrams, has raised $3M more in its Series A funding round, the company said on Wednesday. The new funds came from Reach Capital. The new funding comes on top of $30M raised by the company from TCG in the same Series A. Sketchy was founded by Saud Siddiqui, Andrew Berg, Bryan Lemieux and Aaron Lemieux, medical students who created a series of sketches with humorous characters and stories