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JANUARY 8, 2020

For today's interview, we spoke to Bill Curtis , the founder of Malibu-based CurtCo Media (www.curtco.com). Curtis is the former publisher of the Robb Report, which he sold back in 2015, and has a long history of operating media companies that have published such titles as Home Office Computing, Home Theater, Mobile Computing, Worth, and many others.

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Media Report Advertising Content 150

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 8, 2020

As an advisor to entrepreneurs, I often hear the desire to run their own company, to avoid having someone else telling them how to run the business. They then ask me to help them find investors who can provide the funding they need. They don’t seem to realize that investors can be the most demanding bosses your ever had, since it’s their money you are using and potentially losing.

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Technical Advisors Startup News Resource 125

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JANUARY 8, 2020

Culver City-based Dub Frequency Media (DFM), a marketing, public relations, and creative firm which focuses on millennials, has raised $9.0M in a funding round, part of an ongoing $10.97M funding effort, according to a regulatory filing by the company this week. The company, led by Jesse Lee, counts such major clients as Nike, Calvin Klein, Nordstrom, Tesla, Live Nation, Red Bull, and many others.

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Culver City Media Funding Marketing 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 8, 2020

Tuesday, January 14, 2020 -- Preccelerator Workshop: Driving with Data w/ Sari M. Kern. All companies generate information from the day-to-day operations. The question is: how can businesses organize and use this data to drive success? This workshop will walk you through the steps of how to use data to inform strategy and make decisions.

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Organization Company Companies 100

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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JANUARY 8, 2020

In the latest drumbeat of negative coverage of Santa Monica-based Ring , a report from Vice, published on Wednesday, says that a number of its employees had been fired over the last four years for improperly accessing user video data. The disclosure--which was leaked to Motherboard--apparently was made on January 6th, to U.S. Senators who have been inquiring into the company's handling of videos.

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Report Santa Monica Content Company 100

Xconomy

JANUARY 8, 2020

Cancer drug developer Mirati Therapeutics is beefing up its leadership team as its lead programs advance through human testing. The San Diego-based company (NASDAQ: MRTX ) this week added two executives to its C-suite as part of a strategic effort to ready the biotech for its potential transformation into a commercial company. For San Diego, it’s a relatively unusual development.

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San Diego Develop Development Company 63

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JANUARY 8, 2020

Len Lanzi , who has been Executive Director of LAVA for the past 12 years, is joining as the new Managing Director of the Preccelerator , an accelerator for early-stage startups run by Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP, according to Scott Alderton, founding partners of Stubbs. Lanzi has been a key force in the Los Angeles startup and technology world, and prior to that had served in numerous roles in the nonprofit sector.

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LAVA Santa Monica Mentor Los Angeles 100

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JANUARY 8, 2020

Los Angeles-based XPRIZE , the nonprofit which runs global competitions to spur the development of technology to solve some of humanity's biggest challenges, says it now has 77 teams signed up for its $10M ANA Avatar XPRIZE Competition. The ANA Avatar XPRIZE Competition is aimed at spurring development of technology to allow humans to have a remote presence in remote locations in real time.

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Competition Los Angeles Technology Develop 100

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JANUARY 8, 2020

Los Angeles-based Luxury Presence , a new startup which provides websites and digital marketing services to real estate agents, has raised $5.4M in a funding round, according to the company. The funding was led by Switch Ventures, and also included Bessemer Venture Partners, Toba Capital, plus Gerald Risk, Peter Kelly, Jonathan Erlich, and Blaine Vess.

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