L.A. Among the Finalists for Amazon’s 2nd Headquarters
L.A. Business Journal
JANUARY 18, 2018
Los Angeles was named by Amazon as one of the 20 finalist cities for the Seattle e-commerce giant’s second headquarters.
L.A. Business Journal
JANUARY 18, 2018
Los Angeles was named by Amazon as one of the 20 finalist cities for the Seattle e-commerce giant’s second headquarters.
Berkonomics
JANUARY 18, 2018
Over the years in business and as a member of over forty boards, I have received good advice from corporate attorneys and on occasion bad advice as well. There is a line that should be drawn in a relationship between corporate attorney and CEO or board. Attorneys are paid to protect the corporation, not to give business advice. Some are experienced enough to provide great business advice.
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socalTECH
JANUARY 18, 2018
Google and its navigation app subsidiary, Waze , have just released incredibly detailed satellite maps of the disaster zone around Montecito, California, as part of efforts of Google's "Crisis Response" team. The maps allow residents and others of the city--a big chunk of which is still evacuated due to lack of access, water, food, electricity, natural gas and other utilities, plus ongoing recovery operations--to get a very close look at the damage across the city from the debris flows which hit
L.A. Business Journal
JANUARY 18, 2018
L.A. among the finalists for Amazon’s 2nd headquarters; Jam City develops ‘Harry Potter’ game; and Apple leases 128,000 square feet in Culver City.
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socalTECH
JANUARY 18, 2018
Two, San Diego-based software development and integration companies-- Solekai Systems and Fairway Technologies --said this morning that they have merged into a new company. Financial details of the merger were not announced. According to both companies, they will continue to operate under their respective names. The combined company now has over 80 engineers.
Xconomy
JANUARY 18, 2018
And then there were 20. Amazon has winnowed down the field of 238 submissions from communities around North America vying to host a second headquarters (HQ2) of the Seattle-based tech giant Most large cities with existing or emerging tech hubs appear on the list, from Austin, TX, and Boston, MA, to Washington, DC, and Toronto, Canada—the only non-U.S. city to make the finals.
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Xconomy
JANUARY 18, 2018
The North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) kicked off this week in Detroit, allowing industry affiliates and media to get an early look before the show opens to the public this weekend. For the second year in a row, NAIAS highlighted the mobility sector’s potential business models and offered glimpses of how the trillion-dollar market for self-driving cars might take shape.
socalTECH
JANUARY 18, 2018
Ross Levinsohn , the publisher and CEO of the Los Angeles Times --and longtime, influential veteran of Southern California's high tech industry--is under investigation by the owner of the LA Times, Tronc, after an in-depth examination of Levinsohn's conduct by NPR during his time in the high tech industry. According to the report, Levinsohn was accused of sexual harrassment in the past--with two settlements--and also rated the relative "hotness" of female colleagues and used vulgar epithets agai
socalTECH
JANUARY 18, 2018
Los Angeles-based Unitas Global , a provider of managed, hybrid cloud services and software for the enterprise market, has raised $10M in a funding, according to the company. The funding was led by Boathouse Capital, and also included prior investors MK Capital and Azure Capital. As part of the funding, Andrew Olsen of Boathouse Capital will join the board of Unitas Global.
socalTECH
JANUARY 18, 2018
Venice, California-based Snap has laid off two dozen employees, who were working on its branded content efforts, according to a report on Thursday. The employees were reportedly working on Snap's Discover section. READ MORE>>.
socalTECH
JANUARY 18, 2018
San Diego-based Evofem , which develops products in the area of women's sexual and reproductive health, has merged with Neothetics. As part of the merger, Evofem said it will begin trading on the NASDAQ Capital Market as EVFM. Evofem is led by CEO Saundra Pelletier. Invesco Asset Management Limited has invested $20M in stock of the merged company as part of the merger deal.
socalTECH
JANUARY 18, 2018
Los Angeles has made the short list for Amazon HQ2 , Amazon's effort to create a new, second headquarters in North America for the firm, as its outgrows its presence in Seattle, according to an announcement from Amazon this morning. Amazon said that it has selected 20, candidate locations for its headquarters, including Los Angeles, which it says it will evalate per an RFP it issued last year.
socalTECH
JANUARY 18, 2018
Irvine-based telematics products developer CalAmp says it has signed up the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's Bureau of Vehicle Management (BVM) as a customer. Financial details of the win were not announced. According to CalAmp, the department is using its FleetOutlook products to reduce costs and streamline the operations of the state-owned vehicle fleets.
socalTECH
JANUARY 18, 2018
Hawthorne-based SpaceX has hit a speed bump in its quest to fly astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS)--and Mars--after a safety panel recommended NASA not certify the SpaceX commercial crew system last week. The safety panel said NASA should not certify SpaceX's system until the agency better understands the failure which led to the dramatic, launch pad explosion of a Falcon 9 back in September of 2016.
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