Thu.Mar 19, 2020

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Do you even know what questions to ask?

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Great executives and managers seem to intuitively know what they don’t know. But it is not at all uncommon to not even know what questions to ask. Who would have thought about COVID 19 and public’s panic responses? Image credit: Alexas_Fotos / Pixabay. One week we all thought we had our responses dedicated to supply chain disruptions. By the next week it was protecting our associates and employees.

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TikTok donates $3 million to Arnold Schwarzenegger’s charity feeding kids affected by school closures

TechCrunch LA

The social media giant TikTok said that it would donate $3 million to After – School All-Stars , a charity founded by actor and former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, to feed families whose food security was affected by the close of public schools in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. TikTok said in a statement Thursday that families in 60 cities with After-School All-Stars chapters would receive food vouchers and gift cards that can be spent on food and other essentials through

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Snapchat To Debut Wellness Tools As Virus Threat Ramps

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Venice, California-based Snapchat is launching its new set of health and wellness tools, well ahead of schedule, due to the growing threat of the COVID-19 virus threat, and will surface educational information on the new virus and health measures, as well as mental health content. According to reports, the company's "Here For You" tool will tap information from the World Health Organization (WHO), the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). the Crisis Text Line support network, the Ad Council and the

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Wondering if venture capital is open for business? A new initiative has investors saying yes

TechCrunch LA

A new initiative from a Los Angeles investor is taking stock of venture firms and their ability to commit capital in an effort to match firms that are still open for business and cutting checks to startups that are fundraising in the age of COVID-19. Laurent Grill, one of the investors at Luma Launch (which is the corporate investment arm of the film studio Luma Pictures), has been working in the Los Angeles venture community building and backing startups for about a decade.

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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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Wheels Pauses E-Bike Sharing On Virus Fears

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Los Angeles-based e-bike sharing service Wheels said on Thursday that it is pausing its operations until the end of March, in light of the growing COVID-19 coronavirus threat. According to the company, it will "temporarily stop deploying bikes until the end of March". Wheels is not the only company to pause its micro-mobility services as a result of the growing virus outbreak; Lime, a provider of electric scooters, paused its operations on Wednesday citing similar issues.

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Wheels pauses shared bikes service to try to limit spread of COVID-19

TechCrunch LA

In light of growing concerns around COVID-19, Wheels has decided to pause its pedal-less e-bike operations until the end of March, the company announced today. “After weighing the pros and cons, we’ve decided that the best course of action is to temporarily stop deploying bikes until the end of March and to revisit this then,” the company said in an announcement today. “To be clear, we strongly believe that micromobility in general, and Wheels in particular, is in a unique posi

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How San Diego Biotech Leaders Are Adapting to Coronavirus Concerns

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Three hundred Takeda employees from the Japanese pharma giant’s California research center have been working from home for 10 days straight. Neurocrine Biosciences, one of the few commercial-stage biotechs in town, is working to ensure the animals housed in its vivarium are appropriately minded. Ciara Kennedy, CEO of clinical-stage antifungal therapy developer Amplyx, is facing a slowdown in trial enrollment as hospitals focus on handling the influx of pandemic patients.

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GeoLinks Waives Late Fees, Will Not Disconnect Customers During Pandemic

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Camarillo-based wireless broadband telecommunications provider GeoLinks says that it will not terminate service to any residential or small business customers in the next 60 days, because of inability to pay bills due to the disruptions from the coronavirus pandemic, and also will wave any late fees, in addition to opening up its Wi-Fi hotspots to anyone who needs them.

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As the Commercial Real Estate Market Slumps, Look for a More Tenant-Friendly Future

Xconomy

The following sponsored content was submitted by commercial real estate brokerage firm Hughes Marino : The story of the “canary in the coal mine” is an advanced warning of danger. The metaphor originates from when miners used to carry caged canaries while at work; if the air in the mine became toxic, the canary would die before levels of gas became hazardous to humans.

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Esri Offers Up Free GIS Software For COVID-19 Response

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Redland-based mapping and GIS software developer Esri says it will offer up its software for free to public and private sector organizations fighting the COVID-19 disease pandemic. According to Esri, it has created a template for public health agencies and other organizations, which it is offering up for no cost for six months. The company said its ArcGIS Hub Coronavirus Resposne template includes examples, materials, and configurations to help rapidly deploy its products for public health agenc

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Protected: As the Commercial Real Estate Market Slumps, Look for a More Tenant-Friendly Future

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The Trade Desk Partners With TikTok In Asia Pacific

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Ventura-based advertising exchange The Trade Desk and mobile video app developer TikTok are in a new, advertising partnership covering Asia Pacific markets, the two said this morning. According to the two, the partnership will allow advertisers to directly access premium TikTok inventory across Asia-Pacific via The Trade Desk platform. Financial details of the deal were not announced.

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