Mon.Dec 04, 2017

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WashOS Powers Car Washes For Hyundai's Blue Link

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Los Angeles-based on-demand mobile car wash and detailing service WashOS is making it possible for owners of Hyundai vehicles to easily get car washes--without the owner being present--as part of a "proof of concept" and soon to be pilot service that was recently rolled out for Hyundai's Blue Link All-Access powered by Smartcar. Financial arrangements between Hyundai and WashOS were not announced.

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Why Startups Are Attracted to Revitalized Lisbon

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Portugal was hit hard by the global financial crash of 2008. Its economy struggled to remain afloat during the crisis and it’s capital, Lisbon, suffered greatly. But Lisbon has since been working hard to recover, and the city is now making waves as a startup capital. The city is viewed so favourably as a hotpot of tech talent that it was chosen to host this year’s Web Summit for the second year in a row.

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BlackLine's Early Investors Eye Liquidity

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Some of the early investors in Woodland Hills-based accounting software developer BlackLine are looking for some liquidity from their investments, more than a year since BlackLine's October 2016 IPO, and plan to sell around 4,500,000 shares of their stock. BlackLine said it is commencing an underwritten public offering of 4,500,000 shares of its common stock by investment funds affiliated with Silver Lake Sumeru, investment funds affiliated with ICONIQ and Mario Spanicciati, Chief Marketing Offi

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Black Venture Capitalists Are Transforming Tech

Xconomy

Would it surprise you to know that there are more than 100 black venture capitalists or that this nationwide ecosystem is growing? Most of the VCs in this expanding ecosystem made pivots from highly successful careers in other fields. They have very impressive academic credentials, business backgrounds comparable to their Silicon Valley peers, and a will to win that belies their humble reserve.

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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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NanoCellect Biomedical Collects $10M

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San Diego-based NanoCellect Biomedical , which develops microfluidic cell sorting technology, said last week that it has raised $10M in its Series B funding. The funding came from Illumina Ventures, Anzu Partners, Vertical Venture Partners, 5 Prime Ventures plus FusionX Ventures and Agilent Technologies. NanoCellent is led by President, CEO, and co-founder Jose Morachis, Ph.D.

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Dynavax Co-founder Takes Long View on Vaccine Development

Xconomy

The reaction on Wall Street was a little anticlimactic after the FDA approved a new hepatitis B vaccine last month for Berkeley, CA-based Dynavax Technologies (NASDAQ: DVAX ). Many investors sold stock on the news. In the days following the company’s Nov. 9 announcement , the price of Dynavax shares slipped about 8 percent, from $20.05 a share to $18.45 on Nov. 16.

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2017 TCVN Holiday Party

SoCal Tech Calendar

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Viasat Gets Government Certification For Military Radio

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Carlsbad-based satellite and wireless networking systems developer Viasat reports this morning that it has received a government certification on a military radio, the company's Link 16 radio, the Viasat Battlefield Awareness and Targeting System � Dismounted (BATS-D). The company said the authorization allows it to ship the units to U.S. government customers, effective immediately.

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15 For ’18: Key Clinical Data to Watch For Next Year (Part 1)

Xconomy

Many of biotech’s biggest stories in 2017 followed the highly anticipated data from clinical studies. There were monumental successes, like the first-ever approval of a genetically modified living cell therapy , the first FDA application for a gene therapy or a medicine using RNA interference. There were also stinging failures, such as the latest in a long line of hyped Alzheimer’s disease drugs to fall flat.

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The Cheesecake Factory Teams With DoorDash For Delivery Services

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Calabasas-based restaurant chain The Cheesecake Factory is launching a new delivery service, powered by DoorDash , across its restaurants in more than 70 cities around the country, the company said this morning. According to The Cheesecake Factory, as a promo for the launch of those delivery services, it will provide 10,000 free slices of cheesecake to guests who order The Cheesecake Factory delivery through DoorDash on Wednesday, December 6th (using a special 10000SLICES promo code).

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10 Top Attributes Elevate Design Thinking Leaders

Startup Professionals Musings

As a business advisor, I strongly believe that continuous innovation and design thinking are the keys to long-term viability and success. Recent surveys of global business leaders show that they overwhelmingly agree, but less than a third believe their organizations’ culture and leadership are ready today, They and I are always on the lookout for ways to prepare current and future leaders.

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Interview With HopSkipDrive's Joanna McFarland

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If you're a busy, working parent, it's a huge battle having to shuttle your kids to and from school and activities and holding down a normal workday at your job. How can you manage to do both? If you are in Los Angeles, Orange County, or the Bay Area, Los Angeles-based HopSkipDriv e runs a service which uses certified caregivers to offload the shuttling of kids between those activities.