Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 15, 2021
More entrepreneurs want to be socially responsible these days, but fear a negative impact on profits, growth, and the ability to find an investor. In the short run, there are real costs associated with the “triple bottom line” of maximizing profit, people (social), and planet (environment). But very quickly, it is becoming obvious to startups that the value and satisfaction exceeds the costs.
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SEPTEMBER 15, 2021
Los Angeles-based LiveXLive Media, which operates both an online livestreaming and pay-per-view business, says it is going through a major rebranding, and plans to spin out its pay-per-view business as a separate company. According to LiveXLive, it plans to change its name to LiveOne, and will spin out its PPV business as a public company called PPVOne.
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SEPTEMBER 15, 2021
Newport Beach-based Indi, which operates an app and platform which helps individuals make money through direct sales to their social connections, says it has added a new "live events" feature for its app. According to the company, the new Live Events feature collaboration, sharing a product or service, hosting a Q&A session or serve as a meetup place for like-minded individuals.
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SEPTEMBER 15, 2021
Los Angeles-based Appetize, the developer of point-of-sale ordering apps serving the restaurant, sports, entertainment, and hospitality business, has been acquired by San Francisco-based SpotOn, the companies said on Tuesday. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. SpotOn announced the buy along with a $300M, Series E funding round.
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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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SEPTEMBER 15, 2021
Los Angeles-based influencer marketing startup CreatorIQ has raised $40M more in funding, according to the company. According to CreatorIQ, the new funding round came from existing investors TVC Capital, Kayne Partners Fund, the growth private equity group of Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, Affinity Group, and Unilever Ventures, plus new investor Silver Lake Waterman.
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SEPTEMBER 15, 2021
Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX is getting set to launch its first ever, space tourism focused mission today from Florida. According to SpaceX, there's a give-hour launch window today opening at 8:02 p.m. for the Inspiration4 mission, which it says will be the world's "first ever all-civilian human spaceflight". The mission is thanks to billionaire Jared Isaacman, founder of Shift4 Payments, who paid for the entire launch.
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