L.A. Business Journal
AUGUST 9, 2021
Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand Inc., a human resources management software company, has entered into an agreement to be acquired by Clearlake Capital Group in a transaction worth $5.2 billion.
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 9, 2021
Every startup fears that one angry and unfair customer who can jeopardize the business by a negative post on Ripoff Report , Yelp , or one of the hundreds of other consumer complaint and review sites on the Internet. Most entrepreneurs don’t even know how to keep track of what people are saying about them on the web, much less how to respond or remove it.
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L.A. Business Journal
AUGUST 9, 2021
SpaceX has agreed to purchase Swarm Technologies, which designs small satellites to manage internet-of-things services.
socalTECH
AUGUST 9, 2021
Los Angeles-based rocket and spacecraft developer SpaceX has acquired Swarm Technologies, a developer of "smallsat" (small satellite) technology. Financial terms of the buy were not announced, and no details of the acquisition were announced. The deal was uncovered via a series of filings with the FCC. Swarm has a network of 120. cubesats"-- small satellites in orbit, which are providing Internet-of-Things services.
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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.
L.A. Business Journal
AUGUST 9, 2021
Kristofer Sommestad has worked with freelance creators throughout his career in technology.
socalTECH
AUGUST 9, 2021
Santa Barbara-based property management software developer Yardi reports that it has been selected by a company in Dublin, Ireland. According to Yardi, Urbeo Residential Limited has selected it as the end-to-end software provider for its 1500+ unit build to rent portfolio. Financial impact of the deal were not announced. The company said its software will be used from everything from software and accounting, to powering a white labeled resident app for bill payment and booking maintenance reques
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socalTECH
AUGUST 9, 2021
San Diego-based life sciences equipment maker Illumina said last week that it is donating $1M in sequencing equipment to groups in Mumbai, India, to bolster that country's COVID-19 surveillance ability. According to Illumina, is is donating two of its newest, next-generation (NGS) platforms, reagants, and four years of service support to the Molecular Diagnostic Reference Laboratory at Kasturba Hospital, in the Municipal Corporate of Greater Mumbai.
L.A. Business Journal
AUGUST 9, 2021
Growing up in South Central L.A., Nhon Ma has seen disparities in education his entire life.
socalTECH
AUGUST 9, 2021
Los Angeles-based Romeo Power says it has appointed Susan Brennan as the company's new President and CEO, the company said on Friday. According to Romeo Power, Brennan was most recently Chief Operations Officer at Bloom Energy Corporation. Romeo Power said that its existing President and CEO, Lionel Selwood, Jr., is stepping down from both that post as well as from its board in order to "pursue new opportuniites".
L.A. Business Journal
AUGUST 9, 2021
George Jacobs’ restaurant journey started with his father, the owner of Georgee’s Pizza in La Cañada Flintridge.
socalTECH
AUGUST 9, 2021
Pasadena-based Fox Dealer, which creates custom websites for car dealerships, says it has acquired Brea-based Simplext Digital, a provider of texting products for the automotive industry. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Simplext develops a tool which lets shoppers text car dealerships, enabling a direct discussion with a sales or service representative.
L.A. Business Journal
AUGUST 9, 2021
GoGuardian, an El Segundo-based educational technology company, has raised $200 million from a New York-based private equity firm in a deal that values GoGuardian at well over $1 billion.
socalTECH
AUGUST 9, 2021
Long Beach-based Rocket Lab says it has scored a contract from NASA, to launch a payload to the moon. According to Rocket Lab, it will launch the CAPSTONE mission to the Moon from its launch complex in New Zealand, in Q4 of 2021, its first launch to the Moon. The NASA funded mission will place a 55 pound satellite into lunar orbit, as part of a mission by NASA to establish a long term presence on the Moon.
Inverted Software
AUGUST 9, 2021
“Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.” – Michael Jordan. You often hear the term “team player”, but what does it really mean? Teams can achieve magnificent things if everyone on the team is working towards the same goals, or they can fail miserably when team members are divided. Starting with the smallest family unit or military squad and ending with your company, great teamwork is the basis for success.
Inverted Software
AUGUST 9, 2021
“I hired a software development company from India. They outbide all the US based companies I contacted and offered developers at a cheap price. Two years later they are still working on my systems. The number of hours I been billed is staggering and the system is buggy and barely usable.”. The above quote is a real customer that ended up at our office.
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