socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand , which develops employee development software, says that a survey it has run has found that 50 percent of employees it surveyed desire time off to study their ballot before they vote. Cornerstone OnDemand said it ran a survey with YouGove, which provides public opinion and data, finding 80% of adults typically spend less than two hours to learn about their ballot--and could use additional time off to study their upcoming ballots.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

As a business advisor, I listen to many of you entrepreneurs talking about achieving your dreams, but too few of you have structured that dream, and can express it in a set of specific goals, with a timeline for getting there. You all hope I have some magic formula for success , but the reality is that only you can pick the goals that match your passion, work ethic, and desired outcome.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

According to a new report, Santa Monica-based "on-demand" scooter company Bird recently started running a program which allows the contractors who charge its scooters to acquire their own fleet of scooters--but which, as a result of the pandemic--has saddled many with huge amounts of debt. According tot he report--from One Zero--the attempt by Bird was a way for the company to offload the expense of rolling out its scooters to third parties, including entrepreneurs, local bike shops, and indepen

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L.A. Business Journal

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Tetra Tech Inc. has acquired Virginia-based information technology services firm BlueWater Federal Solutions Inc.

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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

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Santa Monica-based Ring , the maker of security cameras, doorbells, and other products, was seeing major downtime on Wednesday, with users reporting that the service and doorbells were "basically unusable". Users reported on social media that their doorbells were going off randomly, motion alerts from hours ago were finally showing up on their phone, and support was unreachable.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Ovid Therapeutics and Takeda Pharmaceutical joined forces three years ago to develop a small molecule into a potential epilepsy drug. That research is starting to pay off as the companies now look ahead to pivotal studies testing that compound in several inherited forms of the disorder. On Wednesday, New York-based Ovid (NASDAQ: OVID ) reported Phase 2 results showing that the molecule, soticlestat, reduced the frequency of epileptic seizures in CDKL5 deficiency disorder (CDD) and chromosome 15q

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Manhattan Beach-based Pod Network LLC , which develops a social networking application, announced this morning that it has merged with STEMconnector , which runs a professional services firm focused on creating a STEM-ready workforce. Financial details of the deal were not announced. The two said they with both continue their normal business operations, but use Pod's technology platform to connect the STEM community; they will operate as STEMConnector - Powered by Pod , and will focus on connect

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

San Diego-based TVPage , a startup which offers up "virtual brand ambassadors" for e-commerce stores, says it has connected into Shopify , allowing any business powered by the popular e-commerce platform to use its virtual brand ambassadors. TVPage said the link allows Shopify store owners to enlist ambassadors to sell online through personalized virtual storefronts using shoppable video, product collections and live events.

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